Category: Wordpress Essentials
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An Introduction to Amazon RDS
As innovators in the hosting space, we’re constantly testing hardware and software solutions here at Pagely to find the optimum balance between price and performance for the unique demands of WordPress. Through all of that testing, Amazon RDS emerged as the clear winner for our database solution. We’ve built our hosting solution on it so…
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Risk Mitigation and the True Cost of Website Downtime
Most businesses don’t think twice about the necessity to carry the insurance policies to protect against various forms of loss. Errors & Omissions, Workers’ Comp, Liability… managing downside risk of unforeseen losses and limiting potential damage is a standard cost of doing business. But rarely do business owners go into a hosting scenario with the…
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UTM Parameters Explained: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracking Lead Sources
If you work in marketing, you know the drill. A new lead shows up, the sales team is buzzing, and then someone asks the big question: where did this person come from? Was it the email you sent out on Tuesday? The LinkedIn post you boosted last week? Or maybe the new Facebook ad? Too…
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Choosing the Best Permalink Structure for Your WordPress Site
It’s easy to get caught up in picking the perfect theme, designing the cleanest homepage, or writing captivating product descriptions. But one of the most important foundational settings is often overlooked: the permalink structure. Permalinks dictate how the web addresses for your pages and posts will look to both human visitors and search engines. Getting…
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What is WordPress Multisite?
WordPress Multisite is a feature that lets you run several websites from a single WordPress install. You get one set of core files, one wp-config.php, and one place to manage your themes and plugins. Each site keeps its own content, settings, and media library separate, but you manage everything from a central Network Admin area.…
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SSH Basics
If you’ve spent any time looking into web hosting, server management, or WordPress development, you’ve probably run into the acronym SSH. It pops up in hosting dashboards, developer guides, and just about every conversation about server security. But what is SSH, really? And why does it matter for you? Here’s the short version: SSH stands…
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FTP vs. SFTP: A Quick Primer on Secure File Transfers
If you’re building WordPress sites long enough, you eventually bump into file transfer. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. SFTP stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol They both move files between computers, but they’re not two “modes” of the same thing; they’re entirely different protocols with different security models, connection behavior, and operational trade-offs. Choosing…
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IPv4 vs IPv6
If you’ve ever checked your network settings or looked at your hosting dashboard, you’ve probably seen two types of IP addresses. One is a simple set of four numbers, like 192.168.1.1. The other is a long string of letters and numbers that looks like it came from a science fiction movie. This difference is what…
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Git Basics for WordPress
If you’ve ever changed a theme or plugin, uploaded it, and then wondered, “Wait… what did I just change?” you already understand the problem Git solves. Git keeps your work organized, your teammates unblocked, and your future self grateful. It’s one of those developer skills that feels intimidating until it clicks. Then you wonder how…
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HTTP vs HTTPS: Understanding the Key Differences
Every time someone loads your website, whether it’s a homepage, a product page, or a WordPress login screen, there’s a conversation happening behind the scenes between their browser and your server. That conversation follows a protocol, and for most of the web’s history it was HTTP: the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is essentially the set…