Category: WordPress Tips
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Crafting Impactful WordPress Sites with Purpose and Simplicity
Ever notice how we instinctively try to fix things by adding more, not taking away? We see a problem and think, “What’s missing?” instead of “What can we remove?” It’s a natural human tendency, but not always the best approach, especially with websites. WordPress, in particular, can get bogged down with too much going on.…
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4 Tips on the Effective Use of Responsive Web Design
As technology advances, the internet changes with it. Mobile devices are becoming more popular, smart assistants are being used more frequently, and screen sizes are constantly changing; therefore, responsive web design has never been so important. It is no longer enough to have a website that can be accessed on any device; you must ensure…
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How to Increase Performance of Your Website and Improve Search Results
Were you aware that a delay in page load time by one second can result in 7% fewer conversions? Site performance is crucial in today’s competitive online landscape. A slow website frustrates visitors, increases bounce rates, and damages search rankings. Google has been prioritizing speed as a major ranking factor for both mobile and desktop…
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4 Key Tips: Creating Mighty Mobile Data Visualizations
Never before has it been more important to ensure that your website is responsive across different screen sizes and user interactions. As the number of internet-accessing devices per person multiplies, your data visualizations need to be flexible and intuitive enough for users who might not even be working with a mouse. Take a bar chart,…
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Top 8 Mistakes You’re Making in WordPress
Choosing WordPress as a CMS brings about an unmatched sense of freedom and approachability, allowing users to build and manage websites with unparalleled flexibility. With the platform’s versatility and massive plugin ecosystem, it’s no wonder why WordPress attracts millions of users and accounts for 43.4% of all websites. But that doesn’t mean it’s all smooth…
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9 Reasons to Migrate to a WordPress CMS
Maybe you signed up for Drupal, Joomla, or another content management system a few years ago when you first started publishing content, and have now outgrown the solution. Maybe you’re looking for different functionality or more themes and widgets to play with. Whatever the reason, you’re ready for a CMS upgrade, and you’re considering WordPress…
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Can Your Site Benefit from a WordPress Reverse Proxy?
While explaining how it works is a little more difficult, the essence of what a WordPress Reverse Proxy does is simple. It allows your WordPress site to be viewed through another domain, so that your visitors have no idea they’re on a different site or system. For example, let’s say you have a WordPress blog…
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How to Find the Post ID in WordPress
Introduction to WordPress IDs When I first started using WordPress several years ago, I remember a plugin asking me for a post ID. I thought I was picking up WordPress quite quickly, but this one had me stumped. I could see the name of my post, I could find the URL – but I had…
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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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IPv4 vs IPv6
IPV4 vs IPV6 Understanding IP Addresses: The Basics This post is part of a series designed to help developers who are just starting out understand some basics and how they relate to WordPress. This tenth post in the series is about the IP address system, and in particular IPv4 and IPv6 and why knowing about…