Notes from running the fleet
Security research, WordPress internals and the tooling behind Anchor. Written while doing the work, not after.
Building a WordPress Plugin
I recently decided to build a WordPress plugin. It’s called WP Freighter, a lightning fast way to create a duplicate copies of your WordPress…
WP Freighter Uses a WordPress Multitenancy Architecture
Two weekends ago I decided to start building WP Freighter as a WordPress plugin. This gives an interface to stacking multiple WordPress sites on…
HTTPS domain redirects with Netlify
Have you ever configured a domain redirect to a specific page on a website? If so then you most likely had mess with an…
Powering WordPress with Gmail
Improving email deliverability from WordPress is best handled with a 3rd party service like Mailgun. That said, setting up Mailgun requires technical knowledge. You…
Email Triggers for Simple History
Getting notified when critical plugins are updated is something I sometimes get asked about after a bad plugin update takes place. While there are…
Local Lightning and Upgrading to WSL2
If you’re a web developer and using Windows, then WSL2 is an exciting upgrade. It’s Microsoft’s completely new Windows subsystem for Linux and comes…
Experimental Stackable WordPress Mode
WordPress can be configured as a standalone site or a multisite network. Ever since I wrote about Dynamically Load WordPress Database, I kept wondering…
Extracting Compressed Files from the Command Line
Spend enough time on the command line and your bound to memorize a few common commands like zip -r backup.zip wp-content/ and unzip backup.zip.…
Performance Enhancements with Kinsta
I host over 1000 WordPress sites with Kinsta and am a huge fan of their hosting services. Performance related issues with Kinsta are almost…
Common WordPress Maintenance Woes
Keeping WordPress running smoothly requires some routine maintenance. Most of the time that’s easily handled by regularly installing routine updates. However in rare cases…