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  • Common WordPress Maintenance Woes

    Keeping WordPress running smoothly requires some routine maintenance. Most of the time that’s easily handled by regularly installing routine updates. However in rare cases routine maintenance can be a battle.…

  • Using Phpseclib Instead of Disallowed PHP exec

    Many web hosts disable a handful of built-in PHP functions like exec for security sake. And for good reason. If your website would ever run harmful PHP code, having access…

  • Preserving Customizer Settings

    Most themes utilize the WordPress Customizer in order to config and setup the website. Unfortunately, many of these settings are specific to whichever theme you are using. That means if…

  • Self-hosting Jitsi Meet with Digital Ocean

    Video conferencing usage is increasing exponentially. Google Hangouts has been my preferred tool however Google’s plans to phase it out in favor of their paid product Google Meet. Meanwhile Zoom…

  • Maintenance Mode DIY Options

    The WordPress.org plugin repository is filled with coming soon and maintenance mode plugins. My go-to plugin is the one created by SeedProd. However, I often don’t need all of those…

  • Revamping a WordPress Website with Blocksy and Block Extensions

    I spent a week revamping this website, anchor.host. That involved installing a new WordPress theme, pulling over a bit of custom code from the old theme and remaking a few…

  • Scripting Background Scripts on Kinsta

    One of my favorite SSH commands with Kinsta is screen. I use it quite frequently to handle long running scripts like site migrations and image optimizations. I’ve often wondered if…

  • Over The Air Shell Scripts

    So you just finished writing this super awesome shell script, now the question is “How do I run it?”. There are many ways you can run a shell script. You…

  • Lightning Fast WordPress Themes ⚡

    When building WordPress websites for customers, I feel the best approach is to do a custom designed and developed theme using something like Underscores as a starter theme combined with…

  • Configuring Vanity Nameservers

    I’ve been using a premium DNS provider since 2014 and only recently switched to use vanity nameservers. This will be a walk through showing the steps I took to setup…