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Jan 11, 2021 1

Repairing a HACKED WordPress site

Jan 4, 2021 15

NitroPack – cloud caching and CDN service review

Jan 2, 2021 6

Why use cPanel in 2021

Dec 18, 2020

Linode has the best cloud manager UI

Nov 29, 2020

Ultra-fast server file transfers with WGET

Nov 26, 2020

LiteSpeed (Enterprise) vs OpenLiteSpeed

Nov 22, 2020 4

MXroute email hosting review

Sep 19, 2020 3

CloudPanel – server control panel review

Sep 15, 2020 8

Disable WP-Cron and use real CRON JOB

Sep 8, 2020 12

HestiaCP – server control panel review

Sep 3, 2020 3

Nerd Guide to WordPress Firewall Security

Sep 2, 2020

Clone database in phpMyAdmin (easy way)

Aug 17, 2020 4

The Most Difficult WordPress Speed Optimization Clients

Jul 30, 2020 9

WPCloudDeploy – WordPress hosting plugin review

Jul 28, 2020 6

How to MANUALLY Clone or Create a Staging Site

Jul 24, 2020 4

BunnyShell – cloud panel review

Jun 30, 2020 21

Cache warming with Optimus Cache Prime (OCP)

Jun 16, 2020 8

How to HARDEN a Linux web server

Jun 9, 2020 6

Thoughts on Google Web Vitals (web.dev)

Jun 8, 2020 4

Jelastic multi-cloud hosting platform review

Jun 6, 2020 4

UNDERSCORE vs HYPHEN (in text strings)

Jun 1, 2020 3

Elastic Hosting for WordPress – PROS & CONS

May 8, 2020

Skills you need to manage a (Linux) web server

May 6, 2020 3

RunCloud hosting panel 2020 review

May 4, 2020 3

Flywheel WordPress hosting review – IT SUCKS

May 1, 2020 8

To WWW or not to WWW

Apr 22, 2020 37 Popular Recommended

The Ultimate WordPress Speed Optimization Guide

130+ performance tips to overcome your WordPress speed addiction. Are you a speed addict?Are you worried
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Apr 14, 2020 8

Changing your WordPress site domain name

Apr 13, 2020 9

My opinion on WordPress webserver script-stacks

Apr 12, 2020

How to migrate ANY type of website (to new webhost)

Apr 10, 2020

Plesk (Obsidian) Control Panel Review 2020

Apr 2, 2020 167 Popular Recommended

Best WordPress Hosting Reviews (UPDATED 2021)

All the WordPress webhosting companies I've personally tried or heard about from people I trust! My compared
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Feb 26, 2020 2

Adventures with Amazon managed databases (Lightsail, RDS, Aurora)

Feb 22, 2020

How to Use Public DNS Service (Google, Cloudflare, etc)

Feb 13, 2020

WHM cPanel cheatsheet (configs, commands, fixes)

Feb 2, 2020 8

cPanel vs Plesk – Webhosting Control Panel Review 2020

Jan 25, 2020 4

WHY to always use a Transactional Email Service

Jan 22, 2020 11

VPS REVIEW – Digital Ocean vs Linode vs Vultr

Dec 18, 2019 1

Choosing a (good) domain registrar

Dec 13, 2019

Youtube embed not working in WordPress editor (affecting datacenters globally)

Dec 11, 2019 12

CyberPanel cheatsheet (configs, commands, fixes)

Dec 10, 2019 5

Amazon-AWS/Google-GCP vs Traditional VPS (Linode, Digital Ocean, Vultr)

Dec 5, 2019

Mailchimp vs Mailerlite – email newsletter service review

Dec 4, 2019

Is cPanel heavy? (Will it slow down your websites?)

Nov 4, 2019

CyberPanel server commands and important directories

Nov 1, 2019 9

Use a REAL Email Hosting Service (not your web server!)

Oct 18, 2019 2

Linux Server Commands CHEATSHEET (for newb admins)

Oct 15, 2019 23

LiteSpeed vs NGINX – performance comparison and history

Oct 14, 2019 1

History of web servers (and transition from Apache to NGINX/LiteSpeed)

Oct 13, 2019 8

Recovering from a HACKED web server (Linux)

Sep 22, 2019 3

Best Linux distribution for web servers – CentOS vs Ubuntu

Sep 20, 2019

Kinsta vs WP Engine

Sep 12, 2019

Choosing the FASTEST DATACENTER location for your web server

Aug 29, 2019 7

Cloudflare settings guide (best performance)

Aug 23, 2019 3

Migration tactics for LARGE WordPress sites

Aug 15, 2019 41 Popular

CyberPanel OpenLiteSpeed high performance web server for WordPress

Aug 10, 2019 3

RunCloud cloud-based VPS webhosting control panel 2019 review

Aug 10, 2019

Checking your WordPress site for BROTLI or GZIP compression

Aug 8, 2019 22

SpinupWP – WordPress server panel review

Aug 1, 2019 1

Do you really need a fast website for SEO?

Jul 11, 2019 23

Webhosting Control Panel Review – UPDATED 2021

May 29, 2019 5 Popular

Get WordPress admin access through database

May 24, 2019 7

How to optimize for Google Pagespeed, Pingdom, and GTmetrix

May 24, 2019 18 Recommended

Why Google Pagespeed, Pingdom, and GTmetrix scores don’t matter

Stop listening to those silly page speed scores and tests (if you don't know what you're doing)!!! I wrote
Read More about Why Google Pagespeed, Pingdom, and GTmetrix scores don’t matter

May 13, 2019

Do you need a dedicated IP for webhosting? (debunking myths)

May 10, 2019 8

WP Engine SUCKS! (bad webhosting review)

May 9, 2019 8

Cloudflare DNS/CDN service review – Do you need it? (pros and cons)

May 8, 2019 2

VPS vs DEDICATED (bare metal) – Which server should you choose?

May 7, 2019 7 Popular Recommended

RAM or CPU? Which is more important for web-servers?

Should you get a regular VPS or CPU-optimized, or memory-optimized instance? Many of the biggest VPS companies
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May 6, 2019 1

Best Video-Hosting Service for Membership Site (Vimeo, Youtube, Wistia, Amazon S3, etc)

Apr 20, 2019 1

MANAGED WordPress Hosting – PROS and CONS

Apr 20, 2019

SOLUTION – Is your server IP blocked in any countries?

Apr 19, 2019 52

GridPane vs RunCloud – Managed Hosting Panel Review UPDATED 2020

Apr 17, 2019 6

Block XML-RPC protocol in WordPress

Apr 16, 2019

How to get early access to Cloudflare QUIC?

Mar 21, 2019

What is “Managed Hosting” and where did it come from?

Mar 9, 2019 6

Should you load Google Analytics in HEADER or FOOTER?

Mar 4, 2019

SiteGround vs InMotion – Webhosting Review (UPDATED 2019)

Mar 3, 2019 2

Hosting Multiple Sites in ONE Webhosting Account, is it INSECURE? (NO, it’s not)

Feb 11, 2019 19

Clean up wp_options table (autoloaded data)

Oct 29, 2018 11

Should you use Critical CSS?

Oct 3, 2018 3

SiteGround vs A2 – Webhosting Review 2020

Sep 15, 2018 8

GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting SUCKS

Sep 10, 2018

Is Cloudflare Argo routing-service worth the cost?

Sep 5, 2018 4

What’s a CDN? (Content Delivery Network) And do you need it?

Aug 6, 2018 4

Cloudways vs RunCloud – Managed WordPress Hosting Comparison (UPDATED 2020)

Aug 2, 2018 3

UNIXy Varnish review for NGINX or LiteSpeed Web Servers

Jul 25, 2018

Enable GZIP for faster page loads!

Jul 25, 2018 9

Apache performance tip – switch to MPM Event!

Jul 14, 2018 9

How to Move Your WordPress Site from HTTP to HTTPS

Jul 9, 2018

Apache vs NGINX Comparison – use either but NOT BOTH!

Jun 28, 2018 8 Recommended

Why Shared Hosting Sucks

About 98% of the shared hosting services out there suck! The bigger and more well-known the company, the more
Read More about Why Shared Hosting Sucks

Jun 19, 2018 8

Should You Trust a Small Webhosting Company?

Jun 7, 2018 12

LiteSpeed Cache vs Varnish Cache

May 26, 2018

InMotion VPS Hosting Review (HINT: they’re really bad)

May 22, 2018 1

BeyondHosting Review – REALLY BAD MANAGED VPS

May 11, 2018 15

Difference between CLOUD vs VPS vs MANAGED Hosting

May 9, 2018 20

Why are MANAGED VPS Servers so Slow?

May 1, 2018 4

Redis vs Memcache vs APCu – object cache comparisons

Apr 30, 2018 15

Best CDN Providers for WordPress – Speed Review 2020

Apr 23, 2018 8

EASY WordPress Security Tips WITHOUT Slowing Performance

Apr 16, 2018 5

Cloudways Managed Hosting Review (2019)

Apr 14, 2018 17

301 Redirects to HTTPS (with and without WWW)

Apr 5, 2018 16

Fastest ways to load Google Analytics JS on WordPress

Mar 3, 2018 2

SiteGround Webhosting Review – UPDATED 2020

Dec 6, 2017 2

Managed VPS vs Unmanaged VPS

Jul 18, 2017

SiteGround WebHosting Review – UPDATED 2017

Jul 14, 2017 5

Linode – VPS Hosting Review – Updated 2017

May 31, 2017 2

FREE Web Hosting Control Panel Review

Feb 7, 2012 3

VPS.net Hosting Sucks! – Bad Review

Feb 7, 2012

Where to buy cPanel licenses

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