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  • My Setup for Running WordPress Maintenance and Hosting Service

    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…

  • Using WordPress to Document & Manage Business Processes

    The following is a little something I wrote over the course of a weekend using ACF with two custom post types. My goal was to use WordPress to document all…

  • Let 1Password Handle Your WordPress Logins

    The push for a complex password is never ending. Having a really long and complicated password doesn’t have to be hard to use. With the right setup you’ll be more secure…

  • Production, Staging, Development oh my!

    How you build and deploy a WordPress site will vary greatly depending on the project scope. The following are a few tips for dealing with production, staging and dev sites…

  • Using Jetpack’s markdown on custom fields

    Jetpack’s markdown module is easy way to add markdown to WordPress. If your not familiar with markdown then this is a good starting point. Out of the box you can use this…

  • WP Engine vs Kinsta comparing bulk site economics

    I’ve been using WP Engine since mid 2014. I’m not a typical customer. Currently have 4 dedicated WP Engine servers containing 518 installs. A rough breakdown of the installs would be 10%…

  • Using page template as custom API endpoint

    The WordPress REST API is awesome and fully extendable to do your own custom crazy ideas. The following I’m about to explain goes against all of that. Instead of extending the WordPress…

  • WordPress plugin template for repeat tasks

    Ever once in a while I have a customer with a custom PHP file running some daily batch process. Moving these over to a managed WordPress host can get well…

  • When to not recommend WordPress

    WordPress is awesome. I use WordPress for my business and all of my clients use it for their business. Recently I’ve been wondering if there a guide that people could use to figured…

  • Resolving WordPress plugin conflicts

    The WordPress plugin ecosystem is like the wild west. There are amazing companies producing quality plugins. There are also tons of lone rangers who put out unsupported and poorly written plugins. Plugin…