Title: Infrastructure
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: December 23, 2020
Last modified: January 14, 2026

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#  Infrastructure

The WordPress VIP Platform has container-based infrastructure that allows customers
to run [WordPress applications](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/) and [Node.js applications](https://docs.wpvip.com/node-js/)
on Automattic’s world-class hardware and network infrastructure. VIP looks after
hourly platform backups and 24/7 monitoring for all applications.

 * [A GitHub repository](https://docs.wpvip.com/wpcomvip-github-repository/) is 
   supplied for every application.
 * All applications have a [production environment](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-platform/environments/).
   Non-production environments can be optionally created for testing and development.
 * Site content is served by [the page cache](https://docs.wpvip.com/caching/page-cache/)
   from a global network of [edge cache server](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-platform/edge-cache/)
   locations. 
 * Media is served from the [VIP File System](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-go-files-system/),
   a globally distributed object store.
 * Testing and developing WordPress code on a [VIP Local Development Environment](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-local-development-environment/)
   is encouraged.

The VIP Platform supports both [WordPress single site](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-single-site/)
and [WordPress multisite](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-multisite/) installations
of WordPress. WordPress application codebases consist of core WordPress, platform-
specific [VIP MU plugins](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-go-mu-plugins/), and an application’s
custom code.

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An overview of the VIP Platform infrastructure

Last updated: January 14, 2026