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  • Purge Kinsta’s Cache Programmatically

    While working on PHP compatibility fixes for a new customer I discovered a few things about how Kinsta’s caching system works. It’s actually quite easy to programmatically purge Kinsta’s cache…

  • Using Caddy for WordPress Local Development on Linux

    There are no shortage of options for managing WordPress sites locally. I really like the simplicity of both Local and DevKinsta and highly recommend them for the average user. For…

  • Revamped Billing Portal, New Agency Plan and Usage Pricing 💰

    I’m excited to share a few billing enhancements to Anchor Hosting. First off, if you’re an existing customer then check out the new billing section within https://anchor.host/account. It’s completely revamped…

  • Leaning Into The Direction That You Want To Go

    Thoughts

    This post marks 5 years of my weekly blog postings documenting my journey with WordPress and business. Everything I’ve done has been 100% bootstrapped. I’ve never taken any investment money…

  • Free Custom Domain Email Forwards

    If you want a custom domain email address, I typically will recommend that you use a reputable email provider like G Suite or Fastmail. However if you’re just starting getting…

  • WordPress Backups with Rclone and Restic

    Here at Anchor Hosting, I run incremental nightly backups for all customers, which are then stored on a B2 bucket. Incremental backups are lightweight and very cost effective. These backups…

  • Rclone Mount as a SFTP Client

    Transmit is my SFTP client of choice on MacOS. It’s been a year since I’ve transitioned away from MacOS and I’ve finally settled on a suitable cross platform replacement. Ironically…

  • Hijacking BNFW for Email Subscriptions

    A while back I wrote about using BNFW for email subscriptions. BNFW is my preferred way to send out WordPress blog posts as emails. It’s a clean and simple approach…

  • Renaming a Paid WordPress Plugin

    Last week I launched my summer side project, Stackable, and then a day later I completely rebranded to WP Freighter. You can read here on why I ended up changes…

  • Local WordPress Development on Linux

    I recently switched to a Linux laptop and have been pleasantly surprised with how well my development tools have continued to work. Linux might not be for everyone, however I…