Back
Field Notes & Writing
Blogs
Notes from the field — WordPress internals, hosting, debugging, and things worth documenting.
How to migrate a WordPress site without downtime
A migration plan that avoids the two things that actually break sites: DNS propagation gaps and content written after you took the backup. With a rollback path.
read articleHow to clean a hacked WordPress site (and find the way in)
The first malicious file you find is almost never the way in. How to separate payload from entry point, where injected code hides, and how to stop it returning.
read articleA WordPress maintenance checklist that prevents problems
What to actually check weekly, monthly and quarterly on a WordPress site, and why a backup you have never restored does not count as a backup.
read article