nginx-vhost.conf

fastcgi_cache_path /tmp/nginx-cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=wordpress:20m inactive=1d max_size=512M;

upstream php-fpm {
    server localhost:9000;
}

server {
    listen 1.2.3.4:80;
    listen [1:2:3:4::5]:80;
    server_name blog.example.com

    root /home/wordpress/wordpress;
    index index.php;
    charset UTF-8;

    gzip on;
    gzip_http_version 1.1;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_types text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log;

    location = /favicon.ico {
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    location = /robots.txt {
        allow all;
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {

        set $nocache "";
        if ($http_cookie ~ (comment_author_.*|wordpress_logged_in.*|wp-postpass_.*)) {
           set $nocache "Y";
        }

        fastcgi_pass  php-fpm;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/wordpress/wordpress$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        include fastcgi_params;

        fastcgi_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header http_500;
        fastcgi_cache_key $host$request_uri;
        fastcgi_cache wordpress;
        fastcgi_cache_valid 200 1m;
        fastcgi_cache_bypass $nocache;
        fastcgi_no_cache $nocache;
    }

    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }

    location ~ ^/(status|ping)$ {
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $fastcgi_script_name;
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;
    }
}