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  • How I Updated PHP and Checked My WordPress Server for Intrusions with ChatGPT

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    7 min read

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    After the PHP2Shell security warning, I took my AWS Lightsail instance offline, updated PHP with ChatGPT’s help, checked WordPress for signs of intrusion, and brought my websites back online.

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  • Goodbye, Bitnami: Migrating My WordPress Blog with the Help of ChatGPT

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    9 min read

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    After AWS Lightsail marked my older Bitnami-packaged WordPress image as no longer maintained, I migrated ralpe.eu to a modern server. The entire process unfolded in dialogue with ChatGPT—from moving WordPress and transferring SSL certificates before the static IP switch to configuring renewal and investigating unexpected server outages.

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  • Installing Bitnami WordPress Multisite on AWS Lightsail

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    2 min read

    Update (October 2026): I have since migrated ralpe.eu from the older Bitnami-based installation to a newer AWS Lightsail environment. Read the follow-up article: Goodbye, Bitnami: Migrating My WordPress Blog with the Help of ChatGPT. This is how I walked through the installation process. Here are the links I followed:

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  • Migration from WordPress.com to a self-hosted Blog on Amazon Lightsail

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    4 min read

    Why Amazon Lightsail? I started my blog ralpe.eu seven years ago on WordPress.com. It was easy to set up, I could use the blog right away and it was only 13 bucks a year to map my blog’s domain ralpe.eu to the domain theonet.de provided by WordPress.com. For a long time I was happy with…

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    WordPress versus Tumblr Bei der #Netzkirche-Fortbildung darf ich nun Tumblr als Blog-System vorstellen, nachdem Alexander Ebel WordPress vorgestellt hat. Was ich an Tumblr lieber mag: + Posts mit Links, Fotos, Zitate und-Foto-Straßen etc lassen sich einfach posten + Das Tumbr-Blog kann einfach angepasst werden und ist unter einer eigenen Domain kostenlos + Rebloggen funktioniert besser…

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