The first deployment should give you a clear starting point, not a stack you have to unlearn.
A practical small-app setup.
A single VPS can host your reverse proxy, application process and a small database. Orbit 6 is a reasonable configuration to evaluate for this pattern. It is a starting recommendation, not a visitor-count promise: language runtime, plugins, queries and caching change the picture.
WordPress, your way.
You can install WordPress with a compatible PHP runtime, web server and database. You manage updates, caching, TLS and backups. A busy WooCommerce store deserves additional headroom and a backup plan tested against real orders.
APIs and background work.
Keep long-running jobs out of request handlers. Use a process manager, track failed jobs and set sensible resource limits. Monitor response latency together with memory usage, CPU saturation and database query time.
Before you change DNS.
- Deploy to a staging hostname and test the full customer journey.
- Configure TLS and verify automatic certificate renewal.
- Test restore procedures and schedule a backup.
- Confirm email delivery through an appropriate provider.
- Lower DNS TTL in advance when migrating an existing service.
Worth a conversation: payment processing, customer data, heavy plugins or strict recovery objectives. Plan these before the launch date.