Ultimate VC Addons – Disable modules & Google Fonts to reduce database bloat
Ultimate Addons for WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) by Brainstorm Force can be a convenient way to add nicer-looking elements into your VC-built website. However, all convenience comes at a price – and in this case, it’s a huge drain on your website’s load time and server resources. Here are two simple steps you […]
The rabbit hole that is WordPress Web Hosting
We’ve been building WordPress websites for over 9 years, and over that time we’ve worked with a lot of hosting providers, and did a whole lot more research that you’d ever want to (simply Google “best hosting for WordPress” and you’ll find 145,000,000 results). We’ve tried the Big Four in Malaysia – Shinjiru, Exabytes, Serverfreak, IPServerOne […]
How to use the ‘wget’ SSH command to transfer large files between servers
We typically use the cPanel File Manager to upload files into the server. Most times, the speed is good enough, but sometimes the file may be really big or there might be a problem with the connection which slows down the upload to a crawl (50kbps, anyone?). Sometimes, a simple PHP script can fix the […]
Integrating SendGrid into WordPress
Sign up for Sendgrid using a newly generated email (or alias to CloudControl) Install WP SMTP plugin Enter WP SMTP Settings, select SendGrid Follow instructions here to configure SendGrid Use “em.domain.com” as subdomain Also Verify your domain, and add CNAME settings into DNS records *Remember with Serverfreak DNS Management panel, Name records need to end […]