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  • Hacktoberfest 2018

    Hacktoberfest is here. It’s the 5th year running, and the first one I’ve participated in. The challenge is simple, complete five pull requests on any Github open source project during…

  • WP Engine to Kinsta Bulk Migration Tips

    Last month I moved 100 WordPress sites from WP Engine to Kinsta. The following are some things I learned and recommendations for doing bulk migrations from WP Engine to Kinsta.…

  • All of the Small Things Kinsta Gets Right

    First off I’m a power user. I personally use both Kinsta and WP Engine for hosting my customer’s sites. They are both fantastic companies and have their own pros and…

  • Automatic Git Deploy with Kinsta via SSH

    Kinsta is my preferred WordPress host provider. This year I’ve switched all my new customers to Kinsta. Coming from WP Engine, one feature I miss is a per site git URL…

  • A Week with Windows 10 and Linux Subsystem for WordPress Development

    It’s been 10 years since I switched to Apple, coming from Windows. Having native access to unix tools via the terminal was what initially attracted me to the world of Mac.…

  • Speeding up Extracting a Site from Multisite

    Last year I wrote about Extracting a Site from Multisite. The real tedious part is manually moving themes, plugins and uploads relating to a particular subsite over to a standard…

  • Concurrent Site Monitor in Bash

    Something that’s important for every website is a site monitor, and a great tool for getting started is Jetpack Monitor. It’s free and sends out an email notification whenever downtime…

  • Removing Sensitive Data from Git Repos

    If you’ve ever worked with git for a WordPress project, you may at some point accidentally added private keys and other sensitive data into the repo. It’s easy to do…

  • Writing Personalized Scheduled Emails with WordPress

    There are many options for sending out email newsletters. Recently, I was reviewing various options for sending out my CaptainCore updates. At first I was tempted to just grab entries from…

  • Working with WP Engine’s Legacy Staging

    WP Engine is one of the main web hosts I use for Anchor Hosting. They recently announced new staging and development environments which will eventually make the existing staging site feature…