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Mar 04, 2017

WordCamp Lancaster 2017 – Staying Sane While Maintaining Hundreds of WordPress Sites

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35 projects · since 2014

Everything I’ve built

The Fleet

Anchor Hosting managed WordPress hosting
CaptainCore open-source fleet management for WP
WP Beacon supply-chain security for WordPress
WP Registry a registry for WordPress plugins
WP Manifest the independent WordPress plugin directory
WordPress Lancaster local meetup, est. forever ago

The Workshop

CaptainCore Do CLI for managing WordPress websites
Disembark safe journeys to your next WordPress host
Cove local WordPress dev, powered by Caddy
Minn Admin a reimagined WordPress admin
Minn Engine a modern PHP engine that speaks WordPress
Periscope peer into any domain
WP Freighter run many WordPress sites from a single install
WP Shipyard switch themes and launch a new website
Beckon a self-hosted Kanban board in one file
Command Center index every AI coding session
Rutter open source for AI builds
Dismissed. a hall of shame for admin-notice nags
League Report schedules, standings and results for leagues
LocalMeet self-starting local meetups
Wavelength a music engine for AI agents
Lid Awake keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed
Music electronic music composed between deploys

Games

Tiny Bit Adventures games and music made with my son
Fang the Fox 24 floating islands, one determined fox
Star Circuit a robot space-RPG across tiny planets
Wheek! a guinea pig survival forage
Fang the Fox for Game Boy Color the whole adventure, for real handhelds
Not Pro Skater skateboarding for those who never went pro
Mini Games crayon drawings that come to life

Drydock

Vuetifused a wp-admin replacement, built in 48 hours
Whois a single-file domain lookup
WP Audit Files AI code audits for plugins and themes
Render Command render any WordPress URL from WP-CLI
Minnow a from-scratch, WordPress-compatible CMS

9 videos · since 2017

Talks & interviews

Interviews

The WP Minute · 2026 Using AI to Perform Website Security Audits
The WP Minute · 2026 Inside the Surge of WordPress Supply Chain Attacks
The PublishPress Podcast · 2026 2026 Has Changed Everything About WordPress Security
Kinsta Talks · 2025 Kinsta API + Google Gemini: The Ultimate Dev Workflow for 2025
Kinsta Talks · 2024 How Anchor Hosting Thrives with Kinsta: Reselling Secrets & Success Strategies
Reverse Engineered · 2021 Austin Ginder, owner of Anchor Hosting

Talks

Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup · 2020 Managing 1000+ WordPress Sites as a Solo Developer
WordCamp Lancaster 2019 · 2019 The Lean Mean Maintenance Machine
WordCamp Lancaster 2017 · 2017 Staying Sane While Maintaining Hundreds of WordPress Sites