Ryan Macdonald
Ryan Macdonald

As VP of technology at Nexcess, Ryan can often be found working on the latest and greatest in technology and optimization for Nexcess systems. With almost 20 years of experience in system operations, you can count on him knowing the answers to any hosting questions you can come up with.

Why Hosting Support Is Important

Why Hosting Support Is Important

A good support team means that when those issues arise, you’ll be able to quickly and effectively negate their effects.

What Does PHP 5.6’s End-of-Life Mean For WordPress Users?

What Does PHP 5.6’s End-of-Life Mean For WordPress Users?

PHP 5.6 is the most widely used minor version of a programming language on the web. The PHP language is used on 79% of websites where the server-side language is known. PHP 5 is used on 58% of the web, and PHP 5.6 is used on around a quarter of all websites. It would not […]

How does caching make WordPress sites faster

How caching makes WordPress faster

All dynamic content management systems and eCommerce applications — WordPress included — generate HTML pages by executing code and making database requests. The process typically takes fractions of a second, but in some cases it can take several seconds and consume a lot of server resources on a busy site. One of the ways we […]

What Does PHP 7 Mean For WordPress Users And Developers?

What Does PHP 7 Mean For WordPress Users And Developers?

PHP — the programming language behind WordPress, Magento, ExpressionEngine, and thousands of other applications — recently got its first major version bump in years. The move from PHP 4 to PHP 5 happened a decade ago, although the language has seen multiple minor version bumps in the intervening years, culminating in PHP 5.6, which was […]

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