Category: Wordpress Essentials
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A Safe and Easy Way to Add Code to A WordPress Website’s Header or Footer
There may be occasions when you need to customize your WordPress website, and the only option is to edit the underlying code of the theme you are using. The purpose of this customization might be to change the appearance of your website, or perhaps alter the way it functions. Generally speaking, keeping your theme files…
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How to Make Your Blog More Searchable
If you are running a blog or website to promote your business or business services, the two most important factors for ensuring high visibility in search engines are website performance and social media exposure. Google made it clear in 2010 that website speed would become an important ranking metric for organic search results, and social…
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How To Create a Sticky Post in WordPress
By default, your newest articles are published at the top of your blog. With every new article published, your existing articles are pushed down a spot — and eventually, off the front page completely. It can be disheartening when your best article drops off the front page. There are two main problems with this: One…
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A Guide to Using WordPress Logs to Track Errors
Use WordPress logs to fix problems that arise on your WordPress instance — or, more accurately, to figure out why they’ve occurred. This feature tracks errors and records them in one easy-to-locate file, so you can get started on the troubleshooting process. There are three basic steps to enable WordPress error logs: In this article,…
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Speed Optimization: the WordPress Plugins You Need
I’ve talked a lot about security over the last few weeks. This week, though, I want to talk about another important website attribute: speed. For anyone who experienced 56k dial-up, you could be forgiven for thinking today’s super-fast broadband connections have solved the problem of website speed. After all, most websites load within a few…
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The Complete Guide to Creating Custom Shortcodes in WordPress
In this post, we’ll take you step-by-step through the process of creating and using your own custom shortcodes. We’ll go over what shortcodes are, walk you through the entire process of creating a new shortcode, and show you how to modify and control the shortcode attributes and functions. Please note that this is a more…
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Navigating the Hype Cycle
How WordPress can Smooth Out the Peaks and Valleys Every day brings a buzz around a new SaaS offering popping up on your social media feed. The question arises: Is it just a passing trend or a truly revolutionary technology? The Gartner Hype Cycle provides an insightful model for understanding these patterns. However, leveraging this…
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Thank you!
Dear Valued Customers, As we bid farewell to an eventful year, we at Pagely want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support and trust in our services. 2023 has been a year of growth, milestones, and shared success, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Throughout the year,…
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Is WordPress a Good CMS Choice in 2024?
Over the past 20 years, WordPress has undergone a significant transformation, evolving from a blogging tool to a powerful, highly flexible Content Management System (CMS). So, is WordPress a good choice for businesses in 2024? Let’s take a look. The Power of Market Share WordPress has more than 64% of the market share for websites…