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  • Multisite Optimizations and Jetpack Wrangling

    Performance issues on a WordPress multisite installation can be a challenge to solve. Over the last few weeks I’ve been making various performance improvements on a rather large multisite network.…

  • Traveling While Running a Business

    I spent most of the summer away from home traveling with my family. I wouldn’t call it a vacation, however it did include a few days off from work. This…

  • Safely Remove WP Offload Media from Legacy Multisite

    WP Offload Media from Delicious Brains is a fantastic product. It allows you to offload WordPress’ media library to Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, or Google Cloud Storage. Recently I removed…

  • Open Source All Of The Things 📖

    There are 2 types of businesses: those that are open and those that are closed. Specifically, this is about how much a business shares knowledge vs keeps to themselves. I…

  • Bulk User Removal for WordPress Sites

    Recently a web agency asked if I could remove a list of WordPress accounts, if found, from all of their websites. They gave me a list of 15 old email…

  • Digging into Local by Flywheel’s Virtual Machine

    I’m a big fan of Laravel’s Valet for local WordPress development. However after wasting a day attempting to fix a bug with Valet I decided to give Local by Flywheel…

  • Deploying Paid Plugins

    Paid plugins often rely on license keys for automatic updates and support requests. However it’s the wild west when it comes to how their licensing systems work. Seems like every…

  • Easily Avoidable Website Outages

    Site monitors are a good way to detect major issues with websites. Over the years I’ve begun to notice a few common reasons why websites go offline. You might be…

  • Moving a VPS from Digital Ocean to Google Cloud

    WordPress websites need to managed by someone who can keep after things 24/7 if you wish sleep well at night. That’s why for hosting WordPress websites I rely on managed…

  • Phone Support Hacks from Google Voice to Twilio ☎️

    I have a confession: I really don’t like using my phone for business. If you are a customer of Anchor Hosting, I do my best to hide this fact. Don’t…