ModPagespeedEnableFilters – aggressive configuration basis for WordPress and Avada
Time and again, I find myself looking for pagespeed filters. Of course also for their definition and an easy way to go on. So here we are again - this time [...]
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July 2019
HowTo: initial configuration for Plesk speed
Plesk speed out of the box. As a matter of fact, Plesk Onyx already offers some options to improve performance. This brief HowTo lists tipps for the initial configuration and some minor [...]
nginx doesn’t start on reboot
There are a lot of possible issues on why nginx does not start upon reboot. Yet a more common reason is tied to systemd and NetworkManager, which is the default service to [...]
WordPress reduce latency and complexity
Disable unused Wordpress features WP-Disable to remove unused fatures, which in return "can" flatten load hierarchy (wp-emoji), size and complexity. Clean Wordpress database WP-Sweep to keep the DB optimized and clean.
MariaDB does not respond properly to mysql.service
While MariaDB makes sense on current web servers, a lot of services still rely on the systemd service mysql. Or at least rely on an alias like mysql or mysqld. One [...]
CentOS: additional php versions failed state with ISPconfig3
There are a lot of tutorials showing how to add additional php versions to ISPconfig3. Yet on CentOS, Ubuntu,... one major issue remains: inconsistencies for ISPconfig to restart php-fpm over all php-versions [...]
WordPress speed basics
General Wordpress Some helpful infos to speed up Wordpress: https://www.keycdn.com/blog/speed-up-wordpress/ and http://www.onlinemediamasters.com/why-is-wordpress-so-slow/#cloudflare Disable WP-Cron See https://www.bjornjohansen.no/wordpress-cron-wp-cli
Cloudflare tuning for WordPress
Read more here: https://guides.wp-bullet.com/cloudflare-cache-wordpress-posts-and-pages-guide/
NGINX, SSL, CENTOS – static content latency (TTFB)
A general view on TTFB and latency TTFB (Time To First Byte) is often misunderstood or misinterpreted. In fact testing TTFB by different means and websites usually results in different values for [...]
HowTo: CentOS rkhunter installation
Rootkit Hunter aka rkhunter can safely be considered a must-have tool on public servers offering shared access. As a matter of fact it is a free tool, scanning for known rootkits [...]