Self-Hosted WordPress Made Simple

Reading Time: 11 minutes9 Introduction In a previous post, I walked through the step-by-step process of setting up a LAMP stack and deploying WordPress on Ubuntu. While that approach is great for learning the fundamentals, it can be time-consuming—especially if you’re just looking to get a blog online quickly. This post introduces a light-touch installer script that automates the entire process. […]

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Backing up your Ubuntu web server and database

Reading Time: 3 minutes2 Once you have your server up and running you’ll probably want to sort out backing it up on a regular basis. If you’re running your server in Azure, sure you can use the backup feature there, but where’s the fun in that? So what I planned on doing was to back the following up to […]

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Self hosting WordPress on Ubuntu 22.04.4

Reading Time: 5 minutes3 I’ve used various hosting services over the years including hosted WordPress, which has been good, but it can sometimes work out costly and also you do not have full access to the infrastructure. Ubuntu can be deployed easily on Azure for very little cost, or if you have the capacity you can host on your […]

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