Hosting WordPress on AWS is easier than you think. You can actually complete a full WordPress install using Amazon Web Services in under 10 minutes if you have some technical background. If you don't, and the term AWS freaks you out, it may take you 15 minutes.In any case, simply follow along with my hosting WordPress on AWS tutorial, and I'll have you up and running in no … [Read more...]
Amazon CloudFront And W3 Total Cache Origin Push
I recently created a post on how to set up a CDN for your WordPress blog, using Amazon CloudFront and W3 Total Cache. That post focused on setting up an Origin Pull with CloudFront. Another option available in W3 Total Cache is setting up a Origin Push for your CDN.In this post we'll examine setting up a CDN with Amazon CloudFront and W3 Total Cache Origin Push … [Read more...]
Amazon CPM Ads Not Displaying In WordPress
Are your Amazon CPM Ads not displaying in your WordPress post?Perhaps you were using Google Adsense without any issues, and recently started experimenting with Amazon CPM Ads. All of the sudden, you're ads stopped displaying.Don't blame Amazon, I'm willing to bet it's a Plugin issue, more specifically the Autoptimize plugin.Amazon CPM Ads Not Displaying I … [Read more...]
Issues With BackupBuddy And GoDaddy Shared Hosting
I was having all kinds of issues with BackupBuddy and GoDaddy shared hosting. It actually goes beyond just BackupBuddy, as I was having similar issues with other backup plugins before I took the plunge with BackupBuddy.The Updraft Plus plugin would crash my site while it attempted to run. Duplicator would throw errors that it couldn't complete my backup.I figured if I'm … [Read more...]
WordPress CloudFront CDN Setup Using W3 Total Cache
Update: Appreciate the feedback I've been receiving regarding some of my CDN content not loading. Finally had a chance to take a look, and the problem should be resolved. The problem appeared to be related to my cache settings in W3 Total Cache, and I simply needed to purge all my caches. If you experience any problems related to content not loading, or a message related to … [Read more...]