Do you really need managed WordPress hosting? Let’s face it: Running a WordPress blog or site is no easy game. You have to take care of all the content, marketing, site design, social media, and so forth. But before you do that, you have to make sure your WordPress site is running smoothly and your current WordPress hosting provider isn’t…. Continue Reading
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10 Best WordPress Hosting Options Compared for 2022 (Pros & Cons)
Searching for the best WordPress hosting? Because WordPress is so popular, there are hundreds of hosting providers out there offering everything from cheap shared hosting for the price of a cup of coffee to premium managed WordPress hosting that can range into the hundreds per month. So – how can you wade through all of those options to pick the…. 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
What Is the DNS? A Confused Users’ Guide to the Domain Name System
The internet can seem like simple technology, but in fact, there are numerous moving parts. Most of them work together behind the curtain to deliver websites to waiting browsers at a rate of millions per second. One of the key building blocks of the web is the Domain Name System (DNS). However, if you’re asking, What is the DNS?, keep…. Continue Reading
How to Improve the Speed of Your WordPress Site – the Ultimate Guide
Do you want to improve the speed of your WordPress site? If so, you’re in the right place! In this guide, we’ll discuss exactly why it’s important to make your site load as fast as possible. We’ll take a look at some common factors that can slow down your WordPress site and what you can do to optimize it and…. Continue Reading
A Guide to the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Image Format
There is one aspect of the internet you can’t get away from: images. In the early days of the web, it’s was a strict, text-only affair. However, we now have dedicated image formats to help us display crisp visuals. The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format is one of the newest and most flexible ones available. We’ll explain more later, but…. Continue Reading
How to Set Up a Professional Email Address With Gmail and Google Workspace
One of the key ‘non-negotiables’ we often talk about is how running your own site is a key factor for any business. However, there’s something inherent to that process we think is more crucial: email. As such, you’ll want to set up a professional email address almost as a first action. When you use Gmail and Google Workspace, the process…. Continue Reading
5 Best WooCommerce Hosting Providers Compared in 2022 (All Budgets)
If you have a WooCommerce store, finding the best WooCommerce hosting is important because your hosting plays a key role in your store’s performance, reliability, security, etc. To help you make a choice that will set your store up for success, we collected the five best WooCommerce hosting providers in 2022 and beyond, including both premium options for serious stores…. Continue Reading
What Is PHP? A Beginners’ Guide to WordPress’ Core Scripting Language
As we talk about a lot on the WPKube blog, WordPress has a lot of moving parts. As such, it also uses a number of different programming languages and scripts to make everything talk and work together. While you’ll often read of the ‘holy trinity’ languages – HTML, CSS, and JavaScript – there’s also a fourth language involved that you’ll…. Continue Reading
How to Install WordPress (Easiest Way + 2 Other Options)
Struggling with how to install WordPress so that you can get up and running with a working website? In this post, we’re going to share a beginner-friendly guide for how you can set up the WordPress software and create your very own website. For most people, the easiest way to install WordPress is via your web hosting. This is the…. Continue Reading
