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WordPress Automation: Step-by-Step Breakdown of a Staging-to-Production Deployment Script for WooCommerce
03/03/2026
Introduction Deploying WordPress sites from a staging environment to a live production site can be tricky, especially when running WooCommerce…
How to integrate SAP B1 (Business One) into WordPress Gravity Forms
11/25/2025
We built Shift8 GravitySAP because a client needed Gravity Forms submissions to land directly in SAP Business One. Off-the-shelf “connectors”…
How to recover your WordPress site with no backup
11/13/2025
This doesnt happen often. Mostly with personal project sites as operating a SMB WordPress site kind of requires enterprise level…
We built a Chrome Extension to Fight Amazon’s Fake Review Problem
09/10/2025
Want the extension now? You can download it here Amazon's fake review problem has gotten completely out of hand. You know it, I…
From Fakespot to Null Fake : Cutting through the fake review noise
06/10/2025
Visit nullfake.com to try it out or checkout the nullfake github repo We now officially live in an era where…
Shift8 Web is Now SOC 2 Type II Certified — Why That Matters for Your Next Website Project
05/06/2025
We’re proud to announce that Shift8 Web, operating under Star Dot Hosting Inc., has officially achieved SOC 2 Type II…
How to import and synchronize Google Business Profiles into WordPress
03/03/2025
Hello! It probably doesn't come up often but if you happen to find yourself in a position where you are…
Maximizing ROI: How Corporate Web Design Impacts Your Digital Marketing Strategy
02/10/2025
You might have the best SEO team on the planet, a well-oiled PPC machine, and a slick email marketing program—but…
How to Set Up a PPC Lead Funnel with Tag Conversion Tracking and CRM Integration in WordPress
01/28/2025
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising can feel like a gamble if you’re not set up to track what happens after someone clicks.…
How to scan your WordPress site for Malicious code
01/15/2025
Keeping your WordPress site secure is a task that can feel overwhelming at times—but it’s absolutely essential. Hackers love to…
How to bypass WordPress plugin repository from blocking your plugin updates
09/26/2024
Without wading too much into the Automattic + WPEngine feud it has become evident that the availability of the Wordpress…
How to develop your own WordPress CRON job properly and ensure it actually runs
09/14/2022
Hello! In this post we will be walking through how to interact with the Wordpress Cron system. We will delve…
How to make Woocommerce more enterprise friendly
03/16/2022
Hello! After Working with Wordpress and Woocommerce for a while, watching it grow and evolve over time, there are some…
How to import your Zoom Webinars into WordPress as custom content
12/04/2020
Hello! Now, more than ever, companies businesses and individuals are leveraging web based collaborative tools like Zoom. Whether it be…
How to scale your WordPress site for enterprise level redundancy
09/28/2020
Hello! It often becomes a requirement for certain levels of clients to ensure service level agreements for uptime and redundancy…
How to bulk update all WordPress pages or posts
09/09/2020
Hello! Sometimes its necessary to perform mass or automated actions against your Wordpress content. Reasons for this can vary, but…
How to sanitize and reset all WordPress user accounts with linux shell scripting and wp-cli
03/10/2020
Hello! There are several key best practices insofar as how to deal with security intrusions, including but not limited to…
How we created our own free content delivery network for WordPress users
05/23/2019
Try out our Free CDN service by installing the Shift8 CDN Wordpress pluginHello! We thought it would be an interesting…
How to protect WordPress media files and only allow the users who uploaded them to view
09/13/2018
Hello! In the past we have written about how to protect your Wordpress media files. In the past exercises we…
How to implement a government ID verification system with Woocommerce and WordPress
06/27/2018
Need this implemented on your site? Click here and fill out our quote form! Hello! There are many…
How to make bulk changes to WordPress Woocommerce product attributes with PHP
05/08/2018
Hello! Sometimes its necessary to make site-wide changes to Wordpress posts in order to save time and programmatically propagate changes…
#DeleteFacebook : How to poison, obfuscate and purge your facebook data before deleting your account
03/28/2018
* Update : Thank you Vice for writing an article about my script! Unfortunately it seems as though facebook is…
WordPress plugin to remotely manage and automate multiple WordPress sites
02/23/2018
Hello! Being a Toronto based web design and development agency means that we interact with a significant number of Wordpress…
How to use Jenkins and Git to automate code pushes for your Laravel project
02/07/2018
Hello! Recently we published guides how to push Wordpress sites with Jenkins or how to push Wordpress sites with a…
WordPress plugin to get geolocation coordinates from a visitors IP address
01/29/2018
Hello! We recently had a requirement from a client to generate content on a page specifically based on the geolocation…
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