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Author: Austin Ginder

WordPress Maintenance Should Be FREE

Unpopular opinion: routine WordPress maintenance should be free for everyone. Before I talk about WordPress let’s talk about alternative website solutions, which are not…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Two Factor Authentication Now Enabled

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…

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…

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…