Author: Austin Ginder
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…
Sharing Domain Access with Anchor Hosting
An optional service of Anchor Hosting is domain management. We’ll handle domain registration on your behalf. For most folks it’s easier to have everything,…
Automating WordPress backends with Chrome and PHP
If you’ve ever used ManageWP then you know their onboarding is quite magical. With only three pieces of information, the WordPress site url, username…
Enabling IPv6 with Kinsta’s Cloudflare Integration
Officially, Kinsta doesn’t support IPv6. In fact I’m not aware of any managed WordPress host provider advertising IPv6 as a feature. Out of the…
Migrating a WordPress Site When All Options Fail
Moving a WordPress site from one server to another is a fairly straightforward process. Start by getting a copy of the WordPress files, specifically…
Kinsta’s Cloudflare Integration Deadline
A quick update: September 30th is the deadline to complete Kinsta’s Cloudflare integration. Customers who use Anchor Hosting for DNS are already covered. Otherwise,…
Farewell Fathom Lite, Hello Fathom Analytics
I’m a big fan of open source. That is what initially attracted me to Fathom Analytics. You can hack it to your will, extend…
Scheduled WordPress Updates are the Solution, Not Blind Auto Updates
A key to running a WordPress site over the long haul is to be proactive with WordPress updates. That means installing all WordPress security…
WordPress jQuery Compatibility Fixes
With WordPress 5.6 and 5.7 jQuery has been upgraded and support for jQuery migrate dropped. Finally! Say goodbye to jQuery v1.12.4 and hello to…
Rolling Out Kinsta’s Cloudflare Integration
Last month Kinsta enabled their new Cloudflare integration. I’ve been looking forward to this release as it opens up many opportunities for improved hosting…