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  • Digging into Local by Flywheel’s Virtual Machine

    I’m a big fan of Laravel’s Valet for local WordPress development. However after wasting a day attempting to fix a bug with Valet I decided to give Local by Flywheel…

  • Deploying Paid Plugins

    Paid plugins often rely on license keys for automatic updates and support requests. However it’s the wild west when it comes to how their licensing systems work. Seems like every…

  • Easily Avoidable Website Outages

    Site monitors are a good way to detect major issues with websites. Over the years I’ve begun to notice a few common reasons why websites go offline. You might be…

  • Moving a VPS from Digital Ocean to Google Cloud

    WordPress websites need to managed by someone who can keep after things 24/7 if you wish sleep well at night. That’s why for hosting WordPress websites I rely on managed…

  • Phone Support Hacks from Google Voice to Twilio ☎️

    I have a confession: I really don’t like using my phone for business. If you are a customer of Anchor Hosting, I do my best to hide this fact. Don’t…