Many people are afraid to run their own WordPress plugin and theme updates. That’s simply because they don’t take WordPress maintenance seriously. You don’t need to be an expert in WordPress to feel safe running updates. You do, however, need a plan and a commitment. It’s true, sometimes things break when updates are installed WordPress…
Most managed WordPress host providers included a one click button to generate a staging copy of your site. Staging sites are awesome. While I don’t recommend using a staging site as part of your regular workflow, I do recommend using it to solve problems. Sometimes things break WordPress is open source. Theme and plugin authors have freedom to create and…
With the new Google Chrome release beginning to display non-secured warnings, now is a great time to begin rolling out HTTPS everywhere on all your client’s websites. The following is a bash script I wrote to help with the switchover process. I used the script to assist with making the SSL switchover with over 500+ WordPress websites. The script…
WordPress Multisite is powerful configuration of WordPress which allows you to run multiple websites, sharing a single WordPress installation. I think most developers tend to use WordPress Multisite for use cases which really should be separate installations. I know I have. If your considering using Multisite on a WordPress project, ask yourself the following.…
Have you ever attempted to migrate a WordPress website, and the only database backup available looked like this? Separate files for each table can be a pain to import manually. Thankfully it’s an easy problem to solve. Combine SQL Files from the Command Line Open up Terminal (on the Mac) and change directories to…
ManageWP is an amazing tool for managing all of your WordPress websites from a central dashboard. I use ManageWP to deploy plugin, theme, and security updates for my customers. Their tool is a powerful single page JS app. I discovered that you can do some pretty creative “coding” using Javascript right from the Google Chrome DevTools. Manually Updating Premium Plugins…
When you launch a new WordPress website, you need to decide WWW or no WWW for your site URL. That would be vs WordPress is generally pretty smart. Assuming your DNS is correct, configuring your URL for one will automatically forward to the other. So which one is better? Stop Deciding and Drop the WWW There is no…
Trello is an amazing organization tool. It can be used to help organize virtually anything. The following is an example of how you can use Trello to manage website launches. Create a Single Trello Board for All of Your Web Clients Each Trello board can be shared with everyone in your team. You can even…
Gravity Forms and MemberPress are paid plugins which solve very different problems. Both are developer friendly and extendible. The following is some custom code which runs after Gravity Forms creates a subscriber account and assigns it with a predefined MemberPress membership. Run Custom Code Using a Gravity Forms Hook This code is triggered by a Gravity Forms hook to…
I thought it would be fun to do a quick run through of the equipment, products and services I use to run my WordPress maintenance and hosting service. As you’ll quickly see, I’m a minimalist. Let’s start with equipment Computer – 15″ Macbook Pro, Late 2016 with Touch Bar Backpack – Under-The-Jack Pack Phone –…