Shared Bits 4-Year Anniversary

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Updated on 2026-09-13

Wow, what a busy year it has been. I think the past year has been my busiest year blogging yet. I published 13 posts over the past year, including this post. My total post count since starting my blog now stands at 58. My most popular posts continue to be the two posts on a usable Debian Linux installation.

I received a Wordfence Security notice on 10/15/2021 that the Slimstat Analytics plugin I used for visitor analytics appeared to be abandoned since it hadn’t been updated since 10/15/2019. Comments on the plugin’s Wordpress.org page seemed to indicate that something had happened to the developer. I opted to begin using AWStats . Later this year, I found out that someone else began developing the Slimstat Analytics plugin again, but I’ve elected to stick with AWStats. I think AWStats provides better analytics since it operates on the server side and it is not as resource intensive as the Slimstat Analytics plugin.

My Recent Experience With Switching WordPress Host Providers

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Updated on 2026-09-09

01 - Introduction

Earlier this month, I began thinking about the need to renew my WordPress hosting plan with SiteGround . I first renewed my domain name registration for another year with Namecheap . I then logged into my SiteGround account and went to a page to renew my hosting plan. I received sticker shock when I saw the renewal rate. I had forgotten how much the renewal rate would increase since my initial year of hosting was at an introductory rate. There was no way I could afford to renew my hosting plan with SiteGround at the renewal rate, so I began looking into alternatives.

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Shared Bits 4-Year Anniversary

My Recent Experience With Switching WordPress Host Providers

01 - Introduction