Preparing for a WordPress migration can feel daunting; there are many aspects to consider if you want the process to be as smooth as possible. Migration can cause a minor disruption and some downtime, but by following best practices, you can reduce the impact and make it a better process for you and your site [...]
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Although it doesn’t seem evident, changing a hosting provider can significantly impact your WordPress site’s performance. Reasons to consider migrating your WordPress site range from provider’s dated servers to slow page load speeds. Whatever the reason for your site’s lackluster performance, you shouldn’t fear switching hosting providers. Learning how to migrate your website to a [...]
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Perpetual growth should be your ultimate goal when launching a new website, but you might face certain limitations as your site’s audience expands. That’s why knowing what WordPress migration is and its importance can give you an edge over your competitors. In its simplest form, WordPress migration is the process of changing the site’s hosting, [...]
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Using a fresh WordPress install to test and deploy major changes is an excellent idea. The problem is it takes a bit of technical competence (and time) to create one locally or in the cloud. If you’re short on one or both of these resources, you could do with a tool like InstaWP. InstaWP is [...]
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Struggling with how to embed Google Sheets in WordPress? While there are lots of useful WordPress table plugins that help you add tables on your site, sometimes you just need the full flexibility of Google Sheets and it’s better to embed your table directly from Google Sheets. This ensures that your spreadsheet data is always ... Read more
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Struggling with a bad Cumulative Layout Shift on WordPress? Cumulative Layout Shift, or CLS for short, is one of three metrics in Google’s new Core Web Vitals project. Beyond just generally being a good measure of user experience on your site, Google announced that it will start using Core Web Vitals as a ranking factor ... Read more
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You know what sucks? When your emails show up in your intended recipients’ spam folders. You’re sending content that needs to be seen, but the Internet gatekeepers are sending it straight to junk. It’s annoying. But as anyone who has tried to receive Contact Form 7 emails at their Gmail account can attest to, it happens far too often with emails sent by your WordPress site.
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Looking for an easy way to connect the WordPress Media Library to Google Drive? In this article, I’m going to show you a simple way to sync your WordPress Media Library with Google Drive in both directions. That is, when you add a file to your WordPress Media Library, that file will show up in ... Read more
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Wondering what WP-Cron is, whether or not your site needs it, and/or how to disable WP-Cron (I guess that’s kind of a spoiler to the previous question)? In this post, I’m going to take you through everything that regular WordPress users need to know about WP-Cron. I’ll explain what WP-Cron is, how it works, and ... Read more What Is WP-Cron? Plus How to Disable WP-Cron in 2020
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Interested in WordPress must-have plugins? No, I’m not talking about the essential plugins that all WordPress sites need, I’m talking about a little-known WordPress core feature called mu-plugins. In a nutshell, WordPress mu-plugins, or must-have plugins if you enjoy extraneous typing, let you force activate certain features on your site. Neither you nor pesky clients ... Read more WordPress mu-Plugins: Your Guide to Using Must-Use Plugins
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