Protinews — WordPress Support, Speed Optimization & Hosting

Client Overview

Protinews is a high‑traffic news portal delivering real‑time updates, articles, and multimedia content to a large daily audience.
Due to the nature of news publishing, the website requires exceptional performance, stability, and continuous technical support to ensure uptime and fast content delivery.

  • Industry: News & Media
  • Location: Greece
  • Project Scope: WordPress Support, Speed Optimization, Hosting
  • Objective: Improve performance, stability, and long‑term scalability for a high‑traffic news platform.

The Challenge

Protinews faced several performance and stability issues due to high traffic volume and continuous content publishing.

Key challenges included:

  • Slow loading times during peak traffic
  • Heavy database load from thousands of posts
  • Inefficient caching configuration
  • Outdated hosting infrastructure
  • Core Web Vitals issues (LCP, INP)
  • Need for ongoing WordPress support and monitoring

Strategy & Approach

Our approach focused on performance, stability, and long‑term scalability.

  • Full technical audit of WordPress, plugins, and hosting
  • Optimization of database queries and cleanup routines
  • Implementation of advanced caching rules
  • Migration to optimized hosting environment
  • Continuous monitoring and support
  • Core Web Vitals improvements for mobile and desktop

The Solution

WordPress Support & Maintenance

  • Daily monitoring and issue resolution
  • Plugin and theme updates with compatibility checks
  • Security hardening and firewall configuration
  • Backup automation and disaster recovery setup

Speed Optimization

  • LSCache golden profile configuration
  • Object Cache OFF (due to news portal structure)
  • 7‑day TTL for static assets
  • Lazy Load with custom exceptions
  • JS defer and CSS optimization
  • Image optimization strategy without quality loss
  • Database optimization and cleanup

Hosting & Infrastructure

  • Migration to high‑performance hosting
  • Server‑level caching and CDN integration
  • Improved PHP workers and memory allocation
  • Uptime monitoring and load balancing strategy

Results

The improvements delivered measurable performance gains:

  • Faster loading times across all pages
  • Improved LCP and INP scores
  • Stable performance during peak traffic
  • Reduced server load and improved resource usage
  • Higher reliability and uptime
  • Better user experience for readers

Tech Stack

  • WordPress
  • LSCache
  • Cloudflare CDN
  • Optimized hosting environment
  • PHP / MySQL
  • Performance monitoring tools

Services Used

  • WordPress Support
  • Speed Optimization
  • Hosting & Infrastructure
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Security Hardening

Final Outcome

Protinews now operates on a fast, stable, and scalable infrastructure capable of handling high traffic with ease.
With continuous WordPress support and performance optimization, the platform delivers a smooth reading experience and maintains reliability even during peak news cycles.