Blog / wordpress
Notes from the field.
Short, practical pieces on the problems we fix most often. No trends, no fluff.
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What File Permissions Should WordPress Use?
The file permissions WordPress needs on a cPanel account, why 777 is never the fix, and a ten-minute check you can run today.
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Six settings we change on every new WordPress site
Six WordPress settings our team changes before a new site goes live, based on the support tickets we end up fixing when nobody does.
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Old Site Copies Are a Security Risk
Abandoned staging folders, /old directories and backup zips are a common way into a hosting account. Here is how to find and clear them out.
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Who Still Has Access to Your Website?
A quarterly access review takes about twenty minutes and closes the door on old developer accounts, stale FTP logins and shared passwords.
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The accessibility tools we reach for
The browser extensions, the screen reader and the one free habit we open first when a site owner needs a straight answer about accessibility.
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Five image habits that keep WordPress fast
Five image habits we use on real WordPress sites to cut page weight, from resizing before upload to cleaning out an overgrown media library.
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How to tell if a WordPress plugin is safe
Plugins are a common way WordPress sites get broken into. How to vet one before you install it, and how to spot the ones going quietly stale.
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Contact Form 7 vs WPForms: what we see
Two WordPress form plugins compared from the server side: spam volume, mail delivery, page weight and whether the enquiry actually survives.
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Six lightweight WordPress themes that don't fight you
Six WordPress themes we see running fast on real servers, judged by CPU load and build speed instead of demo screenshots.
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Core Web Vitals without the jargon
LCP, CLS, and INP translated into what visitors actually feel, the usual culprits behind bad scores, and free ways to measure your site.
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Four backup plugins, compared from the restore side
We compare four WordPress backup plugins the way that matters: not how they back up, but how the restore goes at 2 a.m. when it counts.
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Structured data for small sites: what's worth adding
Which schema types actually earn rich results for a small business site, which ones are safe to skip, and how to add them without bloat.
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Nothing is broken: why you still need updates
Most hacked sites we clean up were running software with a known, already-patched hole, so here is how to update without fear of breaking things.
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Titles and descriptions: the 20-minute SEO fix
A quick audit of page titles and meta descriptions is the fastest SEO win most small sites can get. Here is how to do it in 20 minutes.
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Five caching plugins we actually see working
Five WordPress caching plugins that hold up on real shared hosting, when each one fits, and how to avoid caching the same page twice.
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Site speed and SEO: what actually moves rankings
Speed is a tiebreaker in search, not a magic lever. Where hosting, caching, and images actually help, and when to stop optimizing.
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The five WordPress security habits that stop most hacks
The five habits we see separating clean WordPress sites from hacked ones on our servers, and how to make each one part of your routine.
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