Backing Up WordPress Before Upgrade (and How to Restore)

For these instructions, wordpress_dir is your wordpress directory. Find Database Username and Password or Backup Database Move to WordPress Directory Move Config to WordPress Directory Archive WordPress Directory Copy WordPress Directory Log in to MySQL Create New WordPress Database Grant Privileges to New Database Load Backup to New Database Move to Web Directory to Restore …

Enabling Automatic Unattended Updates on Lightsail Ubuntu Instance (Running WordPress)

WordPress/AWS Lightsail Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZMbDcpXu5EcR4yOkHFh_l7F Open Unattended-upgrades Config for Editing Uncomment These Lines and set to “true” Uncomment this to Enable All Updates (Security Updates are Default) Open Config for Auto-upgrade Config for Editing Add These Lines Check Configuration Changes

Adding Swap to an AWS Lightsail Ubuntu Instance (running WordPress on NGINX)

Installing WordPress on AWS Lightsail Using NGINX (including Let’s Encrypt TLS/SSL): https://youtu.be/PqIQVbErHus Getting an A+ Rating on Qualys SSL Test for WordPress Install Running on NGINX: https://youtu.be/rvaGJV3Twr8 Check Swap Status Check Drive Capacity Allocate Swap File Space on Drive Change Permissions of Swap File Check Swap File Size and Permissions Make Swap File Enable Swap …