WordPress is amazing, isn’t it? But what happens when the “new car smell” has faded and you find yourself drumming your fingers on your desk while you wait for your website to load? It happens to the best websites, so we have put together a few tips on how to speed up your WordPress site. … Read more
Vibrant, attention getting images are a key component of any well designed website. With the abundance of pictures available online it is tempting to download the first image that we come across to use on our site. There are two important reasons why you should always check the source of the image: How to check … Read more
Your company website is the first place clients will turn to for information and they trust that the content of your pages reflects the current information about the business. The reality is that the details often change and keeping the information on your site always up-to-date can be a real challenge. Here are 5 tips … Read more
Everyone wants to know if their WordPress website is being picked up by the major search engines. There are a couple simple steps you can take to not only make sure that your site is listed and ranked but also keep track of the keywords you are ranked for. Check your WordPress settings. To check … Read more
It can happen to anyone. Despite your best efforts your WordPress website can become compromised. Once you recover the content of your website and restore its proper functionality, here are a couple of other important things to check for to protect yourself from recurring attacks. Install a security plugin If you have not done so … Read more
One of the last major visible updates to WordPress introduced Gutenberg, the new visual block editor. The growth of visual editing tools like Wix, SquareSpace, and Elementor highlighted the age and ineffectiveness of the default WYSWIG editor, and the WordPress team knew it had to adapt. Gutenberg will have it’s fifth birthday later this year, … Read more
When choosing a new car, we focus a lot on finding the paint color we like and seat covers that fit our style. Everyone just assumes that the car is going to come with a functioning engine, air bags, suspension, onboard entertainment system etc. The same philosophy is often applied to building a new website … Read more
What is a page builder? A WordPress page builder is a tool that allows you to create a page or a post on your site without needing to know any HTML code. There are many options available to you. Choosing the one that suits you best will make the editing experience more pleasant and encourage … Read more
Page/Post Scheduling Most WordPress users are aware of the ability to preview new pages and posts, and save them as a draft until you are ready to publish. But on more than one occasion I’ve been surprised to find that some of our content creating customers don’t realize WordPress has the built in ability to … Read more
With cold winter weather in full swing and Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d write about the WordPress plugins that make web developer nerds like us feel warm and fuzzy inside! WordFence Security In our opinion (and we’ve been doing this for 20+ years now), WordFence is the single best method to … Read more