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Upload Limits when deploying WordPress to Google App Engine

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TL;DR App Engine Standard limits deployments to 10,000 files. For WordPress this limit can be exceeded because of plugins. App Engine will run a composer file is present, so you can use WordPress Packagist to install the plugins and leave them out of the deployment upload. Some tricks are needed for public files (.css, .js, …

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If I had 1/25,000th of a penny for every time I called a function

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TL;DR: The flat cost of invoking serverless functions can be a lot more than the execution of the functions. For short lived functions, choose patterns that reduce calls. When using storage bucket based triggers, use multiple buckets to avoid unnecessary invocations. Use the pricing calculators and read the pricing information. This is another one of …

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