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Where we write about the things we think about – hosting, WordPress, security, building a small studio, and occasionally something completely unrelated. No publishing schedule, no content strategy. Just things worth sharing when we have something worth saying.

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Introducing Awwwsome Defensify to help prevent WordPress supply-chain attacks

Keeping WordPress updated is one of the simplest ways to keep a site secure. But what happens when a premium plugin update delivers malware through its own official update channel?

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Bartek Hejnowicz

wrote on September 23, 2026

We’ve Moved Our WordPress Hosting from DigitalOcean to Vultr.

We recently completed a phased migration of the WordPress hosting layer of the Awwwsome Cloud Platform from DigitalOcean to Vultr. The reason is simple: in our testing, Vultr performs meaningfully better for the kind of WordPress workloads we run every day.

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Bartek Hejnowicz

wrote on June 5, 2026

We Added a WAF to Every Site on Our Platform

We rolled out a web application firewall across the entire Awwwsome Cloud Platform. Every WordPress site we host now sits behind an additional layer of security that filters traffic before it reaches your site. It's already live, no action needed on your end, and no extra cost on your invoice. Here's what we did and why.

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Bartek Hejnowicz

wrote on April 8, 2026

WordPress Hosting: Awwwsome vs. WP Engine, Kinsta, and GoDaddy

There's no single "best" WordPress host. There's only the right one for your situation. This post is an honest look at how hosting with Awwwsome compares to three well-known alternatives — WP Engine, Kinsta, and GoDaddy — and when each one makes sense. We're not going to pretend we're better at everything. We're a small studio. They're large companies. Those are different things, and they serve different needs.

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Bartek Hejnowicz

wrote on March 22, 2026