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Drupal Essential Modules
Essential Modules and themes When creating pretty basic stock standard website. This is modules I must have and This is what I use these modules for. Twig tweak adds convenient twig functions fo...
.env Files — Multiple Environments
The core concept .env files store environment-specific config — API keys, database URLs, feature flags — outside of your code. You never commit them. The environment (local, staging, prod) loads i...
Drupal Single Directory Components (SDC)
How to create and use Single Directory Components in Drupal using Drush and Twig.
Deploy to WPEngine Using Git Push
Prerequisites WPEngine account with a site installed SSH key — see SSH cheatsheet 1. Add SSH Key to WPEngine In your WPEngine dashboard, select the environment (production/staging/dev) → G...
Activate Content Delivery Network on WPEngine
Activate CDN Log in to the WPEngine User Portal Select the environment from the Sites page Click Domains in the left menu Locate your domain and click Upgrade Network Update CNAME Recor...
WordPress: Store Sensitive Data as Server Environment Variables
WordPress doesn’t support .env files natively. The right pattern is to set sensitive values (API keys, tokens, license keys) as server environment variables and read them in wp-config.php with gete...
Create and Activate a Custom Drupal Theme
How to create a custom Drupal theme from scratch and set it as the default.
VPS Maintenance
Ubuntu server maintenance refers to the ongoing tasks and processes performed to ensure the proper functioning, security, and optimal performance of a server running the Ubuntu operating system. It...
Fastly Cheatsheet
Purge from curl using local enviroment variables curl -i -X POST "https://api.fastly.com/service/${FASTLY_API_SERVICE}/purge_all" -H "Fastly-Key: ${FASTLY_API_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/json"...
WordPress Code Snippets
Hide ACF Fields on Production Prevents ACF fields being overwritten on deploy and stops clients deleting fields in production. Add to functions.php, update the protected URLs: add_filter( 'acf/...