While we do not officially support the installation of web apps other than WordPress, web apps that run on a LEMP stack (Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Redis, etc) can be set up to run on SpinupWP servers. This includes popular frameworks like Laravel and Symfony and CMSs like Drupal (with an Nginx config), Craft CMS, Statamic,…
WordPress will often need to send emails to you or your users. These emails are known as transactional email, and common ones include: Admin notifications New user signups and password resets Purchase receipts and order updates (WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, etc.) Form submission emails from form plugins Email servers are notoriously difficult to set up….
Caching is king when it comes to WordPress performance. A well-optimized page cache like that of SpinupWP can unlock blazingly fast load times and handle hundreds of concurrent requests without breaking a sweat. However, not all sites can be page cached. Highly dynamic WordPress sites, such as community forums, often have page caching disabled. Similarly,…
The WordPress Magic Login feature allows you to login to the WordPress Admin with one click in your site dashboard in SpinupWP, effectively eliminating the need to save usernames and passwords for all of the WordPress sites you manage. On your site’s dashboard, you may notice a little arrow next to the WP Admin link….
SpinupWP servers are always set up with the latest stable software versions so you don’t have to worry about the nitty gritty of keeping up with best practices. When you spin up a new server using SpinupWP the following software will be installed: Nginx (with HTTP/2 enabled) PHP-FPM MySQL 8 Redis Git Composer WP-CLI Certbot…
One of the hardest parts of hosting WordPress sites yourself is trying to figure out why a site isn’t loading. There is an array of potential issues that could prevent a site from loading properly. We’re going to look at what causes some of these issues and how you might begin to investigate them. Server…
Looking to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting your next WordPress site but you’re not familiar with deploying AWS EC2 instances? We recommend that you use Amazon Lightsail. Amazon Lightsail extracts away a lot of the complexities around AWS and makes it simple to spin up virtual servers, while still using the same underlying…
There will be times when SpinupWP will attempt to update your site’s home and siteurl options. However, there are some cases in which this operation might fail (if you’ve manually updated the options already or if you’re using WP_HOME or WP_SITEURL in wp-config.php, for example). In these cases, SpinupWP will show you a warning alerting…
Let’s go ahead and connect a Google Cloud Compute VM Instance to SpinupWP. Before you start this process, you will need to sign up for a Google Cloud Platform account if you don’t already have one. Once signed in, navigate to Compute Engine > VM Instances and click Create. When adding a new VM instance…
New Relic is a powerful tool that provides comprehensive monitoring and performance analytics for your web applications. Integrating New Relic with your SpinupWP servers can help you gain valuable insights into your site’s performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize for better user experiences. This document will walk you through the installation steps and configuration of New…
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