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WordPress Database Optimization: Guide to Enhancing Site Speed

Speed matters, especially when it comes to retaining users’ attention online. Website visitors expect content to load in an instant, and as technology improves, the bar for “instant” gets higher and higher. Still, many websites…

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Search Engine Optimization

How to Correctly Configure Your Yoast XML Sitemap and Advanced Settings in WordPress

WordPress is an SEO-friendly CMS for building websites and blogs, but it doesn’t include enough default features to help you rank at the top of search results. To truly establish a solid SEO presence online,…

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Website Performance

A Guide for Improving WordPress’ Server Response Time

Google’s research shows that 53% of mobile users leave a page that takes longer than three seconds to load, highlighting the critical nature of optimal server response times. For WordPress site owners, server response time…

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Announcements

Maximize Your Agency’s Potential With Automattic and Pressable

Our parent company, Automattic, is home to an unbeatable suite of publishing and small business tools. We are understandably biased, but the numbers speak for themselves…  Today, we’re bringing all of these services under one…

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WordPress Tips & Tricks

5 Emerging Web Design Trends for WordPress Websites

In web design, a moderate dose of peer pressure can be healthy. After all, design trends often point toward the latest and greatest in terms of user experience, and each year creators get better and…

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Website Performance

Addressing WordPress’s ‘ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT’ Error

If you’ve ever been faced with the ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error in WordPress, you know how frustrating it can be. While it’s a common issue, its complexity can leave website owners feeling overwhelmed. Understanding this error allows…

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WordPress Tips & Tricks

How to Automatically Update WordPress Plugins

WordPress is a powerful and extensible platform that allows you to install over 55,000 different plugins to add virtually any type of functionality to your website. But, as they say, such power comes with great…

WordPress Tips & Tricks

Are You Making These Common WordPress Mistakes?

Whether you’re a beginner blogger or an entrepreneur building your very first website, you might stumble through some of the common WordPress mistakes that tend to trip new users up time and time again. But…

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Website Performance

WordPress Uptime Monitoring: Ensuring Maximum Website Availability

Business success online hinges on a continuously available website. Unfortunately, any site can be vulnerable to downtime. Websites become unavailable for all sorts of reasons, from server overloads and software issues to physical damage to…

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WordPress Tutorials

What to Do When Your Server is Down: Essential Troubleshooting Tips

A server outage can be a nightmare for your online business. After all the time and money you’ve invested in designing and building a great website, then your customers can’t access it. This has an…

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Website Performance

How to Clear Cache in WordPress

If you work on WordPress websites, you’re probably tired of telling clients or team members to refresh their browsers to see the changes you just made. And the reality is, a browser refresh might not…

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Website Security

Reinforce WordPress Security With Two-Factor Authentication

We all know the importance of online security, and two-factor authentication (2FA) is a great way to add an extra layer of defense beyond your password. 2FA combines something you know (your password) with something…

Search Engine Optimization

7 Places to Include SEO Keywords on Your Website

Earning high search rankings for your website requires the use of search engine optimization, and in particular, SEO keywords. Also known as target keywords, these words and phrases are the words you want to rank…

WordPress Tutorials

A WordPress User’s Guide to Effective and Reliable Website Caching

When it comes to internet success, the name of the game is speed. Information travels very quickly these days and there’s no time for slow websites. Website caching can be a fantastic tool for keeping…

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WordPress eCommerce

Implementing a Headless WooCommerce Site

As the world shifts more and more to online ordering, the need for a fast and flawless eCommerce experience has never been more important. Developers are embracing headless eCommerce, which has changed the way we…

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Backup WordPress Files and Databases

While most website owners know how important it is to regularly update their website files and databases, many people neglect it due to the time, work, and technical know-how involved in doing so. This article…

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Website Performance

Best Practices for Implementing Scalable Hosting

So, you’ve got a website that’s starting to gain some serious traction – that’s great! Of course, this fun comes with a new set of challenges.  Scalable web hosting has become essential for growth and…

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WordPress Tutorials

A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering WordPress Migrations

Your current website host might have been a good fit when your business was just starting out or when you just didn’t need much from your plan, but things have changed. Maybe they let you…

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Website Performance

Why a WordPress CDN Is Important to Your Website and Your Business

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s not enough for your business to simply have an online presence. You need to make sure your website is fast, and it is quick to respond to visitor interactions. One…

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Website Performance

Head-to-Head Performance Comparison of Nginx and Apache

Discover the comprehensive comparison between Nginx and Apache’s performance. Real-life use cases, optimization strategies & server selection guide included.

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Website Performance

How to Compare and Select Fast Managed WordPress Hosting

Imagine sitting in front of your computer, watching a website load at a snail’s pace, feeling like you’ve aged ten years in the process. In the modern age we live in, seconds make all the…

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Website Security

Understanding How SSL Works

Have you ever wondered what that little padlock symbol next to a website’s URL means? It’s a sign that the website is using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), also known as TLS (Transport Layer Security). This…