Losing my (wp) head for Astro
Ok you’ve seen the term headless and it stands out. As a long-time wordpress/shopify/joomla developer, I really have resisted moving headless or over to react. The majority of my work has been long-term, content-driven, multi-user sites that require an integration of content development and approvals—often without my intervention. WordPress has been the core answer. It’s […]
Choosing a web-host for wordpress
There are an infinite number of things to consider when choosing a web host, but let’s boil it down to the simple details: cost, speed, email. Whenever you choose a host, you have those three to consider. 1. Email Do you need email service on the domain host? Really? Are you comfortable with a low-perfomance […]
WordPress, NGINX, Cache, Plesk, and why is my TTFB so high
To put it mildly, tuning a server is complicated, even for incredibly common setups and out-of-the-box solutions. In the end you’ll hear mostly that you need to install this, or that, plugin. You do, but you don’t. In reality most systems seem to have moved to an NGINX setup and all of the .htaccess rule […]
Your wordpress site got hacked, Now what?
So you suddenly figured out your wordpress site is down? or worse.
Let’s fix that.