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Sometimes you may want to set dynamic cache times for different URLs on your web site. For example if your blog content rarely changes you may want the cache expiration to be a day but if you have a page that is constantly updated, you may want a microcache where you only cache it for … 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…
When you self-host WordPress on your own VPS like Vultr or Digital Ocean you do not get a default ftp user (besides root). You do not want to use the root user or you will get permission errors. This post shows you how to correct the permission problems if you want to have an SFTP … Learn more…
If you forbid certain paths or URLs with nginx to protect content you may want to use fail2ban to ban these 403 requests nginx captures. For example if you have renamed your login page using a plugin then typically the hacker bots will receive a 403 forbidden error when trying to log in. Similarly if … 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 nginx … Learn more…