Whenever a host doesn’t have WP-CLI installed by default, I get sad 🙁 this powerful WordPress management tool isn’t available! Luckily it is easy to install WP-CLI without root or sudo access via SSH. Following this method you will still be able to use WP-CLI just like you can when it is installed the more … Learn more…
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…
From time to time on Codeable I need to clone a site to a VPS with root access in order to diagnose WordPress/WooCommerce performance issues. My internet connection is fast but it’s not as fast as most VPS providers’ network pipes! When SSH isn’t available so you can use rsync to copy over large files, … Learn more…
I was migrating a huge, high traffic WordPress site for a client on Codeable to Kinsta. Unfortunately they didn’t have FTP access or details so I had to get creative. Luckily, they were using VaultPress so I could generate a backup zip to download from there. Much to my surprise, I learned that the database … Learn more…
WP-CLI is adding more useful functionality every day to help sysadmins and hosts make WordPress management a breeze. I have found myself having to update WP-CLI manually over SSH for all of my sites which is pretty monotonous. This tutorial will show you how to autoupdate WP-CLI and its packages with a Linux cronjob on … Learn more…