Chris Opsahl

WordPress Support Lead

Chris and Bryan worked together back in the early ’00s and kept stumbling into the same problem for their clients: down-right bad website hosts. After plenty of trial and error, they realized the only way to do right by their clients was to simply do it themselves.

One important part of doing it right? Security.

Chris is Cinch’s security expert and he works every day to keep our clients’ sites safe, functional and free of malware. In addition to managing security, Chris is a well-rounded techie: he is super capable of handling all aspects of your digital presence. To put it simply, Chris is a man of many hats.

What’s your philosophy on maintaining WordPress sites?
Part of owning a website is being responsible for its maintenance. A neglected site will not function properly for your customers, puts them (and you) at risk for malware, and ranks poorly with the search engines. Most business owners don’t have the desire to be their own IT staff, so that’s where we come in. What’s your favorite quote?
“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, a half pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it” — Blues Brothers When I grow up, I want to be…
An art history professor. Fun fact people don’t know about you?
I can draw right or left-handed. If I could travel or live anywhere in the world, it would be?
Anywhere with a beach and a boat, ±12˚ of the equator. Why Cinch?
Cinch has been helping businesses get the most out of their websites through premium hosting and site maintenance since 2007. We’re trustworthy, reliable and we’ll be here when you need us.

Chris’ Lifetime Accomplishments:

B.A. Concordia College, Business Administration and Studio Art
Cornell University, Digital Marketing Certificate, July 2018
dotComm, American Web Design, Hermes awards for web design
Advertising Federation of MN: Speaker on effectively using your website for marketing

Articles by Chris

How the lost password function in WordPress works

At some point in time you, or another user of your WordPress site, will forget their password and will need to have it reset. … How it Works, WordPress | Oct 19, 2018

Secure your site or alienate your visitors

We’ve written about Google’s push to have all sites run over secure HTTPS connections here and here. We’ve also written about how not using … Security | Feb 21, 2018

How to see if your WooCommerce site is TLS compliant

Authorize.net has been notifying it’s merchants of an upcoming TLS requirement. As of February 28, 2018 any merchants running TLS 1.0/1.1 will no longer … WooCommerce | Feb 6, 2018

HTTPS security warnings being sent by Google

We’ve been talking about Google’s push towards HTTPS quite a bit this year. Now, we’re seeing e-mails being sent from Google to website owners … Security | Aug 18, 2017

Delete LayerSlider WP if you are not using it

LayerSlider WP is a seemingly ubiquitous content slider that comes bundled with over 900 WordPress themes available at themeforest. If you run a premium … WordPress | Aug 8, 2017

WooCommerce 3.1 introduces native product import & export

The release of WooCommerce 3.1 included a number of great additions for store owners and we’ve found it to be stable and virtually conflict-free … WooCommerce | Jul 27, 2017

Founders / Leadership Team

Bryan Hoffman

Supreme leader

Bryan has been around since DOS… just kidding. He has been working with WordPress since the very beginning and was one of the leaders in the movement toward responsive websites.

Chris Opsahl

The guru

Chris is one of those unicorns whose left brain and right brain exist in perfect balance: he’s an artist with serious business chops. At Cinch, he’s our well-rounded partner in crime, so to speak.

Kari Moe-Hoffman

The Conductor

Kari keeps the trains on the tracks and running on time – a feat that few others could do with such grace. She handles the day-to-day details so the rest of the team can focus on you.