Austin Ginder

  • Hidden WordPress Plugins Running In the Background

    When looking at the WordPress plugin page /wp-admin/plugins.php you’d assume you’re seeing all of your plugins. Well, that’s not always true. Some active plugins take extra effort to hide themselves…

  • The Best and Worst Kinsta Features of 2023

    This will be a very dated post so I’ll start off by saying today is Tuesday, September 26th, 2023. A year from now my thoughts on Kinsta’s best and worst…

  • Longterm Server Logs With Kinsta

    Have you ever attempted to review server logs only to find out it was too late? WordPress sites with Kinsta keep the last few days of server logs. That’s great…

  • Fixing PDF Previews with Kinsta

    Back in 2016 WordPress 4.7 added PDF thumbnail previews, meaning any PDF uploaded to WordPress would generate an image thumbnail. This handy feature improved viewing the image library and was…

  • BASH Your Way Into WordCamp US 2023

    WordCamp US returns to the east coast at the end of August. That’s only 3 months away! This is the big yearly WordPress community conference open to everyone. It’s the…

  • Using Github To Self-Host Updates For WordPress Plugins

    I recently converted my paid WordPress plugin WP Freighter into a free plugin. Have I mentioned before that I really dislike license keys? As a free plugin, there is no…

  • Two Factor Authentication Now Enabled

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    Recently I had a customer ask for a two-factor authentication option for Anchor Hosting. That’s now been added and is ready to use. Customers can sign into the Anchor Hosting…

  • Free PHP Compatibility Fixes with Anchor Hosting

    If your WordPress website has crashed recently due to the recent PHP 8 update then consider reaching out to Anchor Hosting. Included with every hosting plan is a free site…

  • Moving A Podcast From SoundCloud to Anchor.fm

    Before digging in a few clarifications on names. You’re reading a blog post on Anchor Hosting which is a managed WordPress web host. Today we’re talking about Anchor which is…

  • Generating AI images on M2 MacBook Air, Powered by the Sun

    The world of AI-generated images has exploded. If you’ve never heard of Dall-E, Midjourney or Stable Diffusion then I’ll give you a quick explanation. You can now generate images from…