I recently discovered a hidden gem with Kinsta’s SSH environment. They have a built in option for performing a background process using the screen command. Huge thanks for this tip goes to Jeff, one of Kinsta’s support engineers 🙏. Two types of…
Bash is amazingly powerful and yet not the easiest thing to learn. When learning any new computer language it’s natural to write everything in a very long single file. As you get better with the language you start to break things…
This post is part of a series called “Learning Vue.js as a WordPress Developer” Part 1 – Getting Started Part 2 – Structured PHP, Rest API and Axios Part 3 – Markdown and WordPress Embeds Part 4 – Authenticated Rest…
When it comes to unique use cases for WordPress, headless WordPress is all the talk. However earlier this year I stumbled upon another unique use case for WordPress. One I haven’t seen talked about before. That is a WP-CLI only…
Since the beginning of this blog I’ve relied on Jetpack Subscriptions to send out email notifications when publishing a blog post. It’s a free, quick and easy solution for handling blog email subscriptions. That said it’s not very flexible and…
Daily backups are a necessity for any website. However performing a full site restore from backup should only be considered as a last resort. For high traffic WooCommerce sites restoring a backup means all customers orders are lost from the…
Coming from WP Engine, Kinsta PHP options are amazing. Each site with Kinsta can run a wide range of PHP versions from 5.6 to 7.3 beta. That said, with greater control comes additional responsibility. Here are some tips for keeping…
If you haven’t seen Fathom Analytics yet, then please do. It’s a breath of fresh air in the web analytics space, and I argue that it’s a pretty good fit for WordPress sites. They offer free and paid plans however most…
While working on a new bash script, I discovered a pretty annoying difference between Kinsta and WP Engine’s SSH access. It involves sending arguments to a remote script. That’s something which is core to most of the scripts I write,…
Every once in a while I’ll run into a WordPress site with really outdated code that breaks when migrating to a modern WordPress host provider. Here are a few common issues I see along with some tips for resolving. PHP…