How to Secure your wordpress How to secure your WordPress. In this post I’ll be covering the basic steps you’ll need to undertake to secure your WordPress. This isn’t meant a a concise list of everything that you might need to do. What this post covers is the bare minimum you’ll need to undertake with […]
How to log in to wordpress. In this article we’re going to cover how to log in to WordPress. This guide is applicable to you running your own installation of WordPress in a hosting account, not a wordpress.com hosted WordPress. If you disabled public access to your WordPress installation, you’ll need to make it accessible
WordPress and Caching Plugins. WordPress and Caching Plugins. In this post I’l be talking about caching plugins, what their purpose is, how they work and the difference between different types of caching plugins. What is Caching? What is caching, and what does it do? Some of you might be thinking “caching makes things quicker”. Well
WordPress and page builders. In this post I’ll be talking about WordPress and page builders. There are different options available to you with regard to which page builder you decide to use. Different page builders work in different ways, and whilst some are easier to use than others, there an be some implications with some
Installing a wordpress theme. This guide covers what themes are, what they do, and how you install a theme in WordPress. What is a wordpress theme? There are a LOT of themes available that can be installed in WordPress, about 31,000 of them at the time of writing. WordPress themes are pre-designed templates that dictate
Configure WordPress to Use SMTP authentication – a how to Guide. WordPress SMTP authentication. In this post I’ll be taking about how to set up your WordPress so that it uses SMTP to send emails, why you might want to do this, and the benefits of using SMTP authentication. Before you start reading this post,
How to Add a contact form to your wordpress site. Add a contact form to your WordPress. In this post I’ll be talking about how to add a contact form to your WordPress, why you’re likely to need a contact form, and the benefits of using a contact form on your site. I’d recommend reading
WordPress Optimisation Overview WordPress optimisation overview. In this post I’ll be talking about optimising wordpress, giving an overview of what optimising WordPress is, the skills that you’ll need to be able to do this, and some common concepts when it comes to WordPress optimisation. I’m not going to be going into specific detail in this
WordPress optimisation save yourself the hassle. WordPress optimisation is something I’ve written quite a lot about on this blog, and I’ve been doing some experiments to try and help save you the time and effort involved with optimising your WordPress site. In this post I’ll be covering what I’ve worked out, with the objective of
How to make Google fonts load locally. How to make Google Fonts load locally. In this post I’ll be discussing how to make Google Fonts load locally, why you might want to do this, and what the benefits you’ll gain by doing this. If you’d rather just find out the quick and easy way to
WordPress enable gzip compression. WordPress enable GZip compression. In this post I’ll be covering how to enable GZip compression, what this does, why you might want to enable GZip compression and the benefit of doing so. GZip compression is also referred to as text compression, so this post also covers how to enable text compression.
WordPress Serve images in next-gen formats WordPress serve images in next-gen formats. This post explains what this issue is, why it’s a problem, and what you need to do to address it. Compared to a lot of actions you’ll have to take when optimising your WordPress, this is one of the easier to address. What
WordPress Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy. WordPress Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy. What a cache policy is, how you define one, and the benefits you’ll see from doing so. What Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy means. Static assets are parts of your site that don’t change
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How to Migrate a WordPress Site In this post I’ll be talking about how to migrate a WordPress site. I’ll be covering how to migrate a WordPress site from one hosting account to another, using the cPanel hosting platform. This is essentially copying a WordPress installation from one hosting provider to another. Although I’ve focussed
How to change the address of a wordpress site. How to change the address of a wordpress site. Or as it’s sometimes referred to, how to change the URL of a WordPress site. There are a few reasons why you might need to know how to change the address of a wordpress site: There are