simon.holliday

<p>FlexiCache is a fast, full-featured and flexible caching system which will improve the performance and availability of any WordPress site.</p>
<p>It is highly configurable to allow unlimited caching rules – expiring different pages at different times, not caching some pages at all, caching multiple versions of the same page depending on browser, language, and so on.</p>
<p>FlexiCache will also work straight out of the box without any need for complex configuration.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Extensively configurable using user-defined conditions</li>
<li>Handling of high-traffic periods where multiple clients may simultaneously request uncached or expired items</li>
<li>Standalone mode which bypasses WordPress and third-party theme and plugin code to serve cached pages faster</li>
<li>Choice of storage engines: Filesystem, Memcache and SQLite</li>
<li>Pre-caching functionality to cache new versions of pages before the existing ones expire</li>
<li>SQLite indexing of Filesystem and Memcache stores to speed up removing specific items from the cache (automatically enabled if SQLite is available)</li>
<li>Sends appropriate HTTP cache headers to the requesting client</li>
<li>Serves files in compressed formats accepted by the requesting client</li>
<li>Compatible with WordPress MU</li>
</ul>
<h3>Upgrading FlexiCache</h3>
<p>FlexiCache stores config and cache data within the plugin directory (see plugin documentation in versions 1.2.4.2 onwards for the reason why).</p>
<p>If you upgrade the plugin using WordPress’s built-in upgrade process, the entire plugin directory will be replaced, including your config and cache data.</p>
<p>To preserve these, take a copy of the “plugins/FlexiCache/_data” directory before upgrading, and then copy it back after the upgrade is complete.</p>
<p>If you upgrade directly via SVN, this should not be required, since only the files under version control will be updated.</p>
<h3>Deactivating FlexiCache</h3>
<p>FlexiCache can be disabled via the admin interface as with any plugin, however if you are running in Standalone mode, you should remove the .htaccess modifications before deactivating the plugin.</p>
<p>For a standard WordPress install, this modification can be done via the admin interface, however it is recommended that you make this change manually, especially if using WordPress MU, where multiple sites may share the same .htaccess file.</p>
<p>Please see the documentation supplied with the plugin (accessible via WordPress’s admin interface) for more information.</p>


FlexiCache

FlexiCache is a fast, full-featured and flexible caching system which will improve the performance and…

graphicwebdesigninc

<p>GWD Connect is a comprehensive WordPress site management plugin built by <a href="https://www.graphicwebdesign.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Graphic Web Design, Inc.</a> It provides automatic backups, log monitoring, uptime tracking, automatic updates, and a powerful migration REST API — all from your WordPress admin.</p>
<p><strong>To activate the Backup, Log Monitoring, and Uptime dashboards, please <a href="https://gwd.app/support" rel="nofollow ugc">contact Graphic Web Design, Inc.</a> for API activation.</strong></p>
<h4>Full Backup Engine</h4>
<ul>
<li>Database backups via mysqldump with PDO fallback</li>
<li>Filesystem archiving via tar with PharData fallback</li>
<li>GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) retention policy — daily, weekly, monthly tiers</li>
<li>Real-time AJAX progress bar during backup</li>
<li>SHA-256 integrity verification for all backup archives</li>
<li>Large file and directory detection with customizable exclusions</li>
<li>Secure backup download from WordPress admin</li>
<li>WP Cron scheduled automatic backups</li>
<li>Optional sync with backup.gwd.app dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>Log Monitoring</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto-discovers debug.log, PHP error log, and server error logs</li>
<li>Multi-format log parsing (WordPress, Apache, Nginx, syslog)</li>
<li>Pattern normalization and deduplication — groups similar errors</li>
<li>Hourly distribution analysis with visual bar chart</li>
<li>Severity classification: fatal, error, warning, notice</li>
<li>Smart file position tracking for efficient re-reads</li>
<li>Log file size alerts — configurable email notifications when logs exceed a threshold</li>
<li>Clear individual log files from admin</li>
<li>Optional sync with logs.gwd.app dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>Uptime Monitoring</h4>
<ul>
<li>Real-time uptime status and response time tracking</li>
<li>SSL certificate expiry monitoring</li>
<li>Incident history with start, end, and duration</li>
<li>24-hour response time chart with native Canvas rendering</li>
<li>30-day uptime percentage calculation</li>
<li>Email notifications on confirmed downtime and recovery</li>
<li>Optional sync with up.gwd.app dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>Auto Updates</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically updates WordPress core (minor and major versions)</li>
<li>Automatically updates plugins, themes, and translations</li>
<li>Email notifications when plugins are updated</li>
</ul>
<h4>Migration REST API (GWD Connector)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Swap the entire WordPress filesystem from a tar.gz or zip archive</li>
<li>Patch specific directories without wiping the rest (partial deployment)</li>
<li>Write individual files remotely</li>
<li>Swap the entire database from a SQL dump</li>
<li>Serialization-aware URL search-replace across all database tables</li>
<li>Scan and fix wp-config.php for hardcoded URLs</li>
<li>Full migration orchestration combining all steps</li>
</ul>
<p>All API endpoints require authentication via the X-GWD-Key header. Manage your API key from the GWD Connect settings page.</p>


GWD Connect

This plugin helps keep my website secure and everything updated.

Automatic security updates

Automatic backups, log monitoring with size alerts, uptime tracking, auto-updates, and a bulk migration REST API for WordPress.

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