Remove Google Adwords gclid Query String for nginx

Using Google AdWords to gain traffic for your WordPress or WooCommerce site can increase loyal viewers and customers. You may find visitors who click your Google ad get a slower experience. Google adds a query string that looks like ?gclid=vak234kasd1312 which bypasses any caching you may have enabled. Google uses this query string for tracking, however, … Learn more…

How to Configure Monit to Send Email Alerts with SendGrid

Monit is my favorite tool for monitoring WordPress servers. I use Monit to make sure all of my crucial processes like nginx or Apache is always running among other things. Monit will also send you email alerts. For maximum security you should not host an email server by yourself. There are multiple free email services like SendGrid … Learn more…

Install + Configure Elasticsearch to Speed up WordPress CentOS

The default WordPress search uses MySQL which is not search-optimized and can be slow due to the structure of some WordPress and WooCommerce tables. Elasticsearch is a NoSQL database which uses a lucene structure with the goal of providing search results in real time. The ElasticPress plugin integrates WordPress with Elasticsearch to make WordPress searching awesomely fast. … Learn more…