Author: Josiah Cole

Link Dump #8

PlayPhrase.me – Search movies by dialog. My explanation doesn’t do it justice – if you’re a movie buff you’ll love it!

Rarchy – Terrible name. Create visual sitemaps of existing websites, or a new website.

Your Foolproof Guide To Burning A Candle Correctly – You didn’t know you needed this – but you do!

Ancient Earth Globe – Visualize the earth millions of years in the past, and pin your location to see how it’s moved. Neat!

https://megablock.xyz – Nuke tweets, and everyone who likes it with one click. Haven’t tried it, but it sounds terribly useful.

https://nitter.net – Twitter without the bloat. Food for those who want to view Tweets but nothing else.

https://shotcut.org – Free, open-source, cross-patform video editor.

https://pointerpointer.com – Move your mouse and the page will reload with a photo “pointing” to your pointer. Useless and fun!

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WP Engine File Manager

Unlike traditional cPanel hosting, WP Engine offers no “file manager” within their customer portal web interface.

In order to access your files, you’ll need an SFTP client, SSH access or a plugin that offers file browsing and management features.

Thankfully, creating an SFTP account is easy thanks to my handy dandy WP Engine How To SFTP article!

If you prefer a WordPress plugin (please don’t) the top dog File Manager plugin with over 1 million installs seems to be the aptly named File Manager by user mndpsingh287 (yes actually).

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WP Engine Pricing

WP Engine pricing ranges from $13/month to… as much as you want to pay!

Like all hosting providers, pricing depends on what capabilities you require, and how many websites you need to host.

For $13 / month (all prices pre-paid annual) you can host 1 website, with 5,000 visits / month, 5 GB of storage and 20 GB of bandwidth.

For $25 / month you can host 1 website with 25,000 visits / month, 10 GB of storage and 50 GB of bandwidth.

For $49 / month you can host 3 websites with 75,000 visits / month, 15 GB of storage and 125 GB of bandwidth.

For $96 / month you can host 10 websites with 100,000 visits / month, 20 GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth.

And so on. The price and capability just keep increasing until you’re in “Custom Land”.

Add ons available include Automated Plugin Updates, WAF, and Site Monitoring.

The moment this article is published (6/12/2022) my pricing will surely be out of date. I’ll do my best to post updates, as WP Engine makes changes.

Learn more about WP Engine and sign up today!

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WP Engine How To SFTP

SFTP may sound intimidating but don’t fret! It’s not. If you’ve used “regular” FTP, SFTP is no sweat. Here’s a quick guide on how to set up SFTP credentials with WP Engine.

Login to the WP Engine User Portal
Click “SFTP Users” in the left hand menu.

3. Click the purple “Create SFTP User” button.

4. Enter username, password, optional path (if you don’t know what path is, you don’t need it) and click “Add SFTP user”.

5. That’s it! Your new SFTP user will now be shown in the list of SFTP Users.

Note: Once the user is created, WP Engine will append the username you chose to the end of your account username.

6. Connection information is listed at the top of the SFTP Users screen. Your SFTP server name is always in the following format: username.sftp.wpengine.com The port is always 2222 (unlike regular FTP which is typically 22)

7. Now you can use your favorite FTP program* to connect to your WP Engine install allowing you to manage files.

*For Windows, we like FileZilla.

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WP Engine How To Create Staging

Post author By Josiah Cole
Post date May 28, 2022
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Thankfully almost every action within the WP Engine User Portal is intuitive, and creating a staging environment is no exception.

Steps to Create Staging at WP Engine

Login to the User Portal
Click Create Staging in left hand menu.

3. Choose environment options. Here you have the option to clone the live or Production site, start new (blank or guided) or copy from another install. In most cases you’ll select “Copy an existing environment to this site” as this will allow you to clone your Production environment.

WP Engine How To Create Staging - Choose environment type

4. Select the production environment. Note that you’ll need to choose the most recent Backup. If you want the most current version of your Production environment, you’ll want to create a Backup first, before you create the staging environment.

WP Engine How To Create Staging - Select environment to copy

5. Give your staging environment a unique name, and click Add Environment.

6. That’s it! You’re done. Just give it a few minutes, and the new install will be built. If you did copy the Production environment, your WordPress user information remains exactly the same, just use the new staging URL.

Note: You’ll need to create new credentials in order to access the staging install via SFTP.