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  • Bash Hacks to Reduce SSH connections with WP Engine

    One of the drawbacks of WP Engine’s implementations of SSH is the time it takes to create the SSH tunnel. While this has gotten significantly better it’s still slow enough that…

  • Speedy Checkouts with WooCommerce Subscriptions

    I collect my hosting payments using WooCommerce Subscriptions. To make the checkout really straightforward I slimmed down the process to a single payment link. Here is how to create really…

  • MacOS WordPress Local Development Setup with HTTPS from scratch

    My local WordPress development setup has been greatly simplified due to my discovery of Laravel Valet. My Macbook Pro hard drive recently failed, which Apple replaced with a new hard…

  • WordPress Wrapper for Constellix DNS API

    Before building Anchor DNS, I wrote a small WordPress wrapper to help me talk to the Constellix DNS API. The code is up on Github: https://github.com/anchorhost/constellix-api. It’s amazing how clean the…

  • Introducing Anchor DNS

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    Last month while upgrading DNS providers, I've been working hard on something brand new. I'm introducing Anchor DNS which is available for all customers included with every plan. If DNS is…

  • Upgrading DNS to Constellix

    A premium DNS provider is often overlooked when running a website. My first experience with a premium DNS provider was back in 2014 when I switched to DNS Made Easy. With…

  • Improving Kinsta’s deploy to staging using WP-CLI

    Kinsta, a relatively new managed WordPress web host, has been consistently rolling out new features. While I’ve been impressed with their improvements, their production to staging deployment is a hassle…

  • Using JS to Compress WordPress Plugins in cPanel

    Downloading and uploading lots of small files is never fun. It's much more efficient to first zip the files then move the .zip archive. Recently I need to grab some plugins from…

  • WordPress Password Reset Hacks

    Today while going through my normal process I was about to reset one of my customer’s WordPress password and send over some billing instructions. As a WordPress administrator, updating someone…

  • Importing WordPress SFTP Credentials into Rclone

    Rclone is an amazing command line app for syncing files virtually anywhere. With recent added support for SFTP it's become a core part of my daily backup script. You can…