Writing about Support
Everything from the journal that came out of support work — what broke, what we found, and what actually fixed it.
In this section
18 posts
- 14 Jul 2026 LiteSpeed Cache vs WP Rocket — which to run in 2026 The honest answer to “LSCache or WP Rocket” starts with a question about your server, not the plugins. If your host runs LiteSpeed (OpenLiteSpeed or LiteSpeed…
- 08 Jul 2026 AWS Lightsail vs a $5 VPS — when each makes sense People frame this as a price fight, and on price a plain $5 VPS wins almost every time. That is also the wrong way to pick.…
- 08 Jul 2026 Hetzner vs DigitalOcean for WordPress hosting We move WordPress sites onto Hetzner and DigitalOcean most weeks, so this is not a spec-sheet comparison written from the two providers’ pricing pages. It is…
- 26 Jun 2026 CyberPanel vs cPanel: an operator’s verdict, not a feature table Search “CyberPanel vs cPanel” and you get the same table on twenty sites: cost, web server, interface, ecosystem. Every row is accurate and none of it…
- 11 Jun 2026 DirectAdmin vs cPanel — the under-discussed alternative cPanel raised its per-account pricing again, and every year another batch of hosting businesses goes looking for the exit. DirectAdmin is usually the first door they…
- 31 May 2026 Plesk vs cPanel: which to pick for Windows hosting If you specifically need Windows hosting, this comparison is already settled: cPanel does not run on Windows. It never has. So “Plesk vs cPanel for Windows”…
- 29 May 2026 WordPress speed optimization: concrete wins Search “wordpress speed optimization” and you get the same article twenty times: 23 tips, 18 ways, 15 hacks. Install a caching plugin, compress your images, use…
- 29 May 2026 WP-CLI commands that pay for themselves The six WP-CLI commands that save us 1-3 hours per WordPress engagement, with the dollar value attached and the cron + bash glue we run them…