Mike Andreasen
Previously I have shown how to upload WordPress backups to Dropbox without a WordPress backup plugin. If your site isn’t that large than Dropbox’s free limit of 2 GB may suit your needs. However, if you have a larger site then Google Drive may be a better option since you get 15 GB of space … Learn more…
Monit can be used to monitor your services on your VPS or dedicated server. You can use Monit to make sure nginx is always running in case it halts or freezes up – note this is very rare but it is better to be safe than sorry. Monit will check which port nginx is running on … Learn more…
WP-CLI is an indispensable tool for WordPress power users. Hosts, developers, system administrators probably use WP-CLI every day. It can help you automate tedious tasks like bulk plugin updates for multiple sites. I saw a post on the facebook group Advanced WordPress of a gist that installed a list of plugins in one list. This is … Learn more…
I have helped many users speed up their sites by implementing server-side security to prevent XMLRPC and wp-login.php attacks. CloudFlare have blogged about XMLRPC.php as an attack vector. Basically, hacker bots scan for WordPress or WooCommerce sites and will try a senseless amount of password attempts over and over again. This can lead to your system … Learn more…
EWWW Image Optimizer is what I use for compressing the PNG files on WP Bullet on the fly. It uses free software like pngquant to reduce the image size of the banners after I upload them. For some reason pngquant is pretty outdated in the Debian and Ubuntu repository. This guide will show you how to … Learn more…