Optimized WordPress VPS (Unlimited Sites!) Linode Setup Tutorial with WordOps

This method will give you an awesome, fully optimized and secured WordPress setup. All commands used in the tutorial are shown on our blog here: https://ideaspot.com.au/blog/wordops-...

We used Linode in this example, but you can use pretty much any VPS. We recommend these free trials if you'd like to try for yourself:
Vultr ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/vultr (my favourite)
Linode ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/linode-trial
Digital Ocean ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/digital-ocean

If you'd like an easier method, our previous Vultr & Plesk tutorial also gives the same outstanding results, but with a graphical setup rather than using the command line:
   • Vultr WordPress Setup (Your own cloud...  

Even easier still is Cloudways, albeit a little more expensive, but your server is fully managed and secured by Cloudways:
   • Cloudways Tutorial (Move to Cloudways...  

Cloudways is recommended for those of you who are new to managing their own server. However, take advantage of the other free trials too, you will learn a lot and build some great experience.

Guides for changing your DNS (depending on where you bought your domain)
https://www.digitalocean.com/communit...
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-...

Email Options:
Zoho Mail Box:    • Zoho Email Setup Tutorial | Free Cust...  
Gmail Custom Domain Email:    • Free Gmail Professional Business Emai...  
SMTP for WordPress Notifications:    • WordPress Emails not Sending? SMTP Se...  

Migration Examples:
All in one migration:    • All in One Migration WordPress Plugin...  
Duplicator:    • WordPress Migration to Plesk (Vultr, ...  

SSH Key Guide - There are several ways to use SSH if you prefer (rather than a root password).
I used the 'Generate a Key Pair with PuTTY' for windows under part 3 here:
https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/us...

0:00 Introduction to WordOps
1:10 Recommended Cloud Servers
2:32 Why use WordOps?
4:12 WordOps Setup on Linode
13:33 WordPress Performance Example: Google PageSpeed Insights
15:30 WordOps Backend Panel
16:22 WordOps Maintenance
18:09 Email Options
18:38 Adding more WordPress Sites
19:29 Migration Options
20:07 Conclusions

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