For most people, switching a WordPress site from http to https is possible with just a few clicks. That’s a big thanks Let’s Encrypt, which is being widely adopted by many popular web hosting companies. That said, there can be a…
Most WordPress-specific host providers will have some sort of hosting dashboard to manage website redirections. These pages allow you to directly configure the web server rules (Apache and/or NGINX). WP Engine and Kinsta make this fairly straightforward to use as…
Advanced Custom Fields relationships are pretty amazing. You can easily manage relationships between virtually anything. The official ACF docs on querying relationship fields is a fantastic walkthrough showing how to handle the front-end display of basic relationships. It works by using…
I recently discovered wp_schedule_single_event which, as it sounds, allows you to schedule a one time event. This helped solved an issue I was running into while attempting to get Mailgun and Constellix talking to each other. Automating Mailgun setup with delayed DNS verify…
Awhile back I built a process management system within WordPress. You can read about that here: Recently someone asked me how I built it, so I figured it’s time for a follow-up post. 16 months later and I still use…
Out of the box WordPress adds query strings to CSS and JavaScript files. This means that a stylesheet which typically looks like style.css is changed to style.css?ver=4.9.2. The version automatically updates with each WordPress release and helps with cache busting. WordPress…
With HTTPS becoming a standard, redirecting your old http url typically works by selecting a checkbox. With WP Engine, select “Secure all URLs” within the SSL settings. Recently I discovered that a lot of these http urls were double redirecting.…
One of the drawbacks of WP Engine’s implementations of SSH is the time it takes to create the SSH tunnel. While this has gotten significantly better it’s still slow enough that you really should avoid creating lots of individual connections. While…
I collect my hosting payments using WooCommerce Subscriptions. To make the checkout really straightforward I slimmed down the process to a single payment link. Here is how to create really speedy checkouts with WooCommerce Subscriptions. Start by creating a new WordPress…
My local WordPress development setup has been greatly simplified due to my discovery of Laravel Valet. My Macbook Pro hard drive recently failed, which Apple replaced with a new hard drive. So I decided to do a walkthrough setting up…