Migrating a WordPress site is generally a straightforward process. Make a backup of the current site, upload files, and import database onto the new web host. Moving a large website requires extra handling. Have you ever attempted to move a…
A good way to begin using object oriented PHP classes is by writing everything in a single .php file. That’s completely fine for small WordPress projects. For large projects a single file quickly becomes a disorganized mess. I know from…
This post is part of a series called “Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer” Part 1 – Getting Started Part 2 – Structured PHP, Rest API and Axios Part 3 – Markdown and WordPress Embeds Part 4 – Authenticated Rest…
I created the following script to automate removing ms-files.php from a legacy WordPress multisite hosted with Kinsta. It was a large network with hundreds of subsites. Doing this manually would have been a huge undertaking. Not familiar with ms-files.php? I…
I meant what I said in “Open Source All Of The Things 📖”. Today I’m excited, maybe a little scared, to announce I’m making public Anchor Hosting’s internal revenue numbers. This is made possible with a new tool I created…
Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 is pretty amazing. If you haven’t seen it, you should check it out. It’s a DNS lookup service which is fast, free and private. It works across all of your devices. I recently had DNS issues on a…
WordPress has some rough edges and requires routine maintenance in order to run smoothly. This is very comparable to your car 🚗 requiring regular oil changes. It has sparked an entire economy of businesses attempting to solve WordPress maintenance. From…
Performance issues on a WordPress multisite installation can be a challenge to solve. Over the last few weeks I’ve been making various performance improvements on a rather large multisite network. The following is a recap of those optimizations using SSH…
I spent most of the summer away from home traveling with my family. I wouldn’t call it a vacation, however it did include a few days off from work. This was something I planned to do a year in advance.…
WP Offload Media from Delicious Brains is a fantastic product. It allows you to offload WordPress’ media library to Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, or Google Cloud Storage. Recently I removed WP Offload Media from a legacy WordPress multisite. This is…