The document discusses optimizing a WordPress server. It recommends planning optimizations, focusing on the web server, PHP, MySQL, object caching, and full page caching configurations. Specific techniques mentioned include using nginx or Apache as the web server, PHP-FPM for PHP handling, APC or Memcached for caching, and Varnish or nginx for full page caching. The document emphasizes that optimization is an ongoing process requiring testing and learning from experts.