Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero
Earlier, I’d covered the plugin Jetpack Protect – a spinoff from the main Jetpack plugin that Automattic maintains. Today, I’m reviewing another plugin – Jetpack Boost, by Automattic. It’s a standalone plugin that you can install to improve your site speed in three key areas. While it’s good as a “set it and forget it” […]
If you’re a Cloudflare user, you need to turn on “Crawler Hints” for your websites at the first opportunity. Here’s why it’s a good thing for you, for the planet, and even for website crawlers. Crawling is Wasteful If your website is typical., then you know that the vast majority of hits to your site […]
Here’s how to configure your InterWorx VPS to take regular backups and store them on disk. When you buy a NameHero VPS, you can choose between cPanel and InterWorx. cPanel/WHM is more well known but also costs extra. Particularly since cPanel’s licensing changes, the value proposition of cPanel has gone down dramatically. This won’t affect […]
If you’ve used a VPS before, then you already know how to access your VPS. However, you might have just migrated to a VPS from shared hosting and are still developing the skills necessary for VPS management. If this is the case, don’t worry. I’m going to show you two ways to access your VPS, […]
Earlier, I’d written about when to move from shared hosting to a VPS. However, migrating to a VPS from shared hosting is no easy matter. You need to know what you’re getting into if you intend to manage the VPS independently. Even with a fully managed NameHero VPS, there’s no escaping the tasks you need […]
A while back, I decided to finally uninstall Jetpack from my WordPress installations because I no longer wanted to have a single software that did everything. Even if I disabled the modules I no longer wanted so much code cluttering my site. The original Jetpack plugin is huge. However, Jetpack recently started breaking its mammoth […]
Shared web hosting is a wonderful thing. It lets anyone start their website for a few dollars a month, without locking themselves into a software platform that stops them from migrating to other services. It’s by far the most common form of hosting, and especially with a good web host like NameHero, it can serve […]
When you sign up for NameHero hosting, you can purchase additional backup space during the checkout process as shown here: You can use this additional backup space to store up to 30 days of backups on NameHero and restore them to any point in time. But which plan should you get, and how much backup […]
When you buy a domain, you’re often given the option to purchase an additional domain privacy service. For some, ID protection is worth the freedom from spam, while others choose to keep their information public for reputational purposes. Here on NameHero, you can buy it by clicking the “ID Protection” box as shown here: So […]
For a long time, I used Cloudflare page rules for my most important redirects. In fact, I’d written an article on using Cloudflare to speed up websites, and page rules for redirects were one of the tips I shared. Since then, however, Cloudflare has created a whole new system for page redirects. The new configuration […]