Apr 15, 2026
What to Do When Your WordPress Site Goes Down
Your WordPress site is down. Maybe you’re seeing a white screen. Maybe it’s a 500 error, a database connection error,…
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Hosting
Apr 8, 2026
Why Your WordPress Site Is Slow and What Actually Fixes It
You ran Google PageSpeed Insights and got a score in the 30s. Or your site just feels sluggish — pages…
Headers
Apr 2, 2026
How to Set a Content Security Policy Without Breaking Your WordPress Site
If you’ve ever run a security scan on your WordPress site, you’ve probably seen a warning about a missing Content…
Page Builders
Mar 18, 2026
Why We Stopped Using Elementor and What We Build With Instead
Elementor powered a lot of sites we built and maintained over the years. It was convenient, clients liked the visual…
Email
Mar 5, 2026
FluentSMTP and Microsoft 365: The OAuth Setup That Actually Works
WordPress email through M365 is notoriously finicky. Here's the exact setup that solved delivery for a client after weeks of…
Dec 13, 2022
Link Magic
For opening a specific tabs For opening a specific tabs, add this code to an HTML element within the same…
Sep 21, 2022
Functions.php : Disable New User Registration Admin Emails
This allows you to disable the new user emails sent to the default admin email set under Settings > General,…
Oct 2, 2017
Plugin Review: Migrate Guru
This migration plugin delivered. It took about 15 minutes to completely migrate 300mb website. It kept all the settings and…
Sep 25, 2017
Functions.php : Woocommerce Tricks
These are for my woocommerce custom codes and as always, please remember to create a child theme before installing these…