Right now, NameHero offers a free domain with all Turbo and Business cloud plans when purchased for 2 years or more. You’ll notice that the free domain doesn’t come with a “Starter” or “Plus” plan. Why is this? After all, there are plenty of low-cost hosts that give you a free domain on even starter […]
How To Block wp-login.php With Cloudflare
Yesterday when I was checking up on the Cloudflare cache performance for my site WP-Tweaks.com, I saw this: After filtering traffic that made it past my cache to hit the origin server directly, I saw a huge spike of requests in an incredibly short time. What’s more, they were either redirected or gave a 404. […]
What NameHero’s “Unlimited” Storage Means
On the NameHero website, you see that all the web hosting plans have the words “Unlimited Storage” next to them. What’s more, this refers to SSD storage. So it’s not only unlimited but also fast. But is this a realistic promise? If the storage is unlimited, does it mean that you can host websites of […]
How To Fine Tune The Cloudflare Firewall
In an earlier article, I’d written about using Cloudflare and subscribing to the “Pro” plan. Of the many benefits, one of them is the extensive WAF that you can just “set and forget”. It blocks a wide range of threats at no additional impact to your site since the requests are handled on the edge […]
Monitoring Your Site – Jetpack Alternatives
I continue to grapple with the consequences of uninstalling Jetpack on my WordPress website. Earlier, I’d written about how I needed to find an alternative contact form solution to replace the one that Jetpack provided. Now, there’s one more piece of functionality that I’m sure many people use, and which Jetpack provides for free – […]
Replacing The Jetpack Contact Form In WordPress
Last week, I wrote about how I finally uninstalled Jetpack from WordPress. The plugin was too large, had constant updates, utilized external services, and was generally getting too unwieldy. I made the case that it was better to have smaller, specialized plugins instead of a single large one. It helps with site stability by removing […]
Updating Your Website for The New Year: Remember These
We’re approaching the end of the year, and websites need to start preparing for the different ways this can impact their appearance in the search results. For example, my site promotes NameHero services and compares hosting solutions with one another. A large amount of my traffic comes from people using search terms with the year […]
Why I Finally Uninstalled Jetpack From WordPress
I’ve been a faithful Jetpack user for years. I’ve watched as Automatic constantly brought in new features and functionalities, making it ever larger. I’ve had my share of problems with deactivating the REST API and the XMLRPC functionality, while trying to keep Jetpack working. Yesterday however, I took the plunge and uninstalled Jetpack from my […]
Five Important cPanel Tools You Need To Be Familiar With
As a beginner, cPanel can be pretty confusing. The tool has evolved to be a swiss army knife for web hosting management. Over the years, it’s evolved to have so many options, that it can intimidate those new to cPanel. On top of that, if you add the plugins inserted hosting providers, it can get […]
Do You Need A Dedicated IP For Your Website? (Hint: No)
If you look at NameHero’s shared hosting packages, you see that none of them offer a dedicated IP address. Some web hosts do provide this even on shared hosting, so it’s understandable if wonder whether or not this has an impact on your search rankings. There’s been a lot of confusion around this point, and […]