Title: nginx vs apache
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# nginx vs apache

 *  [AliceWonderFull](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alicewonderfull/)
 * (@alicewonderfull)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nginx-vs-apache-1/)
 * I’m old school. Always used apache.
 * nginx seems to be gathering a lot of support.
 * It definitely looks to be faster / better for static but static can be done via
   CDN making that largely moot.
 * But looking around the web, advice seems to be that if you are running dozens
   of blogs that sticking with apache is still better because the php-fpm being 
   run as cgi has to be loaded with each request, while if you are running just 
   a blog or two, nginx can be better especially if you use a cache to file plugin.
 * I’m kind of curious what opinions are.
 * There is now an event driven plugin for Apache, I have zero experience with it
   because I quite frankly don’t need it, that allegedly closes the gap between 
   the two where nginx is better. But I don’t know if it does what people claim 
   as well as people claim.
 * Any opinions on this issue?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nginx-vs-apache-1/#post-5592291)
 * WP runs great on both.
 * nginx is faster, but Apache 2.4 is making strides. SPDY isn’t available on Apache
   2.4 yet of course. It’s just an option.

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