Struggling with how to add 301 redirects to WordPress? These nifty redirects are an SEO friendly approach that let you re-route traffic to your site in a number of helpful ways. But they’re also confusing for many casual WordPress users. So, to help you out, I’m going to use this post to dig into 301 redirects as they apply to…. Continue Reading
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How to Setup Cloudflare CDN for WordPress
A content delivery network, or CDN, is a network of worldwide servers that delivers cached web content to users based on their location. Because it takes less time to send data over a shorter geographical distance, using a CDN to host your website instead of a single server can speed up loading times for your website. Cloudflare CDN can also…. Continue Reading
How to Automate WordPress Installs and Setup
One of the great things about WordPress is how easy and quick it is to setup. Many web hosts now offer management dashboards with one-click WordPress installation, often with the option of pre-installing some of the most popular plugins and themes. Even if you install WordPress manually, the process is pretty simple. However, if you’re frequently setting up new sites…. Continue Reading
Local by Flywheel – an Easy Way to Develop WordPress Sites Locally
When you develop a site on your local machine you don’t have to worry about the time and bandwidth used in uploading files, or hiding development sites from view until they’re ready to be published. Having a local version of your site locally also provides you with a staging environment where you can easily test any site changes out of…. Continue Reading
WordPress.com Versus WordPress.org: Which WordPress Version is Best for Me?
The world loves WordPress, doesn’t it? The headline figures are certainly impressive: WordPress powers around a quarter of the net. If you’re relatively new to WordPress, you might not realize that there are actually two versions of WordPress, though. WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Both WordPress.com and WordPress.org use the same core WordPress software, so it’s easy to confuse them as the…. Continue Reading
WordPress SEO by Yoast vs All in One SEO Pack: Which is the Best SEO plugin?
Fact: Every new WordPress installation requires an SEO plugin to improve search engine rankings. Yes, WordPress already has SEO tools pre-installed, but when you use a plugin it allows you to take full control over what’s being shown to the search engines, and you’re more likely to understand how your articles and website pages look to the search engines. A…. Continue Reading
What is a Gravatar and Why You Should Get One
Have you ever wondered why some people have a nice photo next to their name when they comment on various websites? In some cases, it’s an actual photo of the individual and sometimes it’s a piece of clipart most commonly known as an avatar. And in some cases, the image that appears is a white icon of a person against…. Continue Reading
Battle of eCommerce Platforms: Comparing WooCommerce and Shopify
We know that eCommerce is ever on the rise and more and more sellers and stores are going online nowadays. Naturally, this has led to the growing popularity of eCommerce platforms. Two such platforms or solutions, WooCommerce and Shopify, have gained a very loyal following and user base. However, when it comes to comparing WooCommerce and Shopify, which one beats…. Continue Reading
History of WordPress: A What You Must Know Guide
WordPress is most certainly the world’s favorite content management system (CMS). It powers over 70 million websites, which makes a whooping 60% of all websites that run on a CMS. This figure translates to about 25% of all websites on the planet! Travel back in time twelve years, and this wasn’t the case. WordPress was a bare blogging platform that…. Continue Reading
5 Tips to Help Get Your Blog Post Loads of Real Attention
Imagine this: You’ve just finished writing the most epic blog post ever. You’re boiling over with excitement over the buzz your post is going to generate. You hit the publish button and then go watch Game of Thrones. The next day, nobody has visited your blog. Nobody has read your epic post. Why? Because attracting visitors to your blog involves…. Continue Reading
