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Simple Yet Proven Ways To Boost Your WordPress Website Speed

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July 25, 2017

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Speeding up the website is one of the most crucial ways to bring more success for your business. It can make or break a brand reputation among customers. In 2010, Google stated that site speed is the major facet which truly impacts search results and rankings. According to the surveys, when a page loads slowly, people no longer stay to that and move on to a website which has lesser bounce rates. Therefore, if you are a WordPress developer and want to gain optimum traffic, you must put a little effort in making your website speedy. Being a web owner […]

3 Ways to Protect Your WordPress Website Without a Dedicated Plugin

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July 24, 2017

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Developers are a resourceful bunch – when an issue arises, you’ll tend to develop your own solutions. Website security is no different, although it may be worth considering the extra liability involved. While there are a number of security plugins already on the market, you can easily update your theme’s functions.php file to add a few levels of extra security to WordPress. However, as you learn more about security and how important it is to fully secure your site, it quickly becomes a full-time job. This means investigating other solutions, especially if it can save you some time. In this […]

How to Start a WordPress Blog for Your School or University

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July 21, 2017

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In the modern world of social media, having an online presence is essential if you want to spread the word about anything. That includes making prospective students and parents aware of your school or university. If you want to get people interested in attending your organization, as well as letting parents know about what is going on, starting a blog is a great way to do it. Here’s how to begin. Choose a host The first thing that you need to know is who will host your blog. While WordPress provides the building blocks for the design of your site, […]

An In-depth Tutorial on How to Use Yoast SEO (Updated 2021)

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July 20, 2017

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Question: Which plugin appears first in Google when you type in “WordPress SEO,” has over five million active installs, a 4.8-star rating in the WordPress directory, and is a regular on the most popular plugins list? If you just answered “Yoast SEO,” you would be correct and in this tutorial, you will learn how to use it correctly. The plugin by team Yoast is one of the best out there. It’s powerful, offers tremendous value, is meticulously updated and supported, and literally millions of people use it. That includes me. I have the plugin installed on basically all of my […]

Torque Toons: Zen and the Art of Distraction Free Blog Maintenance

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July 19, 2017

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Last week, I shared a short video review of the upcoming Gutenberg Editor. While I loved the minimal and “distraction free” format of the new editor while writing, it ended up being very distracting whenever I needed to do anything else, like add an image between two paragraphs that I’d already written, or adding a bulleted list without turning the nearby paragraphs into a list format too.

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