Raise your speed score and Google Web Vitals
We tune your speed score and Google Web Vitals so pages load fast, even on plugin-heavy membership and eLearning sites.
Why membership sites are a different problem
The way we look at performance for membership sites, eLearning sites, community sites, WooCommerce sites, and other heavy, often paywalled WordPress sites is fundamentally different from the popular understanding.
A static marketing site can run on a $10 server and be cached into looking fast. Membership sites are dynamic and paywalled, so most of that caching never applies. Factors such as a heavy tech stack, large numbers of concurrent users, and lots of dynamic content all demand a different approach.
Read how we measure WordPress backend speed and performance to see exactly what we look at.
What we actually measure
Not a scorecard on your logged-out homepage. The numbers that describe what a member experiences.
TTFB
Time to first byte: how long your server takes to start answering at all.
FCP and Start Render
When the page stops being blank and your member sees something.
Web Vitals and Speed Index
Google's own measures of loading, interactivity, and visual stability.
Total page load time
The whole picture, on the dynamic pages that caching cannot rescue.
The technology behind it
Here at MemberHost we use the fastest, most secure, most up-to-date hosting infrastructure in the industry.
UpCloud + VultrHF
We've tested all of the top hosting infrastructure providers and found UpCloud and VultrHF to be the best.
- UpCloud for primary server deployment
- VultrHF for failover server deployment
- Large geographical selection
- Secure and private
GridPane
Our server management layer.
- Ultra secure
- Lightning fast
- Highly flexible and extensible
- Customizable on server and application levels
Cloudflare
We partner with Cloudflare to provide the world's fastest and most secure DNS service, along with:
- Load balancing
- Reverse Proxy / CDN
- Brute force attack mitigation
- Custom rules and workers
Custom configured, just for you
Every hosting environment is built around the way your membership site actually runs, rather than a one-size template.
Want to know how fast your site really is?
Start with a free site speed audit. We'll measure your site under real member load and tell you honestly whether we can help.