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Quickly Locate Unknown Disk Usage over SSH
Ever have a website’s disk usage grow over 100GBs unexpectedly? This week I did. This is how I quickly figured out where the extra…
Disable Web Requests for WP-CLI Only WordPress
Did you know you can use WordPress exclusively from WP-CLI? The use case for doing this is pretty unique. Not likely something you’ll see…
Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer Part 5 – Decoupled Page Template
This post is part of a series called “Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer” Part 1 – Getting Started Part 2 – Structured PHP,…
Handing Legacy Static Sites with Kinsta
On occasion I need to host a PHP static website. This is typically while the customer is working on a new WordPress site and…
Reusing Cookies for Automation
Previously I’ve wrote about using a Ruby script to automate fetching data from WP Engine’s portal. Recently that script broke due to the way…
Local Lightning for WordPress Development
When it comes to local WordPress development, I’ve been split between two different tools: Laravel Valet and Local by Flywheel. Valet is really fast,…
Exposing WSL to Windows for Dev Backups
I recently switched my primary computer from a Macbook Pro to a Surface Laptop. My WordPress development environment is now primarily contained within WSL…
OS Platform Whichever
This week I did the unthinkable. After 10 years using iMacs and Macbook Pro’s for WordPress development, I purchased Microsoft’s newest Surface Laptop 3.…
Fetching from SFTP with Phpseclib
I recently had a customer who needed to fetch and import files from a remote SFTP server on a scheduled basis. The import process…
Full Page Website Screenshots
I previously wrote about taking website screenshots with gowitness. That works great for basic website screenshots. However my most recent project required full page…