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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/03/2025

Security plugins in WordPress won’t save a poorly maintained site. Weak passwords, outdated core/themes/plugins, and bad hosting are bigger risks than missing a firewall. Security starts with smart decisions, not just another plugin.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 11/03/2025

Slow queries can kill performance in WordPress. Optimize them with these steps: 🔹 Use WP_Query efficiently -no query_posts. 🔹 Add indexes to large db tables. 🔹 Use transients for caching freq queries. 🔹 Limit post revisions to reduce database bloat What’s your approach to optimizing queries?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 11/03/2025

I need to load a WordPress page of a full website on a subdomain. I’ll try this method to load the specific WordPress page without redirection. Anyone tried this before? Thoughts?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 11/03/2025

Single Monitor Status Page for Uptime Monitor Pro is almost ready. Can't wait to release this.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 08/03/2025

Working on some final details for status pages in Uptime Monitor Pro. It's looking good. Don't you think so?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 07/03/2025

Really learning more about Reddit. I've never used it much and yes I have posted but I don't go any further. Any golden tips I can use?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 07/03/2025

Working on the status pages for Uptime Monitor Pro. Very soon, our customers' clients will also be able to track the status of their pages. How does it look like so far?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 28/02/2025

I did a Youtube video with internal mic on the MacBook, and no thumbnail. It's not even my native language so I just did it, without thinking. I got 2 subscribers 😱. Perhaps, there is a lesson here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5i...

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Upgrading Laravel Installer and Installing Laravel 12 w/ Starter Kits

YouTube video by Deryck Oñate Espinel

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 27/02/2025

Developing WordPress plugins isn’t for the faint of heart—especially when migrating or transforming data in the DB. Once you ship, it’s out of your hands, and that’s the nerve-wracking part. You can’t predict every install, and if something breaks, fixing it isn’t always simple.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 25/02/2025

Wow, I’m glad this help you Richard. 🙏

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 25/02/2025

I made a quick video showing how my process to update to new Laravel installer was. Also installed Laravel 12 with Starter Kit (React). Nothing too fancy but would be great to get some feedback. Beside the constants "ehhh..." I think the result is acceptable. youtu.be/vq5iq-lBCw8

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Upgrading Laravel Installer and Installing Laravel 12 w/ Starter Kits

YouTube video by Deryck Oñate Espinel

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 25/02/2025

I'm reading about Cold Emails. As an introvert person, it's not easy to me to do things like that but life is about pushing boundaries and growing in the process. What do you think about Cold Emails? coldstartblueprint.com/p/why-cold-e...

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The Untapped Power of Cold Email - Your Secret Weapon

The cold email secrets I learned from scaling my startup to $6k/mo in under 6 months.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 22/02/2025

I spent big part of the day working on new features for Uptime Monitor Pro. So many things I want to add but I'm sticking to the roadmap. It's hard to not ged overwhelmed by the sense of urgency my brain try to add to all features. The productivity hack is to stick to the list, respect the order.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 20/02/2025

Thinking about how I can add more value to websites made with WordPress in Uptime Monitor Pro. Yes, I love WordPress (in case you did not noticed before 😂) as many of you do and would like to see that reflected in UMP. Open to ideas. 💡🤔

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 20/02/2025

Hey Thomas. Congrats! I have a question. Hoping you can answer it. How do you attract traffic to a service like this one when it's new? I'm so curious about it. Thanks 🙏

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 20/02/2025

Second issue: Some website were not working with Keyword Detection in the content because the Uptime Monitor were not detected as a Supported Browser. I had to improve the web scrapping procedure. It's working like a charm now. If you want to see the results, take a look at uptimemonitorpro.com

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Uptime Monitor Pro

Get instant notifications when your website goes down. Monitor response times, SSL certificates, and domain expiration all in one powerful dashboard.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 20/02/2025

First issue: CloudFlare blocked requests from the Uptime Monitor. I had to put a Datacenter Proxy in the middle. I was ready to do it anyway because I needed to setup the foundation to have checks from multiple regions. I fixed the issue an now I'm ready for multiple regions.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 20/02/2025

Today I had the worst challenge since I started working on Uptime Monitor Pro. Cloudflare is blocking the monitor in some cases, for some websites. I already have a solution and I'm testing it thoroughly. I will give more info as soon as I finish the test. It's looking good. uptimemonitorpro.com

uptimemonitorpro.com

Uptime Monitor Pro

Get instant notifications when your website goes down. Monitor response times, SSL certificates, and domain expiration all in one powerful dashboard.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 19/02/2025

At least the last three blocks I created for WordPress are dynamic blocks using a shortcode to generate the output. That makes it compatible with all page builders automatically. Builder can use the shortcode or I can create a custom component for it. Is there a better approach?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 19/02/2025

The forgot password page now looks like login or register form. Thanks for the feedback. ✅

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

Ups. I'll get that fixed. Thanks!

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

Once you get used to long posts it gets really hard to post here sometimes. I usually have to write the long and the short version of the same post and not always succeed on that.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

It’s hard but it’s necessary. It’s one way to improve what we are building and to improve ourselves too. It’s a constant learning process. In the end we want to succeed and we need them for that.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

Thanks Justin. There’s a lot in the roadmap but I’m giving priority to first clients requests. More to come.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

New feature rolled out for Uptime Monitor Pro. Now you can reset your uptime data, including incidents as well as certificates and domain validations.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

PHP is so versatile ❤️

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

I like your approach, without removing this one. You can have a global setting with forbidden words and then you can enable that check on the monitors you want. It's like an anti-hacking service. Something like that.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

Yes, that's a great suggestion. I'll add it to the roadmap with high priority. I like it, a lot. Yes, as soon as the work appears, you will get a ping. Or the opposite, depending of what you choose.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

Uptime Monitor Pro has his first customer. I can't describe how good does this feels.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

Of course, you can track when the keyword is present or not in the url you are monitoring. This can be useful for detecting hacked websites whose content changes but the website remains online. Also, to make sure no one on a computer changed critical content on the page. Both cases happened to me.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 18/02/2025

🚀 Uptime Monitor Pro is live! 🎉 Track uptime, SSL status, cert & domain expiration, and keywords. Get alerts via Email, Slack, & Discord (SMS & webhooks coming soon!). Stay ahead of downtime! Try it now: uptimemonitorpro.com Feedback welcome! 🙌 #UptimeMonitor

uptimemonitorpro.com

Uptime Monitor Pro

Get instant notifications when your website goes down. Monitor response times, SSL certificates, and domain expiration all in one powerful dashboard.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 17/02/2025

Ah, but surely all that previous experience was very useful when you decided to make your first professional website.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 17/02/2025

That's one of my biggest fears, actually. Besides, what I'm doing now doesn't need AI either, but I thought of it that way on purpose.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 17/02/2025

I'm in the final stretch of launching uptimemonitorpro.com powerful, no-fuss monitoring tool built for reliability. It's been a work in progress, but we’re almost there! What’s the #1 feature you need for uptime monitoring? Early registrations reopen soon—drop your must-haves below! ⬇️

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Uptime Monitor Pro

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 17/02/2025

How many years has it been since you set up your first WordPress website/blog?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 15/02/2025

This weekend I will have to record some videos as the first version of the SaaS documentation I'm working on. Writing documentation is not so much fun, but it is necessary. However, shooting videos for the documentation is fun.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 14/02/2025

Does this count as touching some grass? I never get tired of seeing waterfalls. How could I? Ojos del Caburgua, Araucanía, Chile. 🇨🇱

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 14/02/2025

For the past two months I have been working on a SaaS. Slowly, but steadily, in my spare time. Now it's ready to launch and I've never been so scared in my life about something I'm shipping.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 13/02/2025

I'm working on a product that has zero AI on it. I'm wasting my time?

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/02/2025

Playing with Solo for Laravel from @aaronfrancis.com . No more splitting screens in terminal. When you think all great tools for Laravel were already created, then you get this gem (and for Laravel, not for Ruby 😉)

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/02/2025

I agree with you. However my post is focused on the plethora of things is possible doing with a framework that is super old (yet updated). It's still rocking.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/02/2025

It's impressive what you can achieve nowadays with jQuery. Plus, it comes by default with WordPress, so there's no problem getting started. Sometimes it's just not worth the hassle of adding a new framework.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/02/2025

I love and owe so much to WordPress, but I also love Laravel. The good thing is that they are so different, even in their possible applications, that there is no conflict at all. And yes, I am aware of Statamic.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/02/2025

I have been following you since I saw your interview in Starter Story. I found your story inspiring and it renewed my confidence that it is possible to succeed when you believe in what you do (and obviously have the tech knowledge to do it). Probably I did it before, but I congratulate you for it

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 12/02/2025

What would you choose? - Small, new SaaS with fast and outstanding support. - Big, well featured and established SaaS with a normal support.

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Deryck @deryckoe.com · 11/02/2025

I would like to take more photos. I would like to make more videos. The truth is I spend the whole working day writing code and I enjoy it but at the point is counterproductive because I'm missing things I would like to do too.

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