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A WordPress User’s Guide to Effective and Reliable Website Caching

When it comes to internet success, the name of the game is speed. Information travels very quickly these days and there’s no time for slow websites. Website caching can be a fantastic tool for keeping…

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Backup WordPress Files and Databases

While most website owners know how important it is to regularly update their website files and databases, many people neglect it due to the time, work, and technical know-how involved in doing so. This article…

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WordPress Tutorials

A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering WordPress Migrations

Your current website host might have been a good fit when your business was just starting out or when you just didn’t need much from your plan, but things have changed. Maybe they let you…

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Mastering WordPress Testing: How to Set Up a Test Site

Need a test environment for your WordPress site? Our guide will teach you why and how to create a staging site to avoid errors when deploying live updates.

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WordPress Tutorials

A Quick Guide to WordPress Multisite Hosting

If you are responsible for updating multiple websites, the last thing you want to do is hop from one WordPress account to another — logging on and off repeatedly. You want to be able to run…

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WordPress eCommerce

How to Migrate Shopify to WordPress and WooCommerce

If you’re ready to move on from Shopify, it’s time to learn how to migrate Shopify to WordPress and WooCommerce.  A lot of stores start on Shopify and learn it’s not the right fit for…

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Create a Custom Page Template in WordPress

From landing pages to special promotions, there are lots of reasons why you might want to know how to create a custom page template in WordPress. This post answers when to use custom templates and…

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WordPress Tutorials

A Guide to Custom Gutenberg Blocks

In case you’re late to the WordPress party, blocks are in. WordPress continues to evolve and improve the Gutenberg experience, which leads many developers to ask if they should create custom Gutenberg Blocks. In this…

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WordPress Tutorials

REST API in WordPress: When, Why, and How to Use It

Think of how much of your business data you store in WordPress. What if you could access it and use it in different applications? Thankfully, you can do that with the REST API in WordPress….

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Duplicate a Page in WordPress

Are you a control C + control V or a right-click copy/paste person? Whether you love a good keyboard shortcut or swear by the mouse, if you work on websites, you’ve probably wondered why it…

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Create a Responsive Table in WordPress

You’ve got to be kidding me… That’s what your website visitors think when they stumble on a page that’s not formatted for mobile. So, if you use a lot of tables on your site, you…

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WordPress eCommerce

How to Speed Up WordPress Site Load Time

Whether you’re on a downtown expressway or the information superhighway, no one likes to go slow. There’s not much you can do about the granny in the fast lane doing 30 mph. Fortunately, there are…

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Website Performance

How to Clear Cache in WordPress

If you work on WordPress websites, you’re probably tired of telling clients or team members to refresh their browsers to see the changes you just made. But when even that doesn’t work, it’s time to…

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Create a Staging Site for WordPress

Don’t break your live website. Create a staging site for WordPress instead. Mistakes happen. Sometimes plugins or themes just don’t work. You can try something out with a staging site without ruining your live site….

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WordPress Tutorials

Multiple Methods to Backup a WordPress Site

You know you need to backup your WordPress site, but do you keep putting it off? Like updating your phone or changing your refrigerator water filter, it can be difficult to remember or get excited…

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WebP Image Guide: How to Use WebP Format with WordPress

We all love a good GIF, but image formats have come a long way since the introduction of the GIF in 1987. Savvy web designers have moved on to embrace JPEGs, PNGs, and now WebP….

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Transfer a WordPress Site to a New Host

Breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it’s necessary. So, if you’re ready to move on from your current web host, here’s how to transfer a WordPress site to a new host. Not all…

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WordPress Tutorials

Your Guide to Full Site Editing with WordPress 6.0

If you love the block editor, you’ll adore Full Site Editing with WordPress 6.0. With the release of 6.0 in May, Full Site Editing made a giant leap forward. There’s a lot to be excited…

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What are WordPress Block Patterns and How to Use Them?

A couple of years ago, WordPress introduced a new way to build web pages. This innovation is known as Gutenberg, alternatively known as the WordPress block editor or simply the WordPress editor. Gutenberg provides a simple way…

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WordPress Plugins & Themes

How to Retain Custom CSS When Updating a WordPress Theme

Themes determine the layout and appearance of WordPress websites. Regardless of which theme you go with, you might need to customize it a bit to suit your specific needs. One way to customize your theme…

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WordPress Development: What Are Custom Fields and How Do You Use Them?

WordPress has many advanced features for customization, one of which is the ability to create custom fields. Whether you’re building a blog, a local business website, an e-commerce store, or any other WordPress-powered site, you…