Even if you know all the php-fpm settings by heart, success isn’t guaranteed. If you had no clue about the existence of php-fpm, then you don’t need to waste time worrying about it. Just keep doing what you’re already doing and carry on.
At the same time, avoid the end of being a performance junkie. Yes, you can get even better performance by recompiling PHP from scratch and removing all the modules you won’t be using, but this approach isn’t sane enough in production environments. The whole idea of optimizing something is to take a look at whether your needs differ from the defaults (which they seldom do!), and make minor changes as needed.
If you are not ready to spend time optimizing your PHP servers, then you may consider leveraging a reliable platform like Kinsta who takes care of performance optimization and security.
