How to use Virtual Private Server as WordPress Image CDN

It sounds you want to do something similar as described in this article https://surpriseazwebservices.com/serve-images-from-sub-domain-in-wordpress/. You’ll need to define your upload_url_path as your private server and also update the path of your existing images by running the following query in MySQL. UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (post_content,’http://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/’,’http://img.yoursite.com/’); The steps should all be documented in the … Read more

CHMOD 0777, but WordPress still not able to write files/folders [closed]

This really isn’t a WordPress issue. That said, the key error is “open_basedir restriction in effect.” If you’re running your own VPS, you need to learn to configure it. open_basedir restrictions keep scripts in one directory from being able to affect scripts in another directory, which is an important security feature. If one accounts gets … Read more

Hosting Requirements for a WordPress e-commerce site?

I would say for a small store stick with the basics, PHP 5.2.4+ and MySQL 5+ some individual plugins may require higher versions of PHP or MySQL. I don’t think you would necessarily need a VPS depending on traffic. My general rule start small, if you grow, great, most host (and all good host) make … Read more