At SpinupWP, we aim to provide a fast, reliable, and developer-friendly platform for managing WordPress servers. That means making careful decisions about the technologies we support, decisions that balance performance, ease of use, and long-term maintainability. One of the common questions we receive is why we don’t support OpenLiteSpeed (OLS). The answer comes down to…
By default, any POST request bypasses the page cache. Certain URL paths and cookies also bypass the page cache. If a cookie is present for a logged in WordPress user or a shopping cart for WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads for example, the page cache will be skipped. Any URL containing a query string parameter…
Fail2ban is a powerful security tool that protects your server from unauthorized access attempts by monitoring your logs and temporarily banning suspicious IP addresses. Occasionally, though, you may need to investigate why an IP was banned, remove a ban, or whitelist an IP you trust. Searching for a Banned IP Address To confirm whether a specific…
A site’s domain management screen works differently than other screens in SpinupWP. Changes are queued in a batch and only applied to the server when you click the Save button. As you add, update, and delete domains, no changes are made to the server until you click the Save button. This allows you to make…
This guide aims to help you set up a Cloudflare R2 bucket for storing site backups. Start by signing in to your Cloudflare account. Create Bucket Once signed in, go to R2 Object Storage. Once the page loads, click Create Bucket. Enter the bucket name (e.g. turnipjuice-media-backups) and click the Create bucket button. It’s fine to…
This guide aims to help you set up a connection to another server to store site backups over SFTP. Prerequisites Before you begin, ensure you have access to your SFTP server. You will need the following details: Host: The server’s hostname or IP address where backups will be stored. Port: The port number used for…
This guide aims to help you set up a Hetzner Object Storage bucket for storing site backups. Start by signing in to your Hetzner account. Create Bucket Once signed in, go to Object Storage. Once the page loads, click Create Bucket. Choose a datacenter region that’s geographically close to your server location. This will improve the…
This discount was only available for a short time and has been discontinued in favor of volume discounts. Additional server with 2+ sites: $10/mo (regular price) Additional server with 0-1 sites: $5/mo (50% off) This discount is applied automatically to additional servers with one or less sites on the Advanced plan only. It does not…
This guide aims to help you set up a Vultr Object Storage bucket for storing site backups. Start by signing in to your Vultr account. Create Bucket Once signed in, go to Cloud Storage > Object Storage. Once the page loads, click + Add Object Storage. In this first step, you’re creating an object storage group….
While SpinupWP already performs several performance optimizations for you, see Why Is My Site so Much Faster on SpinupWP?, there are still several approaches and strategies to consider when optimizing a WooCommerce store. Due to how vastly different WooCommerce stores can be, some of these performance optimizations may or may not apply to you, and…
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