To ensure that your background WordPress tasks (scheduled posts, checking for plugin and theme updates, etc.) are actioned precisely when they should, SpinupWP configures a server-based scheduled task using the Linux cron service. This scheduled cron task uses WP-CLI to activate WP-Cron, which is the WordPress tool for checking for and processing scheduled tasks. Usually,…
Unlike macOS or Linux-based distributions, Windows does not come with a built-in terminal application that you can use to access an Ubuntu server via SSH, using public/private key authentication. However, you can use an application called PuTTY to generate an SSH key and use it to connect to your server’s command line. Download and Install PuTTY…
SpinupWP allows you to add Nginx basic authentication to your site. This can be useful for restricting access to a site for security reasons or if you’re simply running a site that needs to restrict access before you even get to WordPress. You can enable basic authentication by clicking on Basic Auth from a SpinupWP…
All SpinupWP Servers come with Certbot preinstalled so that you can use a free Let’s Encrypt certificate to secure traffic to and from your websites. While Let’s Encrypt certificates are more than suitable for most WordPress websites, you might be in a situation where you need to use a custom certificate from an external certificate…
You may be tempted to resize or upgrade your server when you’re running low on disk space, CPU, or memory. However, resizing and upgrading can be risky and you may want to explore freeing up disk space and moving sites to a new server instead. Why You Might Consider Resizing or Upgrading Your Server There are…
There are often situations where you need to perform a disk space check on your Ubuntu server. Perhaps you checked the dashboard widget and saw your disk usage was too high, or you received a warning about a backup failing, and you ended up here. The Disk Usage Command To quickly hunt down files or folders…
While it’s not a common occurrence, there may be an instance where backing up your site files and database might fail. SpinupWP will actively notify you of this, both in the app and by email, so you’re made aware of it as soon as it happens. Large Backups When site backups get up to hundreds of…
One of the minor inconveniences in owning and managing your own web servers is knowing which operating system to use. There are a wide variety of open-source Linux distributions (or distros) available for your web server. SpinupWP recommends using either Ubuntu 24.04 or Ubuntu 26.04, which are both LTS releases. If you do a bit…
By default, on a new WordPress install, minor versions of WordPress core are set to automatically update for you. However, major versions of WordPress core, plugins and themes are not set to update automatically. You can read more about automatic updates built into WordPress and configuration options here. SpinupWP automatically checks for updates to WordPress…
SpinupWP fully supports Git-based sites out-of-the-box, including support for Bedrock. We have our own git and Composer template, which is designed for SpinupWP. You can even configure push-to-deploy so that any code changes are automatically deployed to your server as they’re pushed to a Git provider like GitHub or Bitbucket. How It Works Whenever a Git…
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