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WordPress site monitoring software/service

Wordpress Site Monitoring software / service Users are seeking software to monitor the uptime and performance of PHP/MySQL-based websites like WordPress, looking for solutions that alert them to downtime or slow performance while providing useful charts for problem analysis. Recommended tools include Testomato for WordPress monitoring, Pingdom for comprehensive checks and speed reporting (though it's a paid service with aggressive upselling), Zabbix for web performance and availability monitoring supporting POST and GET methods, and Insping for performance monitoring with email and SMS alerts. What do you use to monitor the uptime / performance of your websites, specifically those based on a PHP/MySQL platform like Wordpress? I'm looking for something that alerts me if the site is down, or performing too slowly, and has some useful (not volumeous!) charts showing me any potential problems, and what to do about them. Thanks! Try testomato, here is the tutorial, on how to m...

What's the best way to develop against WordPress on Windows when you already have IIS/SQL Server installed? To develop WordPress on Windows with IIS and SQL Server already installed, several approaches can be taken: using XAMPP from a thumb drive, which requires stopping IIS, or installing PHP and MySQL to run WordPress directly on IIS, although this may lead to functionality issues like the absence of mod_rewrite. It's also possible to run both IIS and Apache simultaneously on different ports, adding flexibility, or to use virtualization tools like Thinstall from VMWare. However, many developers recommend using the more common stack of Apache, PHP, and MySQL for a smoother development experience. To develop WordPress on a Windows machine with IIS and SQL Server already installed, there are several approaches to consider: Using XAMPP : One common method is to run XAMPP from a thumb drive, allowing for multiple WordPress instances. However, XAMPP requires IIS to be stopped ...

How do I use SCM with a PHP app such as Wordpress? I run my blog using Wordpress and all too recently became a big believer in SCM. I really want to put my site into subversion (that's what I'm using right now, maybe git will come later) but I can't think of the correct way to do it yet. Basically, my repository is set up currently with an 'implementation' directory and a 'resources' directory, with implementation holding what will eventually be published to the live site. I want to be able to preview my site locally without having to upload to the server for obvious reasons. However, to do this I found that I needed to actually install Wordpress locally (not just copy the remote site down to my local box). This was told to me over at Wordpress. This brings up the problem of being able to use SCM with the install because I need to upgrade my local site every now and then but this generates inconsistencies with subversion because it can’t track what’s goin...