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The facts about WordPress migrations: Back in May 2020, I had a call out-of-the blue from someone I'd met at a pre-lockdown networking event. One of their friends was having website issues and needed my help. They were a small but essential business in South Wales, still open during the lockdown; their website was being held hostage but their current marketing...
How to maintain a WordPress website - it's not as straightforward as you first thought! WordPress websites are increasingly complex with users adding their own plugins, switching themes, adding code snippets and even making WordPress look like something else entirely. But website maintenance goes further than keeping your pages up-to-date, there's a lot going on in...
Let's talk WordPress and Best Practice. WordPress is the most popular Content Management System for small businesses and bloggers. It's so easy to get started with thousands of themes and plugins at your fingertips, you won't even need to write a line of code! But, if you're not an experienced website designer, developer or site technician, how are you supposed to...
You'll definitely want to avoid making these mistakes when choosing a web hosting package! If you're planning to launch a new website (or perhaps it's already launched) then you'll be wondering about hosting. Making a website is a huge learning curve that, for many, consists of piecing together information from Google and asking questions in Facebook Groups. You'll...
Is your WordPress website accessible to those using assistive technology, people with visual impairment, cognitive impairment or other disabilities? If you've made your own website by downloading a free or premium theme, then it may not be accessible out of the box. Even if your theme does come with accessibility features, what about your content? There's certainly...
Is Divi bad for SEO? So many people ask this question, but there's absolutely no way that a premium WordPress theme with tens of thousands of global users and a hefty price tag would be inherently bad for SEO, right? Well, like everything else in this world, it's not perfect. This blog post is about the various optimisations and customisations I've made to the Divi...
I've got 521 problems and Cloudflare is all of them. This article covers specific issues I've encountered when using Cloudflare, WordPress and the Divi Builder together. I decided to document the process of troubleshooting and fixing these errors for others to refer to. I've come to the conclusion that if I'm having this error, others will be experiencing the same,...
If you're a blogger or your business's website runs on WordPress, you'll probably know that it's super important for your website and its content to load fast. Nobody likes a slow website, right? Sure, your site might load lightning fast in your house where you have fast Broadband, but your customers could be using slower connections and they simply get fed up with...
I've been working with WordPress sites for over 10 years now. From large sites with thousands of pages to tiny 5-page business websites, I've made so many mistakes over the years and I've seen so many others make the same, or very similar mistakes. This article is all about WordPress mistakes and how you can avoid them. If you're an affiliate marketer, business...
