How to Audit and Safely Clean Up WordPress Autoloaded Options
Use this guide to audit WordPress autoloaded options, find the real cause of slowdowns, and turn autoload off safely without breaking your site.
(read more)Use this guide to audit WordPress autoloaded options, find the real cause of slowdowns, and turn autoload off safely without breaking your site.
(read more)Use wp_schedule_event() safely with a complete WordPress cron example covering callbacks, duplicate checks, custom intervals, errors, testing, and cleanup.
(read more)Learn how WordPress user meta stores custom user fields, how CRUD functions behave, and how to add a secure profile field with REST support.
(read more)Choosing the right eCommerce platform for selling WordPress plugins and themes can be a difficult decision. There are quite a few platforms available for WordPress businesses to sell their products, and each one has different features that can have a big impact on conversion rates and your bottom line. Making the right decision requires a fair amount of research and comparison of the different platforms available.
(read more)Over the last few years, the browsing habits of end users have evolved to include a variety of devices. As a result, responsive web design is a necessity for every website that is developed today. However, creating a responsive design from scratch for every project can be time-consuming. One great solution that makes your life easier is to use a CSS framework. Such a framework takes care of basic responsive design principles for you. In this comparison, we take a look at some of the best CSS frameworks out there and see which is best. Here’s Bootstrap vs Foundation vs Bulma vs Semantic vs UIkit.
(read more)Learn how manual and automatic WordPress post excerpts differ, how the Post Excerpt block works, and which PHP hook to use for safe customization.
(read more)One thing that's fairly surprising when you start offering software products is the never-ending stream of feature requests. And the more popular your "thing" gets, the more requests you'll receive. That is why a good "Feature Request" system is so important. Here's a case study of how to build one.
(read more)Remote work is an increasingly popular choice for employers and employees: employers get to enjoy the pick of the best talent from across the globe, and employees get the flexibility of working from wherever they like. For most remote workers (including me), this means working from home.
(read more)As you can probably already tell, this post is a little on the “advanced” side, but it does tackle a topic that’s very interesting and presents a new branch for us to follow on this whole mobile-first path for our websites and/or apps.
(read more)TL;DR: This post is a detailed comparison of Elementor vs Divi Builder vs Beaver Builder. We’ll give you both an easy-to-scan overview, as well as a much more in-depth look at various areas of each page builder.
(read more)If you want to build a landing page with WordPress then you have a handful of possibilities. We even listed some of them a while ago. But since then, we’ve seen a lot of development in the realm of builder plugins and code-free site constructing in general. So let’s explore some of that today.
(read more)Affiliate programs are some of the most popular online marketing tools, and the same is true for WordPress affiliate programs: product creators can get free initial advertising and pay out only on performance and product promoters can get paid to recommend great products.
(read more)TL;DR: Yes, hiring a WordPress maintenance company does make sense, just not for everybody.
(read more)Finding a decent web host is hard enough if you’re running a regular website - never mind if you’re looking for one that can power an online store. To make your life simpler, we took it upon ourselves to look for the some of the best ecommerce hosting solutions out there. (Hard data inside.)
(read more)Many WordPress website owners assume that if they install a popular security plugin that their site will be fully protected from malicious actors. It's a step in the right direction, but there's a lot more you can do. In this post, the WPShout editorial team is going to share with you 24 specific actions you can take to harden your WordPress security beyond the bare minimum.
(read more)These days, practically anyone can run an online business – all that you need, really, is a website. And, with the rise of the user-friendly WordPress CMS and simple-but-powerful shopping cart functionality courtesy of WooCommerce, even non-technical individuals can put together an aesthetically pleasing, fully functional website. It won’t cost you an arm and a leg, either – the WooCommerce and WordPress core are free to use, and there’s plenty of affordable hosting and domain providers out there.
(read more)How to speed up WordPress surely is a hot topic these days. Fortunately, there are numerous techniques that you can employ to get the job done. So, our intent here is to list every trick we know of that can make your WordPress site a lot faster.
(read more)If you are uncertain how to find the best website builder for small business (or overall) you might have just landed in the right place!
(read more)Figuring out how to track WordPress search keywords can be a very valuable thing. First off, you most likely do have a search field on your site. But what good is it if you don’t know how people actually use it?
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