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Deploying and maintaining Web Applications requires a delicate balance of performance, security, and scalability. This category dives into the middle layer of the stack, focusing on how applications interact with the web server, the database, and the end-user. From configuring specialized headers and SSL / TLS certificates to troubleshooting application-specific bottlenecks, these guides help you move beyond default installations.
Whether you are managing self-hosted tools, SaaS integrations, or custom-built platforms, you will find technical advice on environment hardening and performance optimization. The goal is to provide the architectural insights necessary to ensure your web services remain fast, secure, and resilient under load.
How to optimize Umbraco 8 performance
2021-12-23
Out of the box, Umbraco is a well built and pretty fast content management system. However, it is still important you perform some steps to further optimize Umbraco's performance and loading speed.
How to add a trailing slash in Umbraco 8
2021-11-28
Add a trailing slash to URL's in Umbraco 8, using IIS URL Rewrite Module, without breaking the Umbraco backend. Forcing one particular URL avoids duplicate content, which is important for SEO.
Hugo development environment in WSL 2
2020-07-25
Using WSL 2 it is pretty easy to install Hugo in Windows, setting up your local webdevelopment environment and configure Hugo to listen on your Ubuntu's IP address, here is how.
Disallow direct access to PHP files in wp-content/uploads/
2020-03-16
Securing the WordPress uploads folder is important. In many hacked WordPress sites, a PHP backdoor is found within the WP_CONTENT_DIR/uploads directory. Often because this is the location where uploads are placed automatically. From the backdoor within wp-content/uploads other backdoors are uploaded to various locations, and scripts are injected with malware.
Delete spam comments after three (3) days
2019-12-09
How to change Akismet interval to three days instead of 15 days for deleting spam comments using the akismet_delete_comment_interval filter.
11+ Tips to optimize Umbraco 7 CMS
2018-11-07
Umbraco 7 is a popular, ASP.NET powered, content management system (CMS). Out of the box Umbraco performs pretty well, but there are still some areas you need to tweak and tune for a more performant Umbraco website. Here are 11+ tips.
Increase WordPress’ memory limit WP_MEMORY_LIMIT properly in wp-config.php
2018-02-26
How to increase the memory limit for your WordPress website, the right way. In this post I show you a correct way of setting WordPress WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and PHP memory_limit settings to improve Wordpress speed & performance.
Protect WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks
2017-06-02
How to protect your WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks, because the WordPress XML-RPC API has been under attack for many years now.
Remove Jetpack email sharing service
2017-05-19
Remove Jetpack email sharing service using WordPress plugin or theme functions.php file. It's often abused by spammers
Check WordPress Core files integrity
2016-12-16
Check WordPress integrity and verify WordPress Core files' md5 checksums against WordPress' checksums API, using this standalone PHP file.
Clear PHP opcode caches before WordPress Updates: ease the updating process
2016-10-19
WordPress core-, plugin- and theme updates sometimes fail because of enabled opcode caches in PHP. Popular PHP opcode caches are OPcache, WinCache and APC. This little WordPress Must Use Plugin tries to flush opcode caches. Making your live a bit easier when updating WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes.
Tips to speed up WordPress, serve gzip compressed static HTML files
2016-09-05
Gzip compress and serve WP-Super-Cache or Cache Enabler static HTML files, to supercharge your WordPress blog!
Akal Premium WordPress theme XSS vulnerability
2016-08-22
This post describes the Akal premium WordPress theme Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If you use this theme, delete it immediately!
Optimize(d) WordPress hosting (9+ practical tips)
2016-08-01
9+ Practical tips to optimize WordPress hosting - or for any other PHP web application for that matter. Learn optimizing your WordPress hosting
SSL in WordPress: how to move WordPress to HTTPS? The definitive guide
2016-07-15
Move WordPress to HTTPS correctly. Learn the Site Health switch, database search and replace, IIS/Apache redirects, HSTS hardening, and OpenSSL verification.
Optimize WordPress MySQL tables through Cron, behind the scenes
2016-03-04
Schedule WordPress database optimization with WP-Cron.
Minify WP-Super-Cache HTML cache files: WPSCMin a WP-Super-Cache plugin
2015-12-27
The WordPress WP-Super-Cache cache plugin doesn't minify HTML cache files, which I find a disadvantage. Knowing minify libraries, I went looking for an existing solution (why reinvent the wheel?), and found one: WPSCMin. Read on ...
Always_populate_raw_post_data setting in PHP 5.6 & Magento 2.0
2015-11-25
How to fix upgrades to Magento 2.0 in PHP 5.6 and higher: PHP 7+.
Optimize PHP’s OPcache configuration
2015-07-01
Optimize PHP's OPcache configuration and make OPcache perform even better. After configuring and optimizing PHP's realpath_cache_size, the OPcache cache mechanism is the next step to fine-tune. With just a few tweaks you tune OPcache to perform much better