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Introducing Shifter Safe Mode, a new way to troubleshoot WordPress themes and plugins on Shifter. This new feature is generally available now, for all users. Shifter Safe Mode (SSM) key features include: Enabled from the Shifter Dashboard: To start safe mode, navigate...

Our latest release is all about cleanup. Based on your feedback we've taken a close look at some commonly used featured to make small but necessary adjustments and here's what we've covered. Shifter Dashboard We squashed a few bugs thanks to rollbar and user feedback....

We recently received a question on Twitter about support for custom 404 pages on Shifter. It's a darn good question because we never thought to cover it in our docs or this blog, so here we go. Fun fact: Shifter Supports Custom 404 Pages Shifter handles 404s the same...

While preparing for WordCamp Europe one of the things we are working on is ways to make it easier for customers to migrate their WordPress sites to Shifter.

The method of how Google grades you on SEO is a bit of a black box but there is one thing we do know they care about and that's speed. Back in January 2017, Google announced that starting in July 2018, page speed will be a ranking factor for mobile searches. We assume...

Lately, we feel there's been a lot of chatter about the negative effects of query strings and WordPress with headlines like "WordPress query strings and how to remove them". We are here to say they're not all that bad and may not matter at all. So, what's a query...

Like any developer, we are always looking for ways to improve the tools we use and depend on. For us, that means improving Shifter and pushing the boundaries of what's possible on a serverless WordPress hosting platform. And without leaving the smaller improvements...

For this weeks release, we have addressed something any website performance fanatic would enjoy. We've added Expires headers to the static generated version of your WordPress site on Shifter. Surprisingly enough they were not there before and caused a few red flags to...

A question we get a lot is: Does Shifter work with theme builders? The short answer is, yes! The longer answer is, yes and they are a perfect fit for Shifter. Theme builders on Shifter are a perfect fit for a few reasons. Get started with Shifter Static WordPress...

Delivering a completely static version of your WordPress site with free and automated HTTPS is easy. Just generate your static site with Shifter and deploy. While this process is simple to do it can take a bit of time depending on your site and its settings. Here are...

Our latest updates to Shifter offer a few much-requested domain update and improvements to feeds for maximum SEO vibes. Secure sites easier with improved Shifter custom domain validation. We've added DNS based authentication for registering SSL Certs for custom...

Shifter is proud to present The Burning Monk by Yan Cui; a WordPress blog covering all things serverless. As a serverless static hosting service it’s a perfect fit for our first featured site. Yan is a functional programmer, cloud architect, learner, trainer, speaker,...

PHP has historically been the de facto way to build forms with WordPress. Any plugin relying on WordPress functions is going to use PHP and this is neither good or bad, it's a part of the WordPress ecosystem. This can present a few issues when migrating to a different...

One of the most relied upon features for bloggers using WordPress has to be RSS. This longtime built-in feature offers readers and 3rd party services a way to connect and stay updated with your site's content. While Shifter does create a static version of your...

Shifter now supports AMP for WordPress by Automattic. This feature is now generally available for every customer on every project. Now instantly load Static WordPress sites optimized for mobile. AMP is an Open Source project led by Google with a mission to improve the...

Support Plugin Updates The Shifter Support Plugin makes it easy for you to display diag info, create reports and generate new static Artifacts directly from the dashboard! The latest update to this plugin adds a feature for copying site data for the Support team to...

Last week we celebrated JAWS Days 2018, the signature event for the largest Amazon Web Services User Group in Japan! Participating as a sponsor for this year's JAWS Days, Shifter and the DigtialCube were able to connect with other AWS professionals. Our team present...

This update and release includes improved pagination support, UI changes, and WordPress updates. Any new site launching on Shifter will be running the latest WordPress version, 4.9.4. We've updated the Generator function to better handle pagination support related to...

Generate Static Sites from the WordPress Dashboard Shifter-Support is a new addition to the Shifter Plugins line up. Including functionality for controlling the WordPress container, Generating Artifacts from the WordPress Dashboard. It also displays diagnostic...

Shifter API Public API documentation for Shifter Version 2 release is now available. View the projects on Github or the API doc website. Download the Swagger config to add to your API project such as Postman or SwaggerHub and please feel free to contribute with your...

Shifter is a static site generator and hosting platform for WordPress. Creating a static WordPress site and deploying that to the Shifter CDN comes as an integrated option but it's not the only one! Netlify offers tools for developers to build, deploy, and manage...

Dear Shifter Customers, thank you for using Shifter! We have exciting updates coming your way and wanted to announce the end-of-life date for Shifter Version 1. We've decided to sunset Version 1 as an effort to focus on the latest release of Shifter and continue to...

New Features Projects statistics Usage across all sites is now aggregated and visible in one place. You can check usage and transfer amount in the Account area under Statistics. Created and last launched date You can check projects' created and last launched date...

Enhanced Pagination Abilities Shifter now supports pagination for categories, tags and archives. Previously, Shifter focused on generating posts, pages and their paginated results if any. We've added that same functionality to Categories, Tags, and Archives. You can...

1 year ago at WordCamp US 2016 in Philadelphia, we launched Shifter. Our mission was to bring Static Site Generators and Serverless to WordPress Hosting. To our customers and fans we wanted to say, thank you! It's has been your continued support that has allowed us to...

We're about to have our biggest week ever. Shifter team members from around the world will gather in Las Vegas to kick-off a very busy week. This will be our first time sponsoring AWS re:Invent followed by (as in the very next day) WordCamp US. That's right! Two...

We feel very lucky to attend ServerlessConf Tokyo and also sponsor this year's event. That makes two ServerlessConf sponsorships in one year! Most importantly for us, it was our first speaking opportunity at Serverless Conference! We decided to talk about our...

Be popular demand, we've updated Shifter's container runtime so you can get more done. Previous to this update Shifter would run WordPress a max time of 60 minutes before powering down. We've extended this to 180 minutes (3 hours) of normal operation. Also, we added a...

Introducing Agency+ Need to host a lot of WordPress sites? The new Agency+ plan on will cover up to 50 WordPress sites and includes all the features of Agency, Business, and Personal. More Sites on Personal Plans We increased the number of sites the Personal plan from...

Serverlessconf NYC is over but it has sure given us a lot to think about. It really feels like this community is taking a stake in what comes next for serverless and why it matters. For us attending and sponsoring Serverlessconf was about connecting with other...

Today we announce our largest update and release of Shifter yet. So much has changed we are considering this a full version upgrade. Move over Shifter version one, the next phase has arrived! It's 30 to 50 times faster With this update, our engineers decided nothing...

Let’s welcome back again, Serverlessconf NYC! The community-sourced event for all things Serverless. And! We are so thrilled to announce our sponsorship of this years event taking place in Hells Kitchen, NYC. Shifter is sponsoring Serverlessconf for a couple reasons....

What's new for this years AWS re:Invent? Everything! There's no shortage of good news coming form one of the worlds largest tech conferences this year. Whether you're an armchair attendee or on-location walking sessions until your soles wear thin, here are a few...

For this update, we focused on improving the Shifter API so our developers would have more options to bring new UI features and data into the Dashboard. We also added a few helpful tools not available in the previous version. New Shifter Dashboard With an updated API...

The Shifter Alexa Skill is now available! This Skill adds Shifter and Serverless WordPress news to your Echo or Alexa enabled device Flash Briefing. To add Shifter News to your Flash Briefing lineup open the Alexa App on your mobile device and search, Shifter. You can...

Find your tribe at WCPUB WordCamps are never a bad time and WordCamp for Publishers was no exception. This first-time event in Denver brought together web development professionals and publication industry leaders alike. This WordCamp was created to focus on well,...

WordCamp DC was a blast! This weekend left me thinking, how has this not happened before? The quality of speakers and variety of sessions came together at the historic Carnegie Library to create a truly unique experience and I cannot wait for WordCamp DC 2018. I would...

I’m so excited to be speaking at the WordCamp DC! Not only is this my first time speaking at WordCamp it’s the first ever WordCamp DC. The event is less than one week away and event organizers really have me looking forward to the event with the constant stream of...

WordCamp Europe is over and the community has outdone themselves again! This world class event brought together the largest number of WordPress developers and users in one place. Hosted in Paris at the Les Docks de Paris this year, with over 1,900 in attendance and...

WordCamp Kyoto WordCamp Kyoto 2017 ended this past weekend and we were sad to see it go. It was such a well planned and designed event, packed with seasoned speakers, attendees, contributors, and sponsors. If you missed the event but plan on visiting Kyoto in the...

This release focused on the Shifter API. For us, evolving the API is an opportunity to improve speed, give devs more resources to build tools and plugins with Shifter, and allow our developers to write new features. It started as a WordPress static site generator and...

Custom Artifact Names A few weeks ago, we had released the Artifacts feature. This introduced the ability to create and save versions of your site for deployment. These come in handy for rolling back features or setting up staging sites before going into production....

This August Dan Olson of DigitalCube is attending the inaugural WordCamp for Publishers as a speaker presenting on the topic of security and representing Shifter as an event sponsor. WordCamp for Publishers is focused on, well, publishers but a lot more than that....

Shifter is headed to WordCamp Kyoto as a 2017, Gold Sponsor. This year's theme is: connect to __, which is quite fitting considering the growing number of applications, devices, and new ways developers are discovering to use WordPress. As the event site states,...

Artifacts on Shifter give users flexibility over how they deploy and manage specific versions of WordPress sites on Shifter. Much like backups or snapshots, Artifacts are a copy of your entire site at a specific moment. Each time you generate a new version of your...

This latest release includes improvements overall and added features to help manage projects. We are committed to continually improve Shifter so send us your feedback! If you have an idea or request, let us know. @getshifter User Interface Improvements Project Name...

Our latest Shifter release includes the "Skip Pages" plugin, a WordPress hotfix update, improved service with Intercom Chat Support, and a highly requested feature for extending preferred domain name options. New Feature!: Shifter Skip Pages Plugin This WordPress...

Deciding to power WordPress with Aurora was easy. Amazon Aurora is a drop-in MySQL replacement built and managed by AWS that comes with unparalleled speed, scalability, and durability. To start our migration and upgrade, we began performance testing and focused on a...

Deciding to move your online business to WordPress comes with no shortage of plugin options. As the number of WordPress eCommerce plugins continues to grow there are more 3rd party providers offering product integrations with WordPress. Choosing which plugins or...

Building Shifter we aimed at creating something that was more secure, scalable, and fast. Really Fast. By design those first two, secure and scalable, are taken care of. The unique way Shifter handles the WordPress installation and Dashboard is so that only Shifter...

Shifter is now backed by Amazon Aurora! With the introduction of Amazon Aurora this release has been our most powerful yet. Increase speeds of 60-80% by migrating to our latest platform release. We encourage all customers to update for added performance, security, and...

Dear Shifter Customer, We are writing to share some exciting news! Starting today the current Pay-As-You-Go model will be replaced with new fixed plan options. We want Shifter to be simple and think the pricing should be too. You spoke, we listened, and thank you for...

Shifter makes it possible to host your WordPress websites statically across a variety of CDNs. While this innovation solves a number of problems (and provides many cost and workload benefits, as described in our Shifter Case blog post), there is one thing Shifter...

You know that team Shifter is here to make your life easier, one static WordPress website at a time. Well, now we’ve gone and upped our game by partnering with Netlify, the automated content-delivery experts.   Netlify is a unified platform that automates code to...