On 13 May 2013, we announced LiteSpeed Web Server on our Onyx platform. It was one of the infrastructure improvements designed to provide more efficient responses for websites hosted at Duplika.
Onyx was the name of our plans at that time. Today, LiteSpeed remains part of our web hosting and WordPress hosting offerings.
What a web server does
When someone opens your page, the web server receives the request and delivers the necessary resources. Some are files, such as images or stylesheets; others require the application to generate a response using PHP and a database.
LiteSpeed Web Server manages that communication. Its event-driven architecture aims to handle many connections with less work per connection and efficient use of server resources.
For visitors, the intended result is prompt content delivery. For the website, it means infrastructure prepared to handle concurrent requests.
Compatibility with existing applications
LiteSpeed Enterprise supports Apache configurations and common .htaccess rules. This makes it easier to integrate the web server without requiring WordPress or website pages to be rewritten.
Our team handles platform configuration. Individual applications and rules are reviewed case by case; compatibility does not remove the need to check major changes.
You can explore its architecture and integrations in the official LiteSpeed features.
Caching to reduce repeated work
LiteSpeed has a page-cache engine that can reuse previously generated responses. When a page can be cached, this avoids repeating some PHP and database work on every visit.
In WordPress, LiteSpeed Cache configuration coordinates this function with the application. Pages and sessions requiring personalised content, such as a basket, purchase or user account, must be handled appropriately.
A suitable configuration improves resource use and reserves capacity for requests that do need processing.
What it brings to your hosting
LiteSpeed provides a performance foundation managed at server level, complemented by protocols such as HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.
Results depend on the application, caching, traffic and resource sizes. Speed comparisons between servers do not represent a fixed improvement for every website.
If you want to optimise a WordPress installation or review its caching, contact us. We can help identify where delays occur and which adjustments make sense for your project.