Tag: WordPress tips
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301 vs 302: Breaking Down Redirect Options and Scenarios
Let’s be honest, configuring redirects isn’t exactly the most thrilling part of managing a WordPress site. It’s plumbing. But like plumbing, if you get it wrong, things get messy fast, specifically for your SEO rankings. The situation can come up a lot during site migrations or big content audits. You know you need to point…
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5 Easy Ways to Cut Your WordPress Hosting Bill
Are you surprised by a constantly climbing WordPress hosting bill? You’re not alone. Starting with a simple registration can quickly turn into a pricey “premium” headache, loaded with costly extras, fancier support, and surprise overage fees. If your hosting costs are increasing but your website traffic isn’t, it’s time to stop seeing hosting as a…
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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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How to Create a WordPress Staging Site (and Why You Need One)
Have you ever updated a plugin on your WordPress site and had the screen go white? You didn’t change any code, but the site goes pear-shaped right in front of you, all from one little plugin. Panicked, you try a few things and manage to get it back online, only to see a distorted layout.…
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Add Schema Markup to Your WordPress Posts
If your posts are competing in crowded search results, adding structured data (aka “schema markup”) is one of the highest-impact, lowest-effort upgrades you can make. Schema helps search engines understand your content and can make your pages eligible for rich results, enhanced listings that show things like article dates, images, ratings, or product data right…
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How to Troubleshoot WordPress 500 Errors Effectively
Think of a 500 status code as the internet’s cryptic way of saying, “Something’s broken, and we can’t pinpoint what.” These errors aren’t just frustrating; they can completely stop your revenue, erode customer trust, and inevitably lead to a flood of support inquiries. A single HTTP 500 error can take a membership portal offline, freeze…
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Is your website ready for the holiday traffic?
Holiday traffic is the best kind of problem, until it isn’t. When your campaign lands, your product gets featured, or that email goes out, the visitors you’ve worked so hard to attract can overwhelm an unprepared site. Slow pages, checkout errors, and outright downtime translate directly into lost revenue and trust. This post is your…
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Unlocking Better Performance with Google PageSpeed Insights
Most site owners treat website speed like a utility bill: they know it costs them money when it’s too high, but they rarely read the statement line by line. Google PageSpeed Insights hands you that statement, translated into clear, measurable numbers that affect revenue. The free tool runs a set of synthetic tests, grades each…
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Brewing Better Website Performance: How Object Caching Works
In the world of website performance, caching is a key ingredient to ensure content is delivered quickly and efficiently to visitors. Using a delightful cup of coffee, we can explore the nuanced layers of how caching works and its importance in running a successful website. A Quick Primer on Coffee and Caching Imagine each morning,…
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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…