Blog
Posts about our company, WordPress, and other items of interest.
Why We Switched From UptimeRobot to Site24x7
Remember 2015? It seems like a lifetime ago, and yet, it's been less than five years since we launched Barrel Roll. As we researched the tools we would need to build our WordPress maintenance company, we already knew which one we would be using for uptime monitoring -...
What’s the Fastest WordPress Page Builder? Performance Comparison
Note: This post compared the performance of some popular WordPress page builders and was last updated in April 2020. If you're looking for the fastest WordPress theme, check this out! WordPress page builder plugins continue to grow in popularity, even after the...
Our First Time Online
Franklin, Virginia has never been at the forefront of technology. Decades of being a small, working-class town will do that. But change comes to those who wait and no town waits better than Franklin. That’s why, in the summer of 1996, the only way for a curious...
Are You Using Gravity Forms & Caching? Your Data May Be At Risk
We’re big fans of the popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms. It’s well maintained and has a plethora of great add-ons to extend its functionality. We use it on dozens of sites to provide reliable and feature-rich form functionality. One thing Gravity Forms doesn’t do...
What Happens If You Don’t Maintain Your WordPress Site?
Have you ever thought, “Gee, it’s nice running this business and all, but I really want to torpedo the whole thing into the ground and see what happens.” Good news! Ignoring WordPress maintenance is a creative way to go out of business - way more interesting than...
Professional Wordpress Maintenance Services: 9 Signs You Need ‘Em
How much revenue would you lose if your site went down for five minutes? An hour? How about an entire day? You can’t ignore it - unexpected website downtime is bad for business. Compared to the losses you may incur due to a malfunctioning website, the cost of...
