Here at Delicious Brains we eat, drink and sleep databases. However, we believe that any developer working with WordPress should have some level of knowledge about the database that sits behind a site. So I have put together the ultimate Continue reading The Ultimate Developer’s Guide to the WordPress Database
When you uninstall plugins from WordPress a lot can be leftover in the database. This makes the database unnecessarily large and could even slow down queries. It is always a good idea to clean your WordPress database after removing plugins. Continue reading Clean WordPress Database after Removing Elementor Page Builder
Migrating a WordPress multisite from one host to another can be quite the undertaking. Especially if you are using domain mapping you have many domains to update with IP addresses. You may have forgotten where some of the domains are Continue reading Batch Checking Domain Nameservers for WordPress Multisite
Shortcodes are super useful in WordPress. They allow you to easily output a feature or function anywhere on your site. But what happens if you no longer need the shortcode or want to update it to another shortcode? In this Continue reading Batch Update WordPress Shortcodes with WP-CLI Search + Replace
Slow database queries can really kill the performance and user experience of your WordPress site or WooCommerce store. Most users will try Query Monitor to identify slow MySQL queries on their site which is a fantastic plugin. If you want Continue reading Find Slow WordPress or WooCommerce Database Queries with WP-CLI
Cron is a scheduled task system that runs on Linux. WordPress has its own version of cron that it calls wp-cron. This is where all of the schedules tasks from WordPress core, plugins and themes store their future jobs to Continue reading Configure Cavalcade for Scaling WordPress wp-cron to 100+ Jobs
You may want to separate your server-side nginx cache between mobile and desktop users determined by their browser. This guide will show you how to configure your nginx fastcgi or reverse proxy cache to have separate caches for mobile and Continue reading Separate nginx Mobile and Desktop User-Agent Cache
Sometimes plugins get purchased and totally revamped. This can go well and make your user base very happy but it can also have the opposite effect. For ExactMetrics the re-branding went terribly and users became irate leaving enough 1 star Continue reading Cleanup Database and Remove ExactMetrics WordPress Plugin
Your WordPress or WooCommerce store’s health is absolutely critical nowadays both in terms of performance and security. Having a slow site or one that has been defaced does not exactly demonstrate technical proficiency and inspire trust from your visitors. Generally Continue reading Automating WordPress Health Checks with WP-CLI doctor Command
Previously I have shown how to install WPScan on Ubuntu installation guide (for Ubuntu 16.04) and debian but what if you want to scan locally and not remotely? Especially if a site is protected from WPScan using protection methods that prevent Continue reading Using WP-CLI to Scan for WordPress Security Vulnerabilities
I’ve previously written about how we use Codeception to perform automated testing on our WooCommerce site where we sell our plugins. Automated tests give us peace of mind that our checkout still works after updating WooCommerce, other plugins, or WordPress Continue reading Automated API Testing For Your WordPress Site With Codeception
Today we’re excited to announce the release of WP Offload SES 1.4 🎉 In this release we’ve added an email sending health report that you can configure to receive in your inbox daily, weekly, or monthly. The report will enable Continue reading WP Offload SES 1.4 Released: Email Health Report
I’ve been building Laravel apps for years now. From large, data-heavy apps like Mergebot (RIP 😢) and SpinupWP to small side projects like my latest side project Formstatic. So when a new framework comes along that promises to make building Continue reading Inertia.js: Building Single-Page Apps the Old Way
When we talk about templates in WordPress we are normally referring to page template files in the theme. However, there are plugins that use template files to display content, and that becomes another consideration when it comes to building WordPress Continue reading WordPress Plugin Development Best Practices: Template Files
Today we released WP Offload Media 2.3! 🎉 This release has some very important changes in order to support WordPress 5.3, introduces a custom table for the plugin’s data, as well as a plethora of enhancements and bug fixes. WordPress Continue reading WP Offload Media 2.3 Released: WordPress 5.3 Support & More
Developers tend to love messing about with their local development environments to see what fits their project requirements and workflow best. Since its launch in 2016, Laravel Valet has quickly become a popular choice and it has become my go-to Continue reading How Laravel Valet Works Exactly
On a recent One on One chat with Brad we got to talking about tmux. Brad was interested to hear that I use it every day on my local development machines, which isn’t what first comes to mind as a Continue reading How I Use tmux For Local Development
I woke up this morning to an email from an old client from my days as a freelancer building WordPress sites, asking about SCA compliance. I built them an ecommerce site with Jigoshop back in 2011, and had added the Continue reading The End of Jigoshop? What Happened to The Once-Popular Ecommerce WordPress Plugin
Recently I have been doing more animation work here at Delicious Brains Inc and finally decided to experiment with Airbnb’s rave-reviewed, Lottie framework. Lottie is a React Native, Android and iOS JavaScript library that makes it super easy to integrate Continue reading Getting Started with Lottie: An Overview of Airbnb’s Awesome Animation Framework
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