Maintenance Blog

Why website maintenance matters. Updates on Statamic releases, security patches, and how ongoing support keeps your site fast and secure. Check out my Statamic maintenance service.

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PHP2Shell is patched on every site I maintain

Updated: 21st October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Maintenance Services, News

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Critical PHP Security Update Incoming

Updated: 21st October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Maintenance Services, News

Statamic Sentinel 3.0

Updated: 9th October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, News, Statamic Addons, Sentinel, Maintenance Services

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Statamic 6 security depends on keeping up with releases

Updated: 9th October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Sentinel, Maintenance Services

Statamic 5 security countdown: fixes stop in December 2026

Updated: 9th October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Sentinel, Maintenance Services

Introducing Sentinel: the Statamic monitoring tool I built for myself, now free for everyone

Updated: 2nd October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Maintenance Services, Sentinel, Statamic Addons

Over 250 installs on: Sentinel and CMS security for Statamic

Updated: 2nd October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Maintenance Services, News, Statamic Addons

Sentinel 2.3.0: faster scans for my Statamic security addon

Updated: 2nd October, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, News, Maintenance Services, Statamic Addons

Blocking scanner traffic at Nginx for a leaner Statamic cache

Updated: 2nd September, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Maintenance Services

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Statamic background recache smooths out bulk cache invalidations

Updated: 24th July, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Maintenance Services

Warming Statamic static cache behind basic auth

Updated: 24th July, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Statamic, Maintenance Services

A 7-day cooldown against npm supply-chain attacks

Updated: 19th June, 2026 by Stephen Meehan in Web Development, Maintenance Services

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