Varnish is the server-side caching method of choice for numerous hosting companies. WPEngine, Cloudways and Flywheel, just to mention a few, use Varnish to deliver super fast page load times for their clients. One of the potential frustrations with Varnish can be making it work with e-commerce shops like WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads. Typically … Learn more…
Whitelisting your IP address for login pages on WordPress ensures that only your IP address can access the login page. It is by far one of the best security methods for preventing brute force attacks on your website. Previously I have shown how to whitelist a single dynamic DNS address which is great security practice … Learn more…
Monit is a powerful tool for making sure your server is running smoothly. Common uses for Monit are automatically restarting your services like nginx, Apache, SSH, MySQL and more. Monit can also be used for checking folder sizes and displaying them in the web interface (learn how). This guide will show you how to monitor … Learn more…
EWWW Image Optimizer is my go to WordPress plugin for compressing my PNGs. EWWW Image Optimizer uses open source sofrware like OptiPNG and pngquant to reduce the image size after I upload them. I like to have the latest software in case of security patches, bugfixes or performance improvements. While the current Debian and Ubuntu versions … Learn more…
Monit is incredibly flexible. It can be used to send email alerts (guide with Mailgun) when processes crash and automatically restart them. On all the VPS and dedicated servers I set up for my clients on Codeable, Monit is a must for proactive monitoring. I like to know how large WordPress installations are with all … Learn more…