WordPress operations and automation

Most WordPress outages are operational, not application bugs.

Maintenance discipline

• APT maintenance for Ubuntu WordPress servers
• Automating Let’s Encrypt renewal with post-hooks for WordPress
• WordPress backup and restore using WP-CLI on Ubuntu

Monitoring and visibility

• Routine service health checks for WordPress servers
• Monitoring and alerts for WordPress servers (tools and setup)
• Check, install, or remove a monitoring agent on a server

Disk and resource hygiene

• WordPress disk usage growth patterns
• Fix a full root disk on Ubuntu WordPress servers

These posts help you catch problems before users do.