WordPress Guides

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WordPress rebuilds every page from its database on each visit, which is why caching is usually the biggest speed win...

Angus · 31 March 2025 · 7 min read

WordPress

A staging site is a private copy of your live site where you can test a plugin update, a theme change or new code...

Lee · 10 September 2021 · 6 min read

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Neither page builder is objectively better, and the choice comes down to what you are building. They differ on how they...

Lee · 15 July 2021 · 6 min read

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A WordPress site left alone accumulates outdated software, broken links, database bloat and security gaps. The monthly...

Lee · 19 October 2020 · 5 min read

WordPress

There are three ways to install a WordPress theme: search the built-in directory and activate it, upload a .zip you...

Lee · 27 January 2020 · 6 min read

WordPress

If your WordPress tracking still uses a UA- ID it stopped collecting data on 1 July 2023 and needs replacing with...

Lee · 25 June 2019 · 10 min read

SEO

WordPress starts with clean page structure, but the defaults only take you so far. Six additions cover the gaps: Yoast...

Lee · 20 May 2019 · 5 min read

Web Hosting

Moving a WordPress site to a new host is predictable if you keep the order: take a verified backup, set up the new...

Lee · 14 December 2018 · 13 min read

WordPress

Oversized images are the most common cause of a slow page and the easiest to fix without losing quality. Resize to the...

Lee · 30 August 2017 · 6 min read

Web Hosting

WordPress is an open source content management system that lets you create and publish a site without writing code...

Lee · 26 April 2017 · 8 min read

WordPress

You can run a working UK online store on WooCommerce without paying for a single plugin. The free tier covers the shop...

Lee · 13 July 2016 · 16 min read