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Managing 404 errors

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by mrme
Believe it or not, half of web traffic is from bots. Below are some actions you can take to manage 404s. Monitor and... Read More

Managing Spam

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by mrme
Use Recaptcha There are many plugins that will add a recaptcha checkbox to your forms, comments, and even your login page if you... Read More

Finding Good WordPress Plugins

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by mrme
What to look for in a good plugin: Is the plugin author providing good support? If there are many unanswered questions that is... Read More

10 Tips for Managing Pages/Posts

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by mrme
Throughout these tips I will refer to the Gutenberg editor. This page explains what the Gutenberg editor is. If your editor looks like... Read More

WWW vs not using WWW

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 by mrme
Should I put www. in front of my website? The short answer is no, but you should add in a redirect from the... Read More

Gaining Admin Access

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by mrme
This is one of my favorite things to do. You need either FTP access or database access to escalate your privileges to an... Read More

Add Google Tag Manager Code

Posted on June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 by mrme
Follow these instructions to get your tracking code ID 2) Add the first snippet into the the head like so (change the UA-XXX... Read More

Setup SMTP Email Sending using your Google Account

Posted on November 16, 2017November 17, 2017 by mrme
Some webhosts require SMTP to be setup to send emails from WordPress. The first time you setup SMTP, follow the directions here to properly configure... Read More

The big guide to SEO

Posted on November 9, 2017March 22, 2019 by mrme
I was going to create an entire section on this website dedicated to SEO, but this Tom guy has said it all. I... Read More

When to use sliders

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 by mrme
I just had some thoughts about when to use sliders that I wanted to write down. It’s something I’ve thought about many times... Read More

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