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Moving a WordPress Blog to Static HTML Without Losing Traffic
Export with WP-CLI, rebuild with a small Node script, keep every old URL working: what I learned relaunching this site as static HTML after dropping 1,600 posts.
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How the web works in practice: HTTP, caching, redirects, servers and static sites.
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Docket Cache: A WordPress Object Cache Without Redis
A persistent WordPress object cache for hosting without Redis: each entry is a PHP file that OPcache keeps compiled. How it works, and what it did on a test site.
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nginx as a Reverse Proxy: Headers, WebSockets and Timeouts
What the backend really receives behind nginx: proxy_pass URI rewriting, Host and X-Forwarded headers, WebSocket upgrades, 504s from timeouts, and streaming.
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How nginx Chooses a location Block: Prefixes, Regexes and ^~
Not first match, not longest match, but a mix of both. A test config where every location names itself shows exactly how nginx picks one, and where it surprises.
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nginx try_files Explained: Static Sites and PHP Front Controllers
try_files checks files in order and only the last argument redirects. Static clean URLs, a PHP front controller with php-fpm, and the upload exploit it prevents.
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HTTP Cache-Control Explained: max-age, no-cache, ETags
no-cache does not mean do not cache. A hands-on look at Cache-Control, ETags and 304 responses with a tiny Node server, plus how a CDN treats them.