WordPress is a wonderful free software for powering and running your website. There are very few issues that I run into while using it, but occasionally when I run an update my site will get stuck on the “the website is undergoing scheduled maintenance” message. Thankfully, the fix is incredibly simple, so let’s cover it […]
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So you’re writing a new post in WordPress and you very quickly see this invalid JSON response message the first time the post tries to autosave: You might think nothing of it or assume it’s not an important error warning, so you go ahead and finish writing a lengthy post. You save it as far
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There are a number of things I always make sure to do every time I create a new blog post. Most of them are covered in my SEO checklist for blog posts, but I always just want to make sure that my post is as accessible as possible. Anchor links in WordPress are an easy
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Ever since WordPress rolled out its Gutenberg editor as the default in December of 2018, it has caused a heated debate with classic editor vs block editor camps springing up. Replacing the TinyMCE based word processor-like classic editor, Gutenberg was touted by WordPress as simplifying what is already one of the easiest softwares for creating
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Whether you’re new to WordPress or not, you’ll likely recognize that one of the most popular and recommended types of plugins enables caching for your website. Enabling caching on your website (via a caching plugin) provides a better user experience and can even help your website rank better. It’s arguably the single most important thing
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In the course of content creation for your blog, you might find the need to duplicate an existing post. A practical example of this is a website I own where I publish two new playlists each month. I talk about the playlist, embed the playlist itself via a block, and highlight and write a bit
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If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times: search engines like Google want to pack their search results pages with sites which create a great user experience. Part of that is through the content itself, but a big part of that is how quickly that content loads. As such as as was
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WordPress is my go-to CMS any time I’m creating a new site. It makes adding content, changing the aesthetics, and maintaining the site all quick and simple both behind the scenes and in the front. Speaking of aesthetics, obviously the main thing which affects the look and feel of your site is your WordPress theme.
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An easy way to speed up your website without sacrificing any code or content is to add expires headers. WordPress users have a number of different ways to do this, from plugins to adding a simple line of code. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to add expires headers, WordPress edition. Add Expires Headers –
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I recommended WordPress as part of my tutorial on how to set a website for free for good reason. WordPress has a small learning curve and makes creating attractive and functioning websites easy. With so many available both free and premium, you may be wondering how to pick a WordPress theme for your website. Here
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