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  • 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…

  • Consolidating Mailgun Accounts

    On March 1st 2020, Mailgun will be phasing out their free tier. I’m a happy paying Mailgun customer. How is this going to affect me? Well, over the last several…

  • Custom Development Without Child Theming Or Custom Plugins

    Let’s say you want to use a simple WordPress theme like Blocksy, yet you want to add a bit of custom functionality. What are your options? Well the most logical…

  • WordPress Routing Hacks for Single Page Applications

    If you’ve ever attempted to bundle a Javascript single page application (SPA) inside of WordPress, you’ll likely run into the issue of routing. The problem isn’t that JS frameworks can’t…

  • Debugging Slow DNS Rollouts

    Ever launch a new website and run into DNS delays? Ever curious what’s happening under the hood? Let’s take a closer look and DNS updates and some tips for troubleshooting…

  • Downloading Backups From Previous Host Provider

    Given the following scenario, you’ve just launched a new WordPress site by pointing DNS to the new server and you need to grab a backup file from the old web…