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Headwall Hosting have been looking after us now for a number of years. We always receive excellent service, going over and above to ensure everything is right. Very proactive, alerting us to potential exposures that we wouldn't be aware of. Also very responsive, if you ask for help you get a swift and efficient response. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend Headwall Hosting.
Headwall Hosting look after our corporate website and have been excellent. Paul is always very helpful in fine-tuning the site with the latest security settings, which matters so much to us as a business with strict compliance standards that we have to adhere to.They are responsive, very knowledgeable and easy to work with. I would highly recommended them!
Paul has been of great assistance to me as a web developer. He’s always quick to respond and very knowledgeable about WordPress, which has made resolving bugs and adding new features to sites very easy. Highly recommend!
After years of trying different companies, we’ve finally found a team we can genuinely rely on. Headwall Hosting has been excellent in every respect – incredibly responsive, knowledgeable and efficient. Everything is delivered on time and exactly as agreed, and whenever we need help, we get a quick and clear response. We’re extremely happy to have found Headwall Hosting and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a reliable and professional partner.
Incredibly knowledgeable, highly security conscious, and brilliant hosting with little to no downtime. I use to host two websites and it is a hassle-free experience.
Incredibly good and efficient service. Saved our bacon when we were having some website issues. Highly recommended
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a web guy’s blog
notes from a guy who runs a network of web servers
Helping clients respond to website and domain security audits
In November 2026, a client was presented with a comprehensive security audit from one of their very large customers. The report was an effort to improve security practices throughout their supply chain. The report covered all sorts of items including DNS records, email deliverability and website issues. This post covers standard security tasks any WordPress
operational notes & deep-dive
dive into the technical side of hosting front-line WordPress & WooCommerce sites
Apple touch icon 404s: why they swamp your WordPress error reports
Apple devices request /apple-touch-icon.png from busy WordPress sites. Each miss renders a full 404 page. Here is what it costs and how to stop it.
My WordPress database is slow: three plugins to fix it without touching MySQL directly
A slow WordPress or WooCommerce database is often old MySQL defaults. Three plugins fix indexing, collations and storage engine issues on any hosting.
How much of your WooCommerce traffic is from actual humans?
CPU and bandwidth surging together? That usually means uncached WordPress renders. But who’s asking for all those pages? A walkthrough using grep, awk and a free IP-to-network database to classify traffic on three WooCommerce shops.
news & alerts for wordpress pros
No nonsense news & alert circulars for WordPress and WooCommerce professionals. There are no marketing upsells or tracking links, just a periodic curated set of articles from around the web. I built these to keep myself up-to-date with events. You can grab them too.
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