Austin Ginder

  • Introducing Anchor DNS

    Announcement

    Last month while upgrading DNS providers, I've been working hard on something brand new. I'm introducing Anchor DNS which is available for all customers included with every plan. If DNS is…

  • Upgrading DNS to Constellix

    A premium DNS provider is often overlooked when running a website. My first experience with a premium DNS provider was back in 2014 when I switched to DNS Made Easy. With…

  • Improving Kinsta’s deploy to staging using WP-CLI

    Kinsta, a relatively new managed WordPress web host, has been consistently rolling out new features. While I’ve been impressed with their improvements, their production to staging deployment is a hassle…

  • Using JS to Compress WordPress Plugins in cPanel

    Downloading and uploading lots of small files is never fun. It's much more efficient to first zip the files then move the .zip archive. Recently I need to grab some plugins from…

  • WordPress Password Reset Hacks

    Today while going through my normal process I was about to reset one of my customer’s WordPress password and send over some billing instructions. As a WordPress administrator, updating someone…

  • Importing WordPress SFTP Credentials into Rclone

    Rclone is an amazing command line app for syncing files virtually anywhere. With recent added support for SFTP it's become a core part of my daily backup script. You can…

  • Identifying Bottleneck Plugins

    This past month I had a number of customers report that their website was running slow. This seemed to affect every web request, with some requests taking well over 4…

  • WP Engine’s SSH is Happening

    Over the last few months I’ve had privilege to be part of WP Engine’s SSH alpha/beta. SSH access is a big deal for WP Engine and for the entire managed…

  • Replacing Dropbox with B2 Cloud Storage for WordPress Backups

    Managed WordPress web hosts typically do nightly backups. That’s a great start however if something is important you should have multiple backups. My secondary backup method is a daily script…

  • Cleanup with WP-CLI and Regex

    Recently one of my customer’s WordPress sites was filled with random hidden span tags containing a single word: “Save.” The source is a mystery, however I suspect it came from…