Austin Ginder

  • Kinsta’s GraphQL Endpoint

    Over the past few weeks, I’ve been resisting changes to how SSLs work with Kinsta & Cloudflare. To rant slightly, here is a brief timeline of what’s been happening, including…

  • Fathom Analytics Compatibility

    If you haven’t heard about Fathom Analytics, then you should check them out. They’re a privacy-focused web analytics alternative to Google Analytics. I’ve been using them since 2018. Last July…

  • Email Robot Handing DNS Updates

    I know we’ve all been there. Staring at the endless stream of new emails wondering, “Can I automate this somehow?”. Trust me, I know. That answer is always yes, it…

  • Personal Backups with Restic and B2 Bucket

    When I switched my daily driver to Linux, one missing piece was how to handle local backups. I previously relied on Backblaze, which is an awesome application that provides real-time…

  • Database Backups with DevKinsta

    DevKinsta is a great way to run WordPress sites locally for testing or development purposes. With a few clicks, you can easily create a fresh WordPress site or pull down…

  • Recommended Cron with WordPress Multisite

    Active WordPress sites can have a lot happening in the background. Background activity is controlled by WP-Cron. For improved performance, it’s recommended that WP-Cron be disabled and replaced with a…

  • Removing Cloudfront URLs with Regex

    Recently helped a customer remove Cloudfront URLs as part of a migration process from AWS to Kinsta. Kinsta’s CDN is powered by Cloudflare and is built-in. There is no need…

  • Reverse Lookup a WordPress Web Hosting

    Whenever I take over web hosting I put the customer’s domain into my WHOIS tool. This gives a good overview of the current DNS, email provider, domain info, and host…

  • No Discounts, No Affiliates and No Black Friday Deals

    Thoughts

    Tis the season for holiday sales 🎄. Here at Anchor Hosting, you may have noticed the complete lack of discount sales or affiliate programs. Not even a black Friday announcement…

  • Cleaning a Large WordPress Database

    Certain types of WordPress websites are more demanding on the database than others. A growing database is a good way to uncover bad performant code. Tuning your PHP code for…