Author: Austin Ginder
Local WordPress Meetups
As I write this (May 2021), the majority of WordPress meetups are meeting online due to Covid with only a handful of groups having…
Introducing Domain Controls
Managed domains and DNS services are available to Anchor Hosting customers. The first domain registration is free with any hosting plan. Additional domains are…
Purge Kinsta’s Cache Programmatically
While working on PHP compatibility fixes for a new customer I discovered a few things about how Kinsta’s caching system works. It’s actually quite…
Using Caddy for WordPress Local Development on Linux
There are no shortage of options for managing WordPress sites locally. I really like the simplicity of both Local and DevKinsta and highly recommend…
Revamped Billing Portal, New Agency Plan and Usage Pricing 💰
I’m excited to share a few billing enhancements to Anchor Hosting. First off, if you’re an existing customer then check out the new billing…
Leaning Into The Direction That You Want To Go
This post marks 5 years of my weekly blog postings documenting my journey with WordPress and business. Everything I’ve done has been 100% bootstrapped.…
Free Custom Domain Email Forwards
If you want a custom domain email address, I typically will recommend that you use a reputable email provider like G Suite or Fastmail.…
WordPress Backups with Rclone and Restic
Here at Anchor Hosting, I run incremental nightly backups for all customers, which are then stored on a B2 bucket. Incremental backups are lightweight…
Rclone Mount as a SFTP Client
Transmit is my SFTP client of choice on MacOS. It’s been a year since I’ve transitioned away from MacOS and I’ve finally settled on…
Hijacking BNFW for Email Subscriptions
A while back I wrote about using BNFW for email subscriptions. BNFW is my preferred way to send out WordPress blog posts as emails.…