Category: Wordpress Essentials
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What to Do When a WordPress Update Breaks Your Site
Even if you keep your WordPress site in tip-top shape, sometimes an update can still cause things to break. That’s because WordPress is built on a collection of moving parts: the core software, your theme, all those plugins, and the PHP environment underneath. Each of these is updated on its own schedule, and when one…
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DIY vs. White-Glove vs. Agency-Led: Choosing the Right WordPress Migration Path to Pagely
Migrating a WordPress site to a new host isn’t something you can approach with a cookie-cutter plan. The needs of a personal blog are worlds apart from those of a bustling eCommerce store, and each deserves its own strategy. At Pagely, we see customers take one of three main routes when it’s time to move.…
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What is Managed Hosting for WordPress?
There’s no denying that WordPress is one of the most powerful website platforms on the market today. It powers roughly 43% of all websites on the internet and about 60% of every site that uses a content management system, making it the dominant CMS by a wide margin. It offers extensive SEO capabilities, robust security,…
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Configuring Your WordPress Site For Zero Downtime
We all dream of perfect uptime, but reality has other plans. Networks can get shaky, hardware gets old, and even the most reliable services can throw you a curveball. That’s why experienced WordPress teams focus on high availability instead. The goal is to keep your site running smoothly, even if something behind the scenes goes…
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How to Find the Post ID in WordPress
Quick Answer: To find a post ID in WordPress, go to Posts > All Posts in your dashboard, hover over any post title, and look at the URL preview in the bottom-left corner of your browser. The post ID is the number that appears between post= and &action. For example, in post.php?post=1234&action=edit, the post ID…
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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.…