WP-Cron is how WordPress handles time-based job scheduling on sites. Sort of like the Linux cron utility. But WP-Cron could be very resource intensive since it executes on every page load. I share some insights/solutions to the problem in this post.
Linux & Servers
What is life without Linux? Browse this category to explore content I have created relating to Linux and Servers. This section is pretty broad. It promises content on Ubuntu, cloud VMs, server automation, bash scripting, PowerShell, system/website administration, AWS, etc. Watch this space for my existing and future content on the aforementioned technologies.
How To Ensure Your PuTTY Session Never Times Out
If you do any volume of work with PuTTY, you would have encountered its default and annoying timeouts which continuously force you to re-login multiple times. This article explains a simple setting to ensure your PuTTY sessions NEVER time out again.
500 Internal Server Error – All You Need To Know
Whether you are a techie or a regular Internet user, it is very likely that you have come across the frustrating “500 Internal Server Error”. This article explains what it is exactly. It discusses what causes the error, and what may be done to fix it.
Hide (NoIndex) Files In WordPress From Search Engines
The regular plugin-based methods for noindexing pages may not work for files and the question becomes: How do we hide (noindex) files in WordPress from search engines? In this article, I explain a solution to this problem and I demonstrate with live example files how you can hide (noindex) other types of media like PDF and Excel files in WordPress.
Working With The .htaccess File
If you have done any web development or website maintenance work, then you must have come across the .htaccess file at some point. This is an important file for many reasons and this guide will provide an overview of what the .htaccess file is, what you can do with it, how to create it, and options available to you for editing it on your WordPress website.
Locked Out Of Your AWS EC2 Instance? Here’s How To Regain Access
I remember having to terminate an entire Amazon EC2 instance because I somehow lost access to it via SSH. Well, looking back, termination really wasn’t necessary. Using the simple process described here, you can easily regain access to the AWS EC2 instance that you locked yourself out of.