If you are hosting a WordPress installation on your Linux server, than you may find it useful to automate the update using a bash script. While WordPress is capable of doing a web based update, we strongly believe in the principle of least privilege. Using this principle ensures tight security, however this comes at the… Read More
If you have been using WordPress for any amount of time, you may have found user profile management to be a bit lacking in terms of configuration. Most installations I have come across have either a membership plugin or a plugin that extends the user profile to collect more information. Regardless, from time to time… Read More
This may seem trivial to some, but I swear I have been asked this question at least 1000 times. With that said, I think it is time to answer the below question for all. How do I convert my WordPress install to SSL? This task, while not necessarily difficult, is not as simple as just… Read More
My original interest in this methodology came when I stumbled across Eric Mann’s article, Ludicrous Speed: WordPress Caching with Redis. Of course this led to more in-depth research which produced the solution I eventually settled on which is our modified version of Wp Redis Cache by Benjamin Adams. So, in this tutorial I will walk you… Read More
If you are hosting a website, you almost certainly are aware of hotlinking or bandwidth theft. If not then read on. Hotlinking is essentially the practice of linking directly to a image or download hosted on a different website. This practice is typically frowned upon amongst the community of web site owners/operators however some unscrupulous… Read More
If you have a WordPress installation that has issues with scheduled posts or certain plugins that rely on wp-cron, then this article is for you. There are two ways I have found that will pretty much fix your situation whether your site is self hosted or you are hosting your site using a paid solution… Read More
Post revisions in WordPress are a great feature, however some users might not need them especially if they have limited database space, or are using WordPress as a CMS and don’t need auto-save. If this is the case, you can totally disable the post revisions feature in WordPress. This process requires editing wp-config.php located in… Read More
This may seem trivial to some, but I swear I have been asked this question at least 1000 times. With that said, I think it is time to answer the below question for all. How do I move my WordPress install to a new URL? This task, while not necessarily difficult, is not as simple… Read More
WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform… Read More