The Common Fixes category outlines the knowledgebase articles and tutorials associated with information that can be located and utilized quickly to solve small, everyday problems a client may encounter,
Let’s face it. At some point, while running your WordPress site, you will run into issues and errors and may ultimately have to ask yourself, How Do I Fix My WordPress Site?
Continue reading “How to Fix Typical WordPress Errors”The hosts file is a local plain text file that maps servers or hostnames to IP addresses. This file has been in use since the time of ARPANET. It was the original method to resolve hostnames to a specific IP address. The hosts file is usually the first process in the domain name resolution procedure. Here is an example of a hosts file entry.
Continue reading “How to Edit Your Hosts File in Windows 10”In this article, we discuss how to remedy the following error message in VSFTPD.
500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()If you are still using Ubuntu version 16.04, you may want to consider updating to the latest Long Term Support release, version 18.04. In this post, we will cover what a Long Term Support release is and why you would want to use it. You will also learn the significant changes between 16.04 and 18.04. Last, but not least, you will also learn how to upgrade your dedicated server from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04.
Continue reading “How to Upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04”When updating from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 we used the
do-release-upgrade command as one of the steps to get the newer versions. While using that method the update Ubuntu’s core we came across a known bug that would not allow us to continue with the upgrade. Instead, it would give the following error message:
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
Have you run into the cPanel error seen below in WHM where it prevents you from adding more cPanel accounts? It states that you have exceeded the total number of accounts allowed by your license. If so, this tutorial will demonstrate how you can increase the quantity of available accounts from within your Manage interface.
Continue reading “How To Modify A cPanel License in Manage”
In this article, we will discuss how and why a VPS server or Dedicated server might block an IP address and how to resolve it.
When your company hosts a website or web app online, whether it’s an individual dedicated server or a whole server cluster, you naturally expect to have uninterrupted access at all times. However, it’s possible that in rare circumstances, your server could accidentally block your IP and prevent you from connecting and using the service.
If that has happened to you, this quick summary will provide you with all the essential information needed to verify the status of your IP. Additionally, we will offer some of the most common reasons for being blocked, as well as a few suggestions on how to unblock and whitelist your IP as quickly as possible.
Continue reading “Why Did the Server Block My IP?”wp cli update
Next, you will need to install a number of libraries that the package uses to optimizes jpeg, png and gif images with these commands:
sudo apt-get install jpegoptim
sudo apt-get install optipng
sudo apt-get install pngquant
sudo apt-get install gifsicle
Now you can install the stable version of the image-optimize package with this command:
wp package install typisttech/image-optimize-command:@stable
wp image-optimize mu-plugins
wp image-optimize plugins
wp image-optimize themes
wp image-optimize wp-admin
wp image-optimize wp-includes
You can use this command to regenerate all thumbnails on a site.
wp media regenerate --yes
You may need to limit how many images that image-optimize will process in a single back. To limit the batch size, you just need to add the –limit flag to the end of the batch command and specify the amount, as shown in these examples:
wp image-optimize batch --limit=500
wp image-optimize batch --limit=1000
wp image-optimize batch --limit=2500
wp image-optimize batch --limit=5000
When using the image-optimize WP-CLI command, server CPU usage may be intensive, so run the batch commands in smaller sizes during the off hours times on your site. You can track CPU usage whilst running a batch optimize command by using htop. You can install and run htop using the following commands:
sudo apt-get install htop
htop
To use htop to monitor server load, keep a terminal window open while the batch optimize command is running in another terminal window. In our testing, the CPU usage was not too high.
1.61GB/3.74GB Memory usage
180M - 3.86GB Swap
wp image-optimize attachment 123
To restore the attachment for 123 the command to run would be:
wp image-optimize restore 123
You can use the wp media regenerate command to regenerate a specific media file.
wp media regenerate 123
Being able to optimize the images in your WordPress sites media library will reduce the amount of storage needed for your site. Optimization will also improve the speed and performance of your site for visitors, improving user experience and satisfaction.