Tag: design
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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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How to Create a WordPress Child Theme
If you’ve ever made a tweak to your WordPress theme and felt a little nervous before hitting “Update,” you’re definitely not alone. Themes get updated, files get replaced, and the more you customize, the more you need a safe spot for your changes to live. That’s where a child theme comes in. In this guide,…
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Top 7 Things to Consider When Redesigning a WordPress Site
Redesigning a WordPress site rarely ends up being “just a redesign.” Sure, the visual refresh matters. But if you’ve ever lived through a redesign that shipped on time and still felt like a letdown, you already know the trap: when a site gets prettier but becomes harder to edit, slower to load, or quietly drops…
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Celebrating the 2025 Pagely Partner Award Winners
Great WordPress outcomes don’t come from infrastructure alone. They happen when hosting and agency teams operate like one unit, which the teams in this post demonstrated through aligning early, communicating clearly, and making smart decisions that protect performance, security, and long-term maintainability. That’s the spirit behind the 2025 Pagely Partner Awards. Each winner reflects what…
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Navigating the WordPress Media Library
The WordPress media library is your site’s central hub for images, videos, audio files, and documents. From Media > Library, you can browse everything you’ve uploaded, preview files, and insert them into posts or pages without re-uploading. Think of it as a well-organized shelf where every asset is searchable, reusable, and editable in one place.…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Image Optimization in WordPress
If your WordPress site feels sluggish, odds are your images are the main culprit. On most sites, pictures are the largest assets on the page, often outweighing scripts and styles by a wide margin. The good news: you can optimize images dramatically smaller without making them look crunched, smeared, or pixelated. In this guide, we’ll…
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How to Make a Mobile-Friendly WordPress Website That Converts
Mobile traffic isn’t “growing.” It already won. A recent analysis by Semrush found that, among their top 100 sites with the most visits, mobile traffic surpassed desktop traffic by 313%. The result of your mobile site not being up to par? Higher bounce rates, frustrated prospects, and lower return on every marketing dollar you spend…
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How to Fix WordPress Formatting Issues Effectively
Dealing with a messy layout is a real headache for designers, hurts conversion rates, makes people lose trust, and drowns support teams. For the last ten years, teams have consistently kicked the can down the road on formatting issues until they hit critical landing pages, then they just slap on quick fixes. Below is a…
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A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Shortcodes
Looking to add some slick features to your WordPress site but don’t want to wrestle code? Good news! That’s where shortcodes come in, little gems like or [contact-form] tucked in square brackets. These simple bracketed commands enable site owners to add complex functionality. They’ve served millions of WordPress sites since version 2.5 by providing a…
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Editing Code Directly in WordPress: A Guide to HTML, CSS, and a Touch of PHP
Have you ever wanted to tweak your WordPress site just a bit, like change a button’s color or adjust a page’s layout? WordPress is great for building sites without coding, thanks to its easy dashboard and endless themes and plugins. But sometimes, to get things just right, you need to roll up your sleeves and…