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v0.11.10 April 27, 2026

Blog: WordPress Server Monitoring (WP Infra Part 7)

New blog post: "WordPress Server Monitoring: Self-Healing Healthchecks, Status Dashboards, and Telegram Alerts" — final post in the 7-part WordPress Infrastructure from Scratch series.

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  • New blog post: "WordPress Server Monitoring: Self-Healing Healthchecks, Status Dashboards, and Telegram Alerts" — final post in the 7-part WordPress Infrastructure from Scratch series. Three-layer monitoring architecture: (1) a self-healing cron healthcheck script that checks PHP-FPM, Nginx, fail2ban, MariaDB, Redis, disk, memory, and log sizes every 5 minutes and auto-restarts anything that's died; (2) an on-demand WordPress server status dashboard with a companion diagnostic/repair tool (`wp-status-fix`) that fixes common WordPress brokenness automatically; (3) an external Telegram bot on a separate server ("Watchdog") running a restricted SSH shell that watches uptime from the outside and sends alerts only when something actually needs attention. Also covers log analysis, resource planning for Hetzner tier upgrades, security and SEO audit scripts, WordPress disaster recovery from restic backups, and scaling across multiple servers. Closes with a series summary tying all 7 posts together. Labelled `infrastructure`.
  • Scheduled for 2026-04-27 via frontmatter `date:`. The daily Cloudflare rebuild cron (v0.11.8) picks it up within minutes of the UTC threshold passing.
  • Internal links: all 6 prior posts in the series (`/blog/wp-infra-01` through `/blog/wp-infra-06`) in the "Full Series" footer block.
  • Outbound link: companion repository at `https://github.com/b1azk0/wordpress-infrastructure`.
  • Primary keyword: `server monitoring` (Ahrefs US: 1800 vol, KD 6, CPC $0.45). Biggest single-keyword opportunity in the entire WP infra series, KD 6 makes top-10 realistic.
  • Secondary: `wordpress monitoring` (100 vol, KD 1, CPC $4.00), the highest-CPC keyword in the series with buyer-intent. `healthcheck script` and `telegram bot monitoring` covered as zero-volume but distinctive angles.
  • H2 headings reworked during the 2026-04-15 Ahrefs pass to front-load keywords: "The Sleep Problem" → "Why WordPress Servers Need Monitoring", "Layer 1: Self-Healing Healthcheck" → "Self-Healing Healthcheck Script for WordPress Services", "The Diagnostic Companion" → "Automated WordPress Diagnostics and Repair Tool", "Layer 3: The Watchdog Telegram Bot" → "Telegram Bot for External WordPress Uptime Monitoring", and six more. Title rewritten from "Watching Over It All: Monitoring, Self-Healing, and Knowing When to Sleep" to the current keyword-leading form.