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On Windows you have a GUI where you can identify large folders taking up space. On most Linux servers, which are headless (i.e. no GUI desktop), these helpful graphical interfaces are not present because they take up precious resources which should be used for your web server software. You can still have large folders with … Learn more…
Using Google Analytics to gain traffic insights for your WordPress or WooCommerce site can track visitors and conversion rates. If you use tracking for email blasts when you publish new posts or product deals, you may find visitors get a slower experience. Google Analytics adds a query string that looks something like ?utm_source=mailchimp which bypasses any caching you … Learn more…
Monit can be used to monitor your services on your VPS or dedicated server. You can use Monit to make sure MySQL (MariaDB, Percona etc) is always running in case it crashes because of bots brute forcing or it runs out of resources. Monit will check the MySQL process by looking at the unix socket it is … Learn more…
There are quite a few WordPress plugins that help you manage your 404 errors to improve your SEO. 404 not found errors can arise from deleting old posts and not creating a redirect or from spambots. This guide shows you how to use nginx to redirect 404 errors to your WordPress homepage. This guide requires … Learn more…
I do a lot of hosting migrations on Codeable to help WordPress site owners make their site faster. For anybody who has migrated hosts before you know the major bottleneck is DNS and its slow propagation. I usually check DNS records with DNS Checker and it works very well but it requires manual labor. I prefer … Learn more…