Install + Configure Varnish 3 Cache with nginx for WooCommerce Speed

Varnish is one of the best WooCommerce caching solutions I have tried. I’ve managed to get WooCommerce shop load times under 1 second! The Varnish control language (vcl) gives you incredible control over what should be cached and how, providing greater flexibility than with nginx proxy or fastcgi cache systems. Using Varnish will give your … Learn more…

How to Configure Monit to Send Email Alerts with Mailgun

Monit is an awesome tool for monitoring your WordPress server. It can ensure your web server like nginx or Apache is always running as well as other crucial services. Monit will also send you email alerts. For maximum security you should not host an email server by yourself. Especially when there are free services like … Learn more…

Protect WordPress wp-login with Apache HTTP Auth + fail2ban

Most tutorials for protecting wp-login.php for WordPress block users who are actually trying to make login attempts which makes logical sense. The problem with this method is that these brute force protection methods are still expensive for your web server. When a user tries to log in, PHP processing occurs and MySQL queries are made … Learn more…

Autoupdate WordPress Site Plugins with WP-CLI Bash Script Cronjob

We all know how important it is to keep your WordPress plugins updated to maintain security and avoid being hacked. A WordPress plugin vulnerability database is maintained by WPScan and can be found here. It is a tedious task to update multiple WordPress installations, some tools exist like ManageWP and InfiniteWP to ease the monotony. … Learn more…

How to Configure Automatic Security Updates for Debian

Securing your web server running WordPress is very important, this tutorial will show you how to automatically install the latest security updates for Debian even while you sleep using the UnattendedUpgrades package. Configuring automatic security updates for your web server hosting WordPress can mean your server is not exploited using some vulnerability. This is highly … Learn more…