Beginner Archives

Prevent Brute Force Attacks in WordPress with the Limit Login Attempts Plugin

How to Fine-Tune Your Existing WordPress Website for Accessibility

How to Create a Static Home Page in WordPress

8 Things I Learned Building a WordPress Site without Code

by Fred Meyer
December 8, 2019
7 Comments
Back-End Development, Editorial, Front-End Development, Using WordPress

How to Minify and Combine CSS and JS with Autoptimize

Gutenberg, One Year In: A Fresh Look at the Pros and Cons of Gutenberg

How to Find WordPress Post ID (No Code)

How to Search Through a WordPress Plugin’s Files with Sublime Text

by Fred Meyer
November 14, 2019
Back-End Development, Front-End Development

Making Your First WordPress Shortcode

by David Hayes
October 15, 2019
Back-End Development

Beaver Builder Theme Review: Who Should Use It, and Why

by Fred Meyer
September 26, 2019
2 Comments
Using WordPress

How to Change Your Permalink Settings

by David Hayes
September 19, 2019
2 Comments
Using WordPress

WordPress Facebook Widget: Add FB to Your Sidebar

Understand WordPress Scheduled Tasks: WP Cron Makes Sense

SiteGround vs. Bluehost: Which Shared Host to Choose

Understand PHP Modulo: Tricks with Division Remainders

PHP Math Functions: Understanding the Basics

How to Deactivate a WordPress Plugin via FTP (When Your Site is Broken)

by Fred Meyer
October 28, 2025
3 Comments
Back-End Development, Server Administration

Understanding PHP Operators of Logic, or || and && and ! a lot more

The Trouble with WordPress Frameworks

Add Custom Scripts to WordPress Header: Step-by-Step Guide

GoDaddy vs. Bluehost: Why Neither is a Good Choice (and What to Choose Instead)

by Fred Meyer
June 29, 2020
1 Comment
Editorial, Server Administration, Using WordPress

Learning PHP: Concatenate Strings and Variables Efficiently

Why Coding is Like Spelunking, And How Knowing That Can Help You

How To Share a Post Draft in WordPress

How to Remove /category/ From WordPress Category URLs

by Karol K
December 10, 2025
5 Comments
Using WordPress

When you view a category page on your WordPress website, its URL usually has a /category/ segment in it. For example, a URL for the “News” category will look something like this: https://example.com/category/news/

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How to See What Fonts a Website is Using

If you've ever wondered how to see what fonts a website is using, the answer is as simple as clicking a button. In this post, I'll show you two main ways to easily find out what fonts a website is using. I'll also reveal a bonus method if you want to check what fonts are shown on website images.