I always think Runcloud is amazing, and with their own priority RunCache Purger plugin so that NGINX caches pages (which means it doesn’t need to pass through PHP – yay!), it’s an awesome tool however, WP Rocket is incompatible and vice-versa. I ❤️ WP Rocket, so I decided to create a mini WordPress plugin which bridges the gap!
The above image is a speed example of this blog post after being cached into NGINX and doing a hard refresh (CTRL + F5). 41ms response time! 😍
I’ve published one before on the VestaCP Forums regarding how to install PHP 7.0 on Centos 7 with VestaCP. This tutorial is now for PHP 7.2 which has increased performance over PHP 7.0 and 7.1. If you have a handful of WordPress websites on PHP 5, you should upgrade. If you’re on PHP 7.0 from my previous tutorials, or are using my Server Installer Script then this will also work for you. I would advise upgrading when you have time.
Little tool here for you WordPress and NodeQuery lovers!
This plugin (NodeQuery Dashboard Widget) for WordPress will always be updated at the WordPress Repo: https://wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-widget-nodequery/
Little tool here for you WordPress lovers.
This plugin (VestaCP Dashboard Widget) for WordPress will always be updated at the WordPress Repo: https://wordpress.org/plugins/vestacp-dashboard-widget/
If you’re using PHP 5.1 or newer, this little function is for you! It’ll search multidimensional array’s and return the top level key so you can pull the data.
I have created a little plugin for VestaCP called the VestaCP Tools Plugin (obviously unofficial as they don’t have any official way to create plugins yet). It’s a super simple way to get an overview of what’s going on inside your VestaCP server. It basically lists all the domain names, mail domains, cron jobs, etc globally so you don’t have to login to each individual user to get the data.
Please upgrade to VestaCP release 20. A security flaw currently affecting servers is present in release < 20. If upgrade is not yet available, please patch.
I decided to create the perfect VestaCP server installer script (in my opinion) for CentOS 7 (I have only tried it on CentOS 7). Basically, you run it, it asks a few questions and then it sets up a perfect server including CSF, Monit and PHP 7 (if you want it). Amazing, right?
VestaCP comes prepacked with PHP-FPM (if you select the option when installing) which manages PHP processes. By default it spawns processes that stay alive constantly eating memory. We can further optimise the PHP-FPM settings by tweaking the configuration that’s made when adding a new domain name in an attempt to reduce PHP-FPM memory usage. (more…)
Fast-cgi .user.ini files work like .htaccess files.
From PHP version 5.3.0 you can use .user.ini instead of .htaccess files. Fast-CGI reads this file by default every 300 seconds (5 minutes). (more…)
Update: zPanel is no longer in development (and is now a serious security risk). If you use zPanel, please try the secure VestaCP. You’ll love it.
If you’re into ZPanel like me then you’ll love this new zPanel module I’ve made. Simply put, it dumps the ZPanel core databases and sends them to an e-mail of your choice either instantly or on a daily basis. (more…)
