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If you’ve optimized your site inside and out (smushed images, minified CSS and JavaScript, set up a caching plugin…) but your site still isn’t loading as fast as you would like, it’s time to set up a CDN, or Content Delivery Network. A CDN will massively speed up your entire site and the crucial time to first byte (TTFB) by storing …
As you build or maintain a WordPress website, you’ll likely find moments where you need to make your site inaccessible to the public. This is – rather obviously – referred to as putting your site into “maintenance mode.” Whether you’re performing simple plugin updates or making full-scale site modifications, maintenance mode is a handy tool to have in your developer’s …
Bad 404 pages are like trampolines for your WordPress site: Visitors who land on them are going to bounce. How you deal with 404s will determine whether visitors stick around or check out the competition when they end up on a page that WordPress can’t find. 404 errors aren’t unique to WordPress. The 404 message is the standard error code …
There are well over 7.5 million attacks on WordPress sites every hour so the probability of your site being attacked is almost guaranteed. Simply scanning your site for vulnerabilities, however, can help you keep nasty hackers at bay. Scanning your site will tell you how your site is vulnerable to attack so you can then take specific actions to patch any holes in your security. So …
If you’re used to managing a standalone WordPress site, you’ll find that there are a few differences when it comes to managing a network. And you’ll also need to manage any sites you personally own on your network, too – the base site, for example. Welcome to the final tutorial in our six-part WordPress Multisite Masterclass. In this series so far, you’ve learned how to …
There are a lot of things to love about XAMPP, but the update process is not one of them. There’s nothing automatic about it, and you can go ahead and plan on hitting a few bumps along the way. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the process so you can get XAMPP up-to-date with minimal hassle – and without …
If you think your site is safe because it doesn’t have any content worthwhile to hackers, think again, because the vast majority of security breaches aren’t aimed at stealing your data or defacing your site. Hackers generally want to use your server as an email relay for spam, or to setup a temporary web server, usually to serve illegal files. If you’re hacked, …
A WordPress Multisite network can be more than the sum of its parts – it can also be a community. As well as providing your users with a great way to create their own sites and content, you can also bring them closer together. Vast Multisite networks like WordPress.com and Edublogs help their users to find great new content and communicate with …
When it comes to planning and designing your website, the sidebar might not get top priority. In an age where minimal design and mobile browsers dominate, it’s easy to understand why you may want to skip the sidebar altogether. However, your sidebar is an excellent way to display extra information and an even better way to display page-relevant details that …
The terminal is one of those things that seems scary for the uninitiated. It’s all text based and spits out responses you don’t understand and feels like you’re hacking the system. The reality is, it is extremely simple and straightforward and can shave hours off each of your work days, I kid you not. In this article, I’ll introduce you …
