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One of the greatest advantages of WordPress is the number of plugins available. Many of those plugins are free and provide a good amount of features. Many times, though, we find that it’s best to purchase a premium WordPress plugin. Since premium plugins are not always cheap, it’s...
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Running a website today requires a secure connection between you and your users. This connection is done via SSL certificate, and it is actually pretty easy (and free) to install on your site. Most web hosts offer free Let’s Encrypt certificates and renewal that can be installed with just a...
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Using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) such as Cloudflare on your WordPress site can help you drastically decrease loading times. However, you may occasionally run into Cloudflare-specific problems, such as “error 521”. This particular error prevents the platform from connecting to your...
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It’s unsettling when you go to your website expecting to see your amazing design only to be faced with a blank screen and a message that says “error establishing database connection.” This error occurs when WordPress can’t connect to that database. Several things can cause this...
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When you’re running a website, it’s important to know about the various Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status codes you may encounter. While some are errors, others like the “307 redirect” are essential for ensuring that visitors can successfully access your URLs (and...
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When you’re browsing the internet, you may occasionally come across an HTTP status code, such as “HTTP 304 not modified.” This typically prevents you from accessing the site you’re trying to use, which can be frustrating. Fortunately, there are some simple steps you can take...
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WordPress is a content management system. One of the ways it manages content is by grouping it with taxonomies. You can add more taxonomies, but the default taxonomies are the WordPress Category and Tag. Used correctly, both can greatly improve the user experience and SEO of your blog. In this...
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Setting up a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for your website has never been easier. You can generate certificates for free, and many hosting providers will even set them up for you. However, if you don’t configure your certificate properly, you may encounter errors such as “SSL...
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As far as HTTP issues go, the 405 error doesn’t give you a lot of information to work with. This error shows up when a server rejects your HTTP request, but there are several reasons that can happen. That means fixing the 405 error can require several troubleshooting steps. In this article,...
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Having optimized permalink settings on your WordPress site is imperative to long-term success and viability. Not only do permalinks impact your SEO rankings, but they also indicate where users can find any individual piece of content on your site. There’s a big difference to both search...
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Chances are high that you’ve landed on a 404 page and immediately left the website because it was less than helpful. A 404 page is what WordPress displays when someone enters or clicks on a URL that doesn’t exist on your website. This page is a generic error that just informs the visitor the...
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Navigating a blog to find the content you want can be challenging. Ideally, users shouldn’t have to scroll down too far to find the posts they’d like to read. Fortunately, using a WordPress post grid plugin can help you format your blog in a way that’s easy to navigate. Moreover,...
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