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Jeff Matson gives us a peek…

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Brian Krogsgard
Jeff Matson gives us a peek behind the curtains at NorthStack, which is a new managed application hosting service from the team at Pagely. Make sure to check out NorthStack's brand new documentation site.

Just another migration story

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Brian Krogsgard
This past week it was necessary for me to spend time migrating a website and helping deploy a new design for it. It was a frustrating and humbling experience that also reminded me just how much of a challenge these…

Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal did a…

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Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal did a deep analysis of its 2018 data that goes well beyond simple load testing at many WordPress hosts. The goal of this new analysis was to determine whether paying a higher price for hosting buys…

Bob Dunn and Brad Williams talk…

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Bob Dunn and Brad Williams talk about Liquid Web’s new pricing structure and marketplace hosting on the latest Do The Woo podcast.

Joshua Strebel looks back over nine…

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Dan Knauss
Joshua Strebel looks back over nine years of Pagely, including how it started the managed WordPress hosting space and how it evolved to what is now a fairly crowded market.

Envato has shut down its hosting program

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Brian Krogsgard
Envato has closed down all efforts at hosting WordPress websites, it appears. They've removed the option to buy hosting when you buy a WordPress theme, and Ben Welch-Bolen, the co-founder of Pressed — which they acquired — no longer works…

Jonathan Bailey, copyright and plagiarism consultant…

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Dan Knauss
Jonathan Bailey, copyright and plagiarism consultant at CopyByte, puts his thoughts down about the future of WordPress: "WordPress is at a crossroads... it faces a new threat, and it’s not a competitor but rather an ideology." Jonathan believes the self-hosted…

Managed WordPress hosting companies continue to…

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Dan Knauss
Managed WordPress hosting companies continue to grow: Flywheel is #344 on Inc. Magazine's annual ranking of the United States's fastest-growing private companies. It is also Nebraska’s fastest-growing company in 2018.

Pagely has introduced PressThumb, a solution…

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Pagely has introduced PressThumb, a solution for image optimization and on-the-fly thumbnail generation. It is powered by Thumbor and integrated with Pagely’s hosting stack using a combination of custom NGINX rules and an MU plugin.

Are you dealing with bloated code…

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Are you dealing with bloated code and overdue for some refactoring? Head over to Mario Peshev's recent post, "How to Identify, Debug, and Improve Messed Up WordPress Code." Mario explains why bloated code might lead to security problems and headaches while explaining…

WordSesh online conference is back, on July 25th

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Brian Krogsgard
Brian Richards has taken over WordSesh from Scott Basgaard, and is hosting the online event on July 25th. It's being revised from 24 hours to 12 hours, which should be a plenty big window for people around the world to…
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