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A Detailed Page Builder Comparison of Elementor, WPBakery and the Native WordPress Block Editor
This article is aimed at several of my clients, pondering which theme to use. There are countless comparisons out there,…
SEO, Adjacent Posts and Session Duration
Time on site, or session duration, is the total amount of time that a user spends on a website. A small…
Missing Open Graph Images? Remove Image Hotlinking!
I have just found out that my image hotlinking solution was preventing social networks from reading my Open Graph image…
Custom WordPress Plugin Update Server
This is an automatic updater for plugins hosted outside WordPress.org. Currently, WordPress doesn’t have an easy way for plugins which…
Lighthouse Security Update: Brute-Force Login Protection
Security Update: Brute-Force Login Protection Have you heard about the latest update to the Lighthouse WordPress plugin? It just got…
Securing Your WordPress Site: A Guide to Limiting Login Attempts Without a Plugin
Brute-force login attacks pose a significant threat to the security of WordPress websites. This type of attack involves repeatedly guessing…
WordPress Update Services: WordPress Ping List & Tutorial
Utilizing WordPress update services is your first step to faster indexing. As a mechanism that literally says “hello, I am…
WordPress Security X
When dealing with WordPress security, we need to start from the bottom of the stack and go up. There's usually…
How to recover old images in WordPress
This article is about how to recover old images in WordPress that are still using obsolete or missing sizes. Let’s…
How to Use WordPress: A Developer’s Guide to Classic Themes
At its core, WordPress is a free online tool for building websites and blogs. It’s a scalable, feature-rich Content Management…
How to parse a WordPress gallery block and return image IDs
How to parse a WordPress gallery block programmatically and return all image IDs in an array using 3 lines of…
How to completely remove Post SMTP logged emails
How to completely remove Post SMTP logged emails and session transcripts Post SMTP is an awesome WordPress plugin, but I…
How to Create a Fixed Teaser Block in WordPress
This tutorial will show you how to create a collapsible fixed pop-up. It can contain subscriptions forms, contact forms, calls…
The Ultimate Pre-Launch Pre-Flight Checklist for Your New WordPress Website
This article is split into 2 parts, and we’ll assume you’re launching anything but a blog. You will learn how…
WordPress “Plugin Manager” Hack
Here’s another hack that targets WordPress admin users using brute force password cracking. In other words, if your WordPress administration…
About WordPress Forks, b2, b3 and Future Projects
A lightweight CMS, based on WordPress pre-5.0, with no bloated code, no external resources, no extra JavaScript libraries, no JavaScript…
WordPress Tutorials
Our WordPress tutorials allow you to extend the power of WordPress. Our step by step WordPress tutorials are easy to…