Author: Austin Ginder
Recovering Images from WordPress’ Downscaled Images
Many years ago WordPress introduce a new method for handling large images. If an image larger then 2560px wide is uploaded then WordPress would…
Checking for Large Autoloaded Data with WP-CLI
WordPress databases comes with an options table, and entries in this table can be marked for autoload. Autoloading means the row of data will…
WordPress Email Health Monitoring
Keeping emails sending properly from WordPress can be a little tricky. There are things you can do to improve email deliverability. Routing emails through…
The Invisible Blacklist, Comcast
When migrating websites to Anchor Hosting it’s somewhat common that I’m also performing malware cleanup. I suppose if your web host doesn’t take responsibly…
Bulk PHP Upgrades With Kinsta’s API
One of my most requested features for Kinsta was for them to build an API. Well, they listened and have been regularly rolling out…
To Offer Web Hosting or Not, That Is The Question
It’s no secret that here at Anchor Hosting we resell web hosting services. We use other managed WordPress providers like Kinsta and Rocket.net and…
Extending WP-CLI Plugin Verify Checksums
WP-CLI’s plugin verify checksums is an awesome builtin security feature. With a single command wp plugin verify-checksums --all you can make sure all of…
Extracting Plugin Configurations with WP-CLI
When managing many WordPress websites for others, a common task is dealing with plugins. Often it’s not enough to be able to bulk install…
Fixing TGM Plugin Activation for WordPress Updates
TGM Plugin Activation (TGMPA) is a discontinued PHP library that some WordPress authors use to handle distributing theme-required plugins. TGMPA was last updated in…
Restoring WordPress Navigation from a Database Backup
Restoring an entire WordPress backup should be a last resort. A selective restore should be the default when something is missing or corrupt. Some…