Lots of your site maintenance time will involve updating WordPress’ core, themes, and plugins. This is a necessary task that protects your site and makes it more secure. However, while the process often goes without a hitch, on some occasions, you see the ‘Another Update is Currently in Progress’ error. WordPress will typically ‘lock’ the database when it carries out…. Continue Reading
How to Fix an Invalid JSON Error in WordPress
Unlike other errors, and invalid JSON error in WordPress is straightforward to understand and fix. For the unaware, this appears when WordPress can’t communicate with the web server while you work within the Block Editor. The server’s responses come in the JSON format, which explains the error. Fixing the issue shouldn’t take more than a few minutes, and will be…. Continue Reading
How to Upload PDF Files to WordPress
When it comes to WordPress media types, the lion’s share of attention goes to images and video. This does make sense, but misses out a valuable and helpful file type that you might want to reconsider – the Portable Document Format (PDF). The good news is that it’s simple to upload PDF files to WordPress and display them. Now the…. Continue Reading
4 of the Leading Gmail Alternatives Available (And Why You’d Want to Use One)
It’s hard to browse the web without some aspect of Google’s ecosystem trailing behind. Alphabet’s number one company has a hand in almost all aspects of the web. Email is one of them, although Google’s version is young when you compare it to some of the Gmail alternatives on the market. What’s more, other providers could offer a better fit…. Continue Reading
How to Embed PDF Files in WordPress
WordPress is a modern, flexible platform for publishing your website. One of the ways you can see this is though its approach to media. You’re able to upload almost all types to your site through the Media Library, but with some files, you need some extra support. If you want to learn how to embed PDF files in WordPress, you’ll…. Continue Reading
A HTTP Error When Uploading Images to WordPress: How to Find and Fix It
While running a WordPress website is often straightforward, there are some situations that can leave your scratching your head for a solution. One time will be when you see a HTTP error when uploading images to WordPress. However, it can be a simple fix if you know where to look. In most cases, it’s a generic message that means something…. Continue Reading
How to Use Laravel Valet for Local WordPress Development on macOS
Working on a WordPress website is not an easy task, despite how intuitive and straightforward the platform is. This is often down to the interaction between your site and server. A local development environment will save your live resources, but you could miss crucial incompatibility issues. As such, you’ll want to use a flexible and unobtrusive solution – such as…. Continue Reading
How to Add WordPress Anchor Links in WordPress (3 Ways)
A lot of the design choices you’ll make around your site reference usability and the User Experience (UX). What’s more, blog content – in general, reading your site’s pages – has lots of value. If you marry both of these, you’ll often consider ways to help the UX of your content. WordPress anchor links are a staple for your content’s…. Continue Reading
How to Resolve the DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Error in WordPress
WordPress errors are often easy to digest, diagnose, and resolve. Though, there is always an outlier that can leave you stumped. The DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN error looks like a WordPress error at first glance, but is related to the browser. As such, you have a different process to follow to get your site back online. You won’t have to open up your…. Continue Reading
SpinupWP Review: Self-Hosting For A Fraction of the Price
An almost reflexive opinion when it comes to describing WordPress hosting is that managed hosting is superior to shared. This is true, but for many users – especially those starting on their journey – it’s also expensive. For others, there isn’t enough flexibility in their chosen solution. SpinupWP looks to fill the gap between these two sets of users. The…. Continue Reading
