XCloner has quickly become my backup plugin of choice for Joomla websites, and it works very well for WordPress as well – It’s saved my but more than once, and it’s great for doing site migrations (hence the word “Cloner”). Here's the procedure for installing and configuring it, with an added dose of Cron loving … Continue reading XCloner: Using Cron to automate your backups
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Using Cron to automate MySQL maintenance
We recently needed to go through a list of around 50 sites that we host through HostGator and optimize all of their MySQL databases. Going through each one and optimizing the database tables manually was a very unappealing process, so my trusty compatriot Keith worked out a process to use Cron jobs to automate the … Continue reading Using Cron to automate MySQL maintenance
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