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Cloudways is cashing out (acquired by Digital Ocean)
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Exporting databases using WP-CLI
Mounting Linode storage volumes
DNS Basic Info & Troubleshooting
Akamai’s Linode acquisition – initial thoughts
Hosting Services Breakdown – domain registrar, web hosting, email hosting, DNS
Guide to Security Headers
What are HTTP headers? (and why they’re useful)
phpMyAdmin stuck when dropping tables
WordPress MySQL database import errors (and fixes)
Open-Source FILE MANAGER script comparison
CloudPages managed WordPress hosting – INITIAL REVIEW
NGINX vs OpenLiteSpeed (OLS) honest speed comparison 2022
DNS hosts website preview
RunCloud BEATS Cloudways & GridPane – 2022 review
Core Web Vitals – score optimization tips
10 TRUTHS about running a webhosting business
NitroPack – cloud caching and CDN service review
Why use cPanel in 2021
Linode has the best cloud manager UI
Ultra-fast server file transfers with WGET
LiteSpeed (Enterprise) vs OpenLiteSpeed
MXroute email hosting review
CloudPanel – server control panel review
Disable WP-Cron and use real CRON JOB
HestiaCP – server control panel review
Nerd Guide to WordPress Firewall Security
Clone database in phpMyAdmin (easy way)
The Most Difficult WordPress Speed Optimization Clients
WPCloudDeploy – WordPress hosting plugin review
How to MANUALLY Clone or Create a Staging Site
BunnyShell – cloud panel review
Cache warming with Optimus Cache Prime (OCP)
How to HARDEN a Linux web server
Thoughts on Google Web Vitals (web.dev)
Jelastic multi-cloud hosting platform review
UNDERSCORE vs HYPHEN (in text strings)
Elastic Hosting for WordPress – PROS & CONS
Skills you need to manage a (Linux) web server
RunCloud hosting panel 2020 review
Flywheel WordPress hosting review – IT SUCKS
To WWW or not to WWW
The Ultimate WordPress Speed Optimization Guide
Changing your WordPress site domain name
My opinion on WordPress webserver script-stacks
How to migrate ANY type of website (to new webhost)
Plesk (Obsidian) Control Panel Review 2020
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Adventures with Amazon managed databases (Lightsail, RDS, Aurora)
How to Use Public DNS Service (Google, Cloudflare, etc)
WHM cPanel cheatsheet (configs, commands, fixes)
cPanel vs Plesk – Webhosting Control Panel Review 2020
WHY to always use a Transactional Email Service
VPS REVIEW – Digital Ocean vs Linode vs Vultr
Choosing a (good) domain registrar
Youtube embed not working in WordPress editor (affecting datacenters globally)
CyberPanel cheatsheet (configs, commands, fixes)
Amazon-AWS/Google-GCP vs Traditional VPS (Linode, Digital Ocean, Vultr)
Mailchimp vs Mailerlite – email newsletter service review
Is cPanel heavy? (Will it slow down your websites?)
CyberPanel server commands and important directories
Use a REAL Email Hosting Service (not your web server!)
Linux Server Commands CHEATSHEET (for newb admins)
LiteSpeed vs NGINX – performance comparison and history
History of web servers (and transition from Apache to NGINX/LiteSpeed)
Recovering from a HACKED web server (Linux)
Best Linux distribution for web servers – CentOS vs Ubuntu
Kinsta vs WP Engine
Choosing the FASTEST DATACENTER location for your web server
Cloudflare settings guide (best performance)
Migration tactics for LARGE WordPress sites
CyberPanel OpenLiteSpeed high performance web server for WordPress
RunCloud cloud-based VPS webhosting control panel 2019 review
Checking your WordPress site for BROTLI or GZIP compression
SpinupWP – WordPress server panel review
Do you really need a fast website for SEO?
Webhosting Control Panel Review – UPDATED 2021
Get WordPress admin access through database
How to optimize for Google Pagespeed, Pingdom, and GTmetrix
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)!!!
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Do you need a dedicated IP for webhosting? (debunking myths)
WP Engine SUCKS! (bad webhosting review)
Cloudflare DNS/CDN service review – Do you need it? (pros and cons)
VPS vs DEDICATED (bare metal) – Which server should you choose?
RAM or CPU? Which is more important for web-servers?
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Best Video-Hosting Service for Membership Site (Vimeo, Youtube, Wistia, Amazon S3, etc)
MANAGED WordPress Hosting – PROS and CONS
SOLUTION – Is your server IP blocked in any countries?
GridPane vs RunCloud – Managed Hosting Panel Review UPDATED 2020
Block XML-RPC protocol in WordPress
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What is “Managed Hosting” and where did it come from?
Should you load Google Analytics in HEADER or FOOTER?
SiteGround vs InMotion – Webhosting Review (UPDATED 2019)
Hosting Multiple Sites in ONE Webhosting Account, is it INSECURE? (NO, it’s not)
Clean up wp_options table (autoloaded data)
Should you use Critical CSS?
SiteGround vs A2 – Webhosting Review 2020
GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting SUCKS
Is Cloudflare Argo routing-service worth the cost?
What’s a CDN? (Content Delivery Network) And do you need it?
Cloudways vs RunCloud – Managed WordPress Hosting Comparison (UPDATED 2020)
UNIXy Varnish review for NGINX or LiteSpeed Web Servers
Enable GZIP for faster page loads!
Apache performance tip – switch to MPM Event!
How to Move Your WordPress Site from HTTP to HTTPS
Apache vs NGINX Comparison – use either but NOT BOTH!
Why Shared Hosting Sucks
About 98% of the shared hosting services out there suck!
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