Using WP-CLI to Import and Export Menus from WordPress
Exporting menus can be very tricky in WordPress. Every time I have tried with plugins something never seemed to carry over and I would have to recreate them manually. I recently was working on a client...
View ArticleStopping WooCommerce Batch Product Image Regeneration with WP-CLI
Recently I was working on a very large WooCommerce store trying to find out why it was so slow. As part of the troublshooting process I switched themes and then noticed the load on the debugging server...
View ArticleCleaning WordPress Database after WPML Removal with WP-CLI
After you have deleted and uninstalled the WPML plugins and its accompaying add-ons you will want to clean the database too. This particular installation I cleaned did not have WooCommerce or the WPML...
View ArticleUsing WP-CLI to Scan for WordPress Security Vulnerabilities
Previously I have shown how to install WPScan on Ubuntu installation guide (for Ubuntu 16.04) and debian but what if you want to scan locally and not remotely? Especially if a site is protected from...
View ArticleAutomating WordPress Health Checks with WP-CLI doctor Command
Your WordPress or WooCommerce store's health is absolutely critical nowadays both in terms of performance and security. Having a slow site or one that has been defaced does not exactly demonstrate...
View ArticleCleanup Database and Remove ExactMetrics WordPress Plugin
Sometimes plugins get purchased and totally revamped. This can go well and make your user base very happy but it can also have the opposite effect. For ExactMetrics the re-branding went terribly and...
View ArticleConfigure Cavalcade for Scaling WordPress wp-cron to 100+ Jobs
Cron is a scheduled task system that runs on Linux. WordPress has its own version of cron that it calls wp-cron. This is where all of the schedules tasks from WordPress core, plugins and themes store...
View ArticleFind Slow WordPress or WooCommerce Database Queries with WP-CLI
Slow database queries can really kill the performance and user experience of your WordPress site or WooCommerce store. Most users will try Query Monitor to identify slow MySQL queries on their site...
View ArticleBatch Update WordPress Shortcodes with WP-CLI Search + Replace
Shortcodes are super useful in WordPress. They allow you to easily output a feature or function anywhere on your site. But what happens if you no longer need the shortcode or want to update it to...
View ArticleClean WordPress Database after Removing Elementor Page Builder
When you uninstall plugins from WordPress a lot can be leftover in the database. This makes the database unnecessarily large and could even slow down queries. It is always a good idea to clean your...
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