Category: Pagely News
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HTTPoxy and WordPress.
The vulnerability d’jour this week was named HTTPoxy, an applicable pun on pox and proxy. We have patched our servers for this already, and are here to take a few extra steps to help explain the vulnerability and hopefully spread a little knowledge. The first part of this post will explain how the HTTPoxy vulnerability…
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One Rogue Plugin: A noncanonical Star Wars and WordPress security story.
Over the last week the news has been littered with stories about data leaks. From one of the biggest data leaks in history, the Panama Papers* to a movie that tells the story about a data leak a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away! “Rogue One” coming out in late 2016. Star…
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Pagely is going green and moving operations to the bayou.
Today we are proud to announce that Pagely® is taking advantage of the “Real Opportunities for Louisiana grant” and relocating to the great state of Louisiana. This move enables us to better serve the global WordPress community from below sea level. Part of Pagely’s obligation in receiving this grant is to bring technology innovation to…
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Rapid deploy of VPS in any region
We have received two primary types of feedback from our VPS and Enterprise WordPress Hosting customers over the last 2 years. The first being some form of “ZOMG this thing is fast!” and the other being “Why do I have to wait 2 days for my VPS?” Regarding the first: You are welcome. Regarding the…
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New: PressDNS™ with automatic geo caching and WAF support now available
Here. We. Grow. Again. Let’s quickly review a few of the solutions the Pagely Managed WordPress hosting platform currently provides: PressARMOR™ is our security protocol developed in house to secure and protect your WordPress site hosted here at Pagely. An aspect of PressARMOR is the WAF (Web Application Firewall) like capabilities of blocking vulnerability exploitation…
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Four Options to Monitor Site Uptime and Page Speed
Page speed is important to both your overall ranking in the SERPs and to presenting a positive user experience. We covered both those topics at length in our recent posts regarding how to identify slow pages and the different tools and techniques that are available. But what happens when your entire website goes offline or…
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Pagely is now 6yrs old.
Most companies do not make it past 3 years, even fewer 5. We have beaten the odds and are very happy to be celebrating our 6th birthday this month. Still revenue funded, still leading the field, still fighting above our weight class and slaying the mega-hosts. Managed WordPress Hosting as a ‘thing’ is actually 9yrs…
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Commercial Developers: How to Sell Your First 100 WordPress Themes and Plugins
Over the last few years, the premium WordPress product market has gone from strength to strength. These days, it really is possible for top developers to earn six- or even seven-figures a year by selling their premium themes and plugins. This has led to a surge of new products hitting the market, with lots of…
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Easily Display Images in the Sidebar of Your WordPress Website with Simple Image Widget
Some plugins are so simple yet effective, you are left wondering why they aren’t a core feature of WordPress itself. This could be a said of the Simple Image Widget plugin — an extension which makes it very easy to display images in the sidebar, and other widgetized area of your WordPress website. While there…
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Growth: Notable Clients and New Managed WordPress Features
Today we are happy to share a few details on new plan features and highlight our continued success in serving the enterprise WordPress hosting market. As we continue to grow (read our last Growth: post) we have been working on new tools and configurations for our large scale clients, many of which we’ll very soon…