Can the 1-core, 1G memory, 1M bandwidth ECS run Astra theme?

Netizens asked: Can the one core, one gigabyte memory and one megabyte bandwidth ECS run the Astra theme? Yes, but it is the default theme, without adding plug-ins and effects.

I WordPress Theme Resource Usage

Let's first estimate the occupation of WordPress theme resources, which will help novices and Xiaobai understand why the current server configuration is improving.

One core, 1G memory, 1M bandwidth ECS, The Linux operating system, taking the common CentOS as an example, with the pagoda panel, basically occupies about 300M.

Install ningx MySQL、php， These environment software occupy about 100M~200M.

A WordPress website runs with Astra theme and several plug-ins, which will require hundreds of megabytes of memory.

These are roughly estimated as 500M~600M of memory.

One visit takes up one php process, about 30M~50M. Every additional page opened will lead to one more php process. The specific memory usage depends on the number of visits to the website.

Based on the above data, one core, 1G memory, and 1M bandwidth ECS can run the Astra theme. It is OK to start and open it.

2、 Recommended 2-core 4G memory ECS

In fact, when we build the website, we will also use the Elementor editor. If we need some effects, we may also use some effect plug-ins, such as Astra Pro. At the beginning, you need some ready-made demo demo stations, and you need the strater template plug-in.

If you want to build an online e-commerce website, you also need a Woocommerce plug-in, which takes up a large amount of resources.

In addition, additional plug-ins such as cache plug-ins and payment plug-ins may be required.

According to Lao Wei, when foreign trade C2C websites and cross-border e-commerce websites officially visit the public, there can be 20~50 plug-ins. In this way, 1G is not necessarily enough for the memory occupied by plug-ins.

Therefore, in practical experience, it is recommended to choose a 2-core 4G memory 5M bandwidth ECS for the foreign trade display website (B2B), C2C website selects 4-core 8G memory 5M bandwidth.

3、 Foreign trade virtual host recommendation

Foreign trade B2B websites have relatively few visitors, estimated to be dozens of times a day, and no more than 5000 times a month, so it is more cost-effective to choose foreign virtual hosts on the premise of meeting business needs.

The foreign trade virtual hosts used by Lao Wei are Siteground ， Hostinger Both of them have a good cost performance ratio.