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  • Fixing PDF Previews with Kinsta

    Back in 2016 WordPress 4.7 added PDF thumbnail previews, meaning any PDF uploaded to WordPress would generate an image thumbnail. This handy feature improved viewing the image library and was…

  • BASH Your Way Into WordCamp US 2023

    WordCamp US returns to the east coast at the end of August. That’s only 3 months away! This is the big yearly WordPress community conference open to everyone. It’s the…

  • Using Github To Self-Host Updates For WordPress Plugins

    I recently converted my paid WordPress plugin WP Freighter into a free plugin. Have I mentioned before that I really dislike license keys? As a free plugin, there is no…

  • Two Factor Authentication Now Enabled

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    Recently I had a customer ask for a two-factor authentication option for Anchor Hosting. That’s now been added and is ready to use. Customers can sign into the Anchor Hosting…

  • Free PHP Compatibility Fixes with Anchor Hosting

    If your WordPress website has crashed recently due to the recent PHP 8 update then consider reaching out to Anchor Hosting. Included with every hosting plan is a free site…

  • Moving A Podcast From SoundCloud to Anchor.fm

    Before digging in a few clarifications on names. You’re reading a blog post on Anchor Hosting which is a managed WordPress web host. Today we’re talking about Anchor which is…

  • Generating AI images on M2 MacBook Air, Powered by the Sun

    The world of AI-generated images has exploded. If you’ve never heard of Dall-E, Midjourney or Stable Diffusion then I’ll give you a quick explanation. You can now generate images from…

  • Common PHP v8.1 Compatibility Fixes for WordPress

    It’s that time of year again. The end of life for PHP 7.4 is on November 28th, 2022. If you haven’t upgraded your WordPress website to PHP 8 or 8.1,…

  • Super Simple VPN with SSH Tunneling

    I’m often accessing the internet from different locations throughout the day and rarely have the same IP address. Sometimes you just need a static IP. For example, maybe you are…

  • Wildcard SSL Command Line Scanner

    Let’s say you have a list of URLs. What’s the fastest way to scan all websites to see which are using a wildcard SSL? This is a follow-up to a…