Last night the discussion got brought up between my wife and I about solid web hosting for 2018. She works with the direct-sale company Scentsy and belongs to a Facebook group where other “consultants” help each other work on their business. The discussion of Bluehost came up with people wanting to know the good, the […]
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How To Fix The 500 Internal Server Error In WordPress
Have you ever gotten a 500 Internal Server Error In WordPress? I don’t know about you, but this makes me want to pull my hair out! The good news is there is a solution and typically it’s fairly easy to troubleshoot. Disable Mod Security If you’re publishing a new post (or page) try logging into […]
How To Setup WordPress In The Cloud (Step By Step Guide For 2018)
If you’re not using cloud hosting with WordPress in 2018 you’ve fallen behind. WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world and powers north of 100 million websites. It levels the playing field amongst entrepreneurs as it allows complete novices the ability to setup a professional looking website in a matter […]
How To Fix Memory Exhausted Errors In WordPress
There is nothing more frustrating than seeing this error: ” Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 196608 bytes) in /home/resell/public_html/wp-content/plugins/class-wc-rest-orders-controller.php on line 1415 ” . This means the theme/plugin you’re using on WordPress is using up all the memory allocated to PHP. You wouldn’t believe (well maybe you would) […]
How To Secure WordPress With Wordfence Security
The second plugin I add to all my WordPress websites is Wordfence. Security is the most important part of your WordPress website as without taking strict measures you expose yourself to hacking threats, downtime, and many other costly problems. At Name Hero we’ve hardened our infrastructure to include automatic DDOS protection, nightly WordPress malware scanning/removal, […]
How To Install LiteSpeed Cache For WordPress
The first plugin I install for my WordPress websites is LiteSpeed cache. If you recall, last year LiteSpeed came out with their exclusive caching plugin and I did some speed comparisons using it + Cloudflare’s Railgun. Since then, they’ve continued to improve the product, making it my go-to for all my WordPress websites. The improvement […]
How To Create A Web Hosting Business With WordPress
We all know we can create some pretty amazing websites using WordPress. But what about a web hosting company? In a lot of my reseller hosting training I encourage beginners to use WordPress to build out their “front end” websites as is one of the easiest ways to get a professional looking website online in […]
How To Improve Your Time To First Byte (TTFB) On WordPress
Last week I was working with one of our customers on ways they could optimize their time to first byte (TTFB). If you’re familiar with many of the webpage speed tests out there, you know this is one of the important benchmarks, as an indication of the responsiveness of a webserver or other network resource. […]
How To Disable WP-Cron In WordPress
One of the biggest support requests we see with WordPress has to deal with the wp-cron process. WP-Cron manages all the scheduled events in your WordPress website. It’s a very common cause for high CPU loads and memory consumption especially for websites with very large databases and/or traffic. By default WordPress is setup to call […]
How To Disable Mod Security (Fixes Most Publishing Errors)
Have you ever tried to make a post in WordPress, Xenforo, or some other content management system only to get a 500 internal server error? I was chatting on Skype yesterday with one of my friends (and Name Hero customers) who was having this issue over and over. First off, I can relate as I’ve […]