Notes from running the fleet
Security research, WordPress internals and the tooling behind Anchor. Written while doing the work, not after.
Suspending Unpaid Hosting Customers
It’s common practice, that if you don’t pay your web hosting services then your website will be suspended. I’m going go over the technicals…
Collecting Less Tracking Info
With the recent GDPR requirements, small business website owners have been left to review their business practices in order to make sure they remain…
Backblaze B2 as a Time Machine Backup
I recently switched over to Backblaze B2 to store my website backups, and it’s been a great experience. Each B2 bucket has its own lifecycle…
Export certain posts with WP-CLI
Did you know it’s possible to export certain posts using WP-CLI? I didn’t, but a big thanks to Daniel Bachhuber for pointing me in the…
Safely Remove Dates from WordPress Permalinks
I’m not sure if this is a growing trend, but I recently decided to drop the dates from my blog post URLs. Previously I…
Exploring Fathom Analytics
In terms of web analytics, Google Analytics dominates. I’ve tried some of the open source alternatives (see below from wiki) however I haven’t been very…
WordPress Maintenance Mode over SSH
WordPress has a built in maintenance mode. You’ve most likely seen it at some point while updating WordPress, themes or plugins. While meant to…
Introducing Quicksaves with Rollbacks
Today I’m announcing Quicksaves, which is a hosting feature I recently built. They’re essentially a daily WordPress snapshot containing only themes, plugins and version…
Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer Part 1 – Getting Started
This post is part of a series called “Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer” Part 1 – Getting Started Part 2 – Structured PHP,…
The Best Migrations Happen Between Servers
I regularly migrate WordPress sites. As such I’m always looking for the quickest and simplest way to handle the migration. Recently I’ve been handling…