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Nick Schäferhoff

Nick Schäferhoff is an entrepreneur, online marketer, and professional blogger from Germany. He found WordPress when he needed a website for his first business and instantly fell in love. When not building websites, creating content or helping his clients improve their online business, he can most often be found at the gym, the dojo or traveling the world with his wife. If you want to get in touch with him, you can do so via Twitter or through his website.

The Death of Third-Party Cookies: Prepare for a Cookieless Future

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September 27, 2022

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If you keep up with the latest online marketing news, you might have heard that the cookieless future is upon us. Specifically, the death of third-party cookies is something that will upend how we do business on the Internet. While this move affects online advertisers the most, it’s natural to wonder what it means for your WordPress website as well. In particular, how can you leverage your website to best adapt to these changes? This guide covers all you need to know about the soon-to-be-cookieless future. Learn about what exactly this means and discover three major ways (with a bonus!) […]

What Is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Do You Need One?

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September 22, 2022

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You might come across the concept of a web application firewall (WAF) and not think much of it. After all, it’s easy to assume it’s something you don’t need or that is already part of your hosting package. However, there’s a bit more to it than that.  In fact, it’s important to understand precisely what a WAF is so you can decide if it’s a good idea for you.  Today, we’ll explain all the finer details of web application firewalls. We will provide a definition, explain their benefits, the different types available, as well as how to select one should […]

76 Essential WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know

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September 20, 2022

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WordPress is a great platform for building websites. It’s easy to use and has a ton of features that make it perfect for businesses of all sizes. However, the sheer number of features can also make it a bit overwhelming. Thankfully, there are loads of keyboard shortcuts to streamline working with WordPress. If you’re not familiar with keyboard shortcuts, they are simply key combinations you can use to perform certain tasks. For example, the shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + S will save a document in most word processors. While WordPress doesn’t have as many keyboard shortcuts as some other software, there are still […]

55+ Brands, Celebrities, and Famous Websites Using WordPress

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September 16, 2022

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With its root as a blogging platform, it is easy to disregard the WordPress platform as a serious business solution. The fact that it is open-source and free to use for anyone can also certainly contribute to its image as a product for hobbyists. As a consequence, clients who don’t know better might doubt its scalability for larger projects, and developers may therefore think they couldn’t land big-name clients by offering WordPress services. However, WordPress now powers 64.1% of all websites with a known content management system. Showing the CMS is incredibly powerful. To show that the platform is a […]

How to Style Links Using CSS: A Detailed Beginner Tutorial

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September 1, 2022

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In this tutorial, we will talk about how to style web links via CSS. Links are a central part of any website. They allow you to move visitors on to other parts of it, refer to sources to underline the points you are making, help readers discover more relevant blog posts, and more. Learning how to change their design allows you to make sure that are recognizable as links and fit the rest of your website. CSS offers many different ways and properties for that, so lets go over them one by one. Link Standards and Default Link Styling Before […]

How to Use the WordPress Block Pattern Directory – A Quick Guide

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August 23, 2022

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In this post, we’ll talk about how to use the WordPress pattern directory for faster website development. Whether you’re a newbie to WordPress or a grizzled pro, approaching WordPress block patterns might be a bit strange. However, when used correctly, they offer a way of quickly building complex page layouts much faster. That’s why familiarizing yourself with block patterns and the pattern directory offers numerous benefits for your web development workflow.  Today, we’ll discuss what some of those benefits are, offer up details on what block patterns exist, and then show you how to use the block pattern directory to […]

Deploy From Local: 5 Ways to Move From Local Site to Live Server

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August 19, 2022

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Local environments are a lifesaver for developers, and tools like Local make them easy to get up and running on your work machine. The only hitch comes when it’s time to deploy your local development site to your server. It can be a confusing process, especially if you’ve never worked with Local before. How does it work? Where to start? Stuck on the final step? Thankfully, there are an abundance of options to push your local environment live. You can do it with the Local tool itself, with a managed hosting solution like Flywheel, or with a variety of WordPress […]

21 WordPress Block Themes for Full-Site Editing (Ready to Use)

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August 16, 2022

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If you’re unfamiliar with block themes for WordPress, the concept might seem a bit odd, especially if you are mainly using the classic editor. However, Full-Site Editing is very much a “thing” now and it’s probably high time you embrace it. That is, if you use WordPress in any capacity. The good news is that building a site with a block theme can save you a lot of time and help you get a handle on how full-site editing works. It’s very much a process of learning by doing.  So with this in mind, we’ve put together a list of […]

Debugging in Local (by Flywheel): A Beginner’s Guide

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August 12, 2022

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Having problems arise on a website or even within the local installation of a website can be nerve-racking. After all, site performance issues or bugs can result in site downtime. And site downtime can mean lost traffic, missed opportunities, and even lost revenue. Thankfully, numerous debugging solutions exist for identifying and repairing site issues. But how can you know what will work best for your situation?  In Local, there’s a multi-pronged approach available for debugging. Here, we’ll be discussing the default debug options included with Local, as well as ways to identify errors, and additional add-ons you can use for […]

Internal Linking for SEO: How to Use It to Boost Your Rankings

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August 8, 2022

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Internal linking is an aspect of SEO that people often neglect or misunderstand. Many focus their efforts mostly on on-page SEO and building backlinks. And while those are the two things that Google most cares about, internal links also play a role in ranking your pages. If this is news to you and you are unaware about how this part of SEO can help your site, this is the right post for you. In the following, we will explain what internal linking is, how it helps your website, how to do it right, as well as best practices to employ […]

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