WordPress

There is a pervasive myth in the web development community: “WordPress is for novices. Real developers build custom apps.” If you’re a developer who loves the clean workflow of Git, the component architecture of React, or the speed of static sites, you might look at WordPress with disdain. You might picture bloated plugins, spaghetti PHP …

A slow WordPress site isn’t just frustrating – it drives visitors away and hurts your SEO. In most cases, the cause is simple: too many HTTP requests. Every script, image, and font file your browser fetches adds another delay, which hurts your WordPress website performance and Core Web Vitals This guide shows you how to …

Unused WordPress plugins can slow your site down and weaken your security, even when they’re deactivated. This guide explains why they cause problems and shows you how to safely remove them. Why You Should Remove Unused Plugins Leaving inactive or unused plugins on your WordPress installation is a significant liability. Here’s why you should clean …

Enabling caching on a WooCommerce store is an important but delicate process that balances performance with functionality. Unlike a static blog, an e-commerce site is highly dynamic, managing user-specific data like shopping carts, account information, and personalized content. A misconfigured cache can lead to serious issues, such as showing one customer’s cart to another or …

You can optimize images, install caching plugins, and follow every speed guide out there – and still end up with a slow site. The usual culprit is third-party scripts adding hidden delays. This guide shows you how to find them, assess their impact, and fix the problem with simple tools. What Are Third-Party Scripts? Third-party …

Have you ever opened a website and been greeted with a blank page instead of the content you expected? This is known as the infamous WordPress White Screen of Death (WSOD). It is a frustrating error that only happens when something has gone critically wrong behind the scenes. If this has happened to you, don’t …

Have you ever given up on a website because it was taking forever to load? Almost certainly you have – probably many times. And it’s certainly not something you want visitors to do when visiting your site! A slow website can lead to a poor user experience, and improving its speed is one of the …

Seeing “404 Page Not Found” on posts that definitely exist? Broken WordPress permalinks are usually to blame – and while frustrating, they’re easy to fix. Permalinks are your post and page URLs. When they break, visitors can’t reach your content, and your SEO suffers. This guide walks you through quick fixes that restore your links …

Learning how to change your WordPress site URL is a common need for site owners. Whether you’re moving to a new domain, switching to HTTPS, or taking a site live from staging, updating your URL settings is essential. Many guides make this process sound complicated, involving database edits or risky changes to configuration files. But …