Notes from running the fleet
Security research, WordPress internals and the tooling behind Anchor. Written while doing the work, not after.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Find and Replace Hardcoded File References
Generally finding and replacing old URLs can easily be accomplished using WP-CLI’s search-replace command. However that only makes changes to the database. Hard-coded file…
Fathom’s Internal API
I’m a big fan of Fathom Analytics. It’s the perfect alternative to Google Analytics and something I’ve been using since early 2018. One thing…
WP-CLI Database Backups with Emojis
My preferred way to backup a WordPress site is directly on the web server using SSH. The database backup part is performed with WP-CLI…
WordCamp Lancaster 2019
This year I spoke at WordCamp Lancaster, the annual one day WordPress conference here in my home town. I gave a talk in the…
Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer Part 3 – Markdown and WordPress Embeds
This post is part of a series called “Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer” Part 1 – Getting Started Part 2 – Structured PHP,…