Tag: wordpress

  • One WordPress installation in two AWS EC2 regions

    One WordPress installation in two AWS EC2 regions

    Explore our quick guide on setting up WordPress in two separate AWS EC2 regions for enhanced performance and reliability. Learn step-by-step how to configure and manage WordPress instances across different geographic areas, ensuring a robust and efficient web presence.

  • A story of WordPress – the state of installation

    A story of WordPress – the state of installation

    Introduction This blog is its own story. By this I mean that the posts on WordPress that appear here are actually tested and implemented on the blog itself. So, if the blog works or doesn’t, is usually a confirmation of whether the instructions you find here are proper or not as the case may be.…

  • Yoast SEO Configuration in WordPress

    Yoast SEO Configuration in WordPress

    This article is looking at the specific configuration regarding hiding author information in WordPress in follow-up to an earlier article on improving WordPress security. If you use the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin, you may discover that depending on your settings, some information, such as the author name, may be exposed in various ways on your…

  • Adding AWS CloudFront and WAF to WordPress

    Adding AWS CloudFront and WAF to WordPress

    The article provides a step-by-step guide on enhancing a WordPress installation’s speed and security using AWS CloudFront and WAF. It begins by emphasizing the use of AWS CloudFront for speed improvement through its Content Delivery Network (CDN), particularly focusing on an HTTPS-only distribution.

  • Using Adobe Fonts on WordPress with Twenty Twenty-Three

    Using Adobe Fonts on WordPress with Twenty Twenty-Three

    This post illustrates a method to integrate Adobe Fonts with a WordPress site using the Twenty Twenty-Three theme. It outlines creating a Web Project on Adobe Fonts, linking the Adobe CSS file to WordPress, and adjusting CSS rules to apply Adobe fonts to desired elements on the site.

  • Securing your WordPress installation

    Securing your WordPress installation

    This post outlines steps to enhance WordPress security, like disabling the Theme and Plugin Editor, restricting PHP error reporting, protecting the .htaccess file, blocking access to specific files, and enabling 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) for login among others.

  • Advantages of deploying AWS ElastiCache for Memcached

    Advantages of deploying AWS ElastiCache for Memcached

    This post outlines several advantages of deploying AWS ElastiCache for Memcached, such as improved performance, managed service features, scalability, high availability, seamless integration with existing Memcached setups, monitoring and metrics through Amazon CloudWatch, enhanced security, cost-efficiency, simplified maintenance and patching, backup and restore capabilities, and integration with the AWS ecosystem.

  • Speed up WordPress with Amazon ElastiCache for Memcached

    Speed up WordPress with Amazon ElastiCache for Memcached

    This post guides on enhancing WordPress speed via Amazon ElastiCache for Memcached, covering steps like setting up the Memcached cluster, connecting it to the EC2 instance, installing the Memcached client on the EC2 instance, setting up the W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin, and benchmarking the setup to measure performance improvements.

  • It is what it is: WordPress on Ubuntu 22.04 with AWS EC2 and RDS

    It is what it is: WordPress on Ubuntu 22.04 with AWS EC2 and RDS

    This post presents a detailed tutorial on installing WordPress 6.3.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 server using AWS EC2 for hosting and AWS RDS for database management. It covers setting up AWS RDS, configuring the EC2 instance, installing necessary software, connecting RDS to EC2, and configuring WordPress.