How to Stop WordPress Comment Spam
Comment spam is rarely dangerous and frequently decisive: it is why many owners stop logging in at all.
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How to Change Website Maintenance Provider
Leaving a maintenance provider goes wrong in one specific way: the accounts turn out not to be yours.
Read articleHow to Find Broken Links on Your Website
Links break quietly. The owner rarely clicks their own links, so the first person to find a dead one is usually a…
Read articleWhen a WordPress Backup Restore Fails
Nobody discovers a bad backup on a calm day. The discovery always happens at the worst possible moment.
Read articleWordPress Database Optimization: What Actually Helps
A WordPress database grows quietly for years. Most of what fills it is not your content, and most of it can go.
Read articleWordPress Cron Not Running: Why Scheduled Tasks Fail
WP-Cron only runs when somebody visits your site. On a quiet site, that is exactly why your scheduled tasks stopped.
Read articleWebsite Uptime Monitoring: What to Watch and Why
A site can pass every uptime check while its checkout is broken. Watching the right thing matters more than watching often.
Read articleWhat a Website Maintenance Report Should Tell You
A report that says "maintenance completed" tells you nothing. Here is what one should contain, and what it lets you check.
Read articleWordPress Contact Form Not Working: How to Fix It
A broken contact form does not announce itself. The enquiries simply stop, and it looks like a quiet month.
Read articleTaking Over a Website From Another Developer
Inheriting a website is mostly an access problem, not a technical one. The first hour is about getting hold of things, not…
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