I recently started playing around with some of the configuration settings in Cloudflare and I realized something that I could cache the entire site for free at the edge. It’s very simple. Let’s take a look at the configuration settings there are only two caching rules that you need to configure. This works entirely on […]
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Self-hosting WordPress: Looking at WordOps vs SlickStack
A little background on me, Jon Dingman, and WordPress hosting. I have been building websites since 1999 and I started self-hosting with WordPress in 2004. I have used everything from shared hosting, dedicated hosting, a VPS, managed services, you name it, I have tried it. In the most recent years, I have been self-hosting on […]
Using Cloudflare, an Amazon Load Balancer, with Nginx and Fail2Ban
I recently started using WordOps as the primary infrastructure solution for my WordPress sites. I’ve been quite happy with it as well. I’ve been using Cloudflare for quite a while now, and have been extremely pleased with the product offering; even the free service is fantastic — I have also used Cloudflare as an Enterprise […]
How to Automate WordPress Backups to Amazon S3 with a Bash Script
I’ve been working with WordPress for almost 20 years now. Hosting has always been a pain in my side to properly handle scaling, caching, and delivery. Recently, I started using an Open Source product called WordOps and have been very impressed with it. The following WordPress backup script is tailored to the file structure of […]
Show Only Children Pages on Parent Page
There is still much to be desired within WordPress when it comes to dealing with parent and children pages. The core code is there, and it’s usable, but there’s not a lot “out of the box” to play with. We’ve developed a bit of code to help make your life a little easier. Adding the […]
WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade
This tutorial will guide you step by step on how to setup your server so you can install new plugins and upgrade existing plugins using an SSH2 layer in PHP and WordPress. What is WordPress? WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer […]
OpenX Advanced Targeting Using WordPress
What is Openx OpenX is, in my opinion, the most efficient and hands-free open source ad server on the web today. It’s flexible, easy to use, and best of all, free. What is WordPress? WordPress is one of the leading platforms in blogging on the web today. Whether you are self-hosted (using wordpress.org) or being […]