How to Transfer + Clean WPEngine Backup Zip for Local Installation

If you have ever tried to do some tests on a local installation with a WordPress site hosted on WPEngine you may have found that it doesn’t always work right out of the box. Sometimes you just need to use XDebug with PHPStorm in a local troubleshooting environment to efficiently debug a site so a local … Learn more…

How to Batch Import Multiple WordPress MySQL Table Dumps

I was migrating a huge, high traffic WordPress site for a client on Codeable to Kinsta. Unfortunately they didn’t have FTP access or details so I had to get creative. Luckily, they were using VaultPress so I could generate a backup zip to download from there. Much to my surprise, I learned that the database … Learn more…

Using WP-CLI bash Scripting to Find WP-CLI Plugin Conflicts or Errors

WP-CLI is invaluable to me so when it doesn’t work on a WooCommerce or WordPress site it’s a top priority to get it fixed and working properly! I was getting this weird error for a site where WP-CLI wouldn’t show me any information, simple commands like wp option get weren’t returning any output and simply … Learn more…

Autoupdate WP-CLI and packages with Linux Cronjob

WP-CLI is adding more useful functionality every day to help sysadmins and hosts make WordPress management a breeze. I have found myself having to update WP-CLI manually over SSH for all of my sites which is pretty monotonous. This tutorial will show you how to autoupdate WP-CLI and its packages with a Linux cronjob on … Learn more…