Yesterday (12/12) was the day that my sites went down (and up), along with it, the opportunity to generate some income from the various Ads on my site but nonetheless it was a good experience learned and also a big thank you to my web hosting company who helped me resolve most of the issues.
What Went Wrong With My Blog Sites
I am currently running (and have installed) quite a number of blog sites with the shared web hosting package that allows me to run unlimited domains (and sites) within a hosting space of 5GB.
Part of my online income streams that I am currently having is to do reviews of various marketable products like eBooks, Web Templates, WordPress Plugins, Amazon Products and many others. And the root cause for the sites going down is due to the installation of my WordPress Plugins.
It seemed that after running one year of blogging of numerous reviews, I have managed to install quite a number of WordPress Plugins which are left very much “running on its own” on my various blog sites.
And yesterday was the day that one of these mysterious WordPress Plugins decide to create havoc and slow down the whole server (and I understood from the web hosting guys that the alarm went off and that must be quite a situation, oops!)
Solutions Suggested
Facing such a situation, there were quite a few solutions suggested (and one of them being quite an expensive one):
- The first option – To upgrade my shared web hosting package to either VPS Hosting, Business Hosting or Dedicated Server Hosting – and the cost involved is from the current $11 per month to around $80 per month… my heart started to sink… but if you are serious about online marketing, these are the options that you need to choose as your online business gets bigger,
- The second option – to block out my sites, release the sites one by one and have it monitored by the web hosting guys. Purpose is to find out which is the site that’s causing the server to overload. At the same time, I have to install this wordpress plugin (and it’s highly recommended to keep your blog sites running efficiently) – WP Super Cache.
As cost is involved and due to my limited budget, I decide to go for the second option. Lucky enough, I was able to detect the culprit and have my sites restored late last night.
What You Can Learn From Here If You Are A WordPress Blogger
1. Maintaining your Blog. Make it a habit to maintain your blog. If you have installed plugins over the course of your blogging, make sure that it’s still relevant over time, if not, just delete it or find a better one to replace it. If you have a responsive web hosting company, you may wish to drop them an email to notify you if they notice any signs of server overloading. This can help you to save a lot of time and minimize any downtime.
2. Consider Investing Into Better Hosting Package. If you are seeing some form of online success and generated consistent income, you may wish to consider getting into a better hosting package like VPS hosting. This is definitely one option that I have to consider in the coming months.
Do hope you will not never experience the same thing that I have went through yesterday.
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