Website Maintenance
Website Slow After an Update: How to Find the Cause
A site that was fine last week and is slow this week has a specific cause, and it is usually findable in…
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Website Maintenance
What to Do About an Abandoned WordPress Plugin
A plugin nobody maintains does not stop working. It stops being fixed, which is a slower and more serious problem.
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Website Maintenance
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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Website Maintenance
When a WordPress Backup Restore Fails
Nobody discovers a bad backup on a calm day. The discovery always happens at the worst possible moment.
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Website Maintenance
WordPress 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.
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WordPress 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.
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Website Maintenance
WordPress 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.
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Website Maintenance
Website 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.
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Website Maintenance
Taking 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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Website Speed
Website Suddenly Slow? A What-Changed Checklist
A site that was quick and then was not has a cause with a date. This checklist helps you find the date…
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