Author: Austin Ginder
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…
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…
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…
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…
Find and Replace Hardcoded File References
Generally finding and replacing old URLs can easily be accomplished using WP-CLI’s search-replace command. However that only makes changes to the database. Hard-coded file…
Fathom’s Internal API
I’m a big fan of Fathom Analytics. It’s the perfect alternative to Google Analytics and something I’ve been using since early 2018. One thing…
WP-CLI Database Backups with Emojis
My preferred way to backup a WordPress site is directly on the web server using SSH. The database backup part is performed with WP-CLI…
WordCamp Lancaster 2019
This year I spoke at WordCamp Lancaster, the annual one day WordPress conference here in my home town. I gave a talk in the…
Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer Part 3 – Markdown and WordPress Embeds
This post is part of a series called “Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer” Part 1 – Getting Started Part 2 – Structured PHP,…
Getting Started with WooCommerce Subscriptions for Hosting Services
There are many ways to collect recurring subscription fees from customers. Today I’m going to cover how I use WooCommerce Subscriptions here at Anchor…