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How to add Google Analytics to your WordPress Website
If you’ve got a website, you probably want to know how many visitors you have, how they’re getting there, and what they’re doing on your site. Enter Google Analytics. There’s non-Google options out there if you’re in the anti-Google camp, but that’s the subject of a future article. Google Analytics is an incredibly powerful tool…
Read MoreEvent Tracking with Google Analytics & WordPress
If you’re reading this, you should have already set up Google Analytics in your WordPress site. If you haven’t yet, go do that now! I’ll wait here. … Ok, so now that you’ve got that step done, we need to talk about event tracking. Event tracking can be any sort of thing you want to…
Read MoreThe best ways to manage WordPress cron: wp-cron
wp-cron is WordPress’ version of a cron job and a cron job is a task that is run on a schedule, whether just once at a particular date and time or on a recurring basis, like every day at 3pm, or every hour on the 15th minute. How is wp-cron different from regular cron? Traditional…
Read MoreFormidableForms Javascript / JQuery Extensions & Hacks
I’ve been working on a client’s site which has some specialized form needs, and have been using Formidable Forms to achieve the goals required. Formidable Forms is an incredible piece of software, probably the most advanced Forms tool I’ve used with WordPress, but there’s some additional functionality I needed. Fortunately, Javascript is here to help!…
Read MoreHow to speed up WordPress
This guide includes 9 tips to show you how to take just about any WordPress site to a maximum 1-2 seconds load time. It receives regular updates and was extended in the first quarter of 2020 to include a couple extra bonus tips. If you’ve selected a hosting partner and resources (theme, plugins, etc) that…
Read MoreHow to transfer a website from wordpress.com to self-hosted WordPress
This guide will show you how to transfer a website build on wordpress.com to a self hosted WordPress install. Transferring sites from wordpress.com isn’t 100% smooth, in that a bunch of features are considered part of wordpress.com only and don’t transfer, but usually it only takes a bit of tweaking after to fix that kind…
Read MoreHow to Secure or Harden Your WordPress Website
This article was originally written in Feb 2014 and receives regular updates as tactics change. Tip: If your website is currently hacked, this isn’t the guide you want. Check out our guide to cleaning a hacked WordPress site. Then come back here to harden it after the website has been cleaned. How and why do…
Read MoreHow to use wp-cli with Plesk hosting
If you use WordPress to power your website and have a bit of technical knowledge (particularly of Linux shell), then taking advantage of the command line interface tool, wp-cli, might be of interest to you! WP-CLI is a command line method of working with WordPress. Rather than triggering actions by logging in to the WordPress…
Read MoreHow to transfer your blog posts from Squarespace to WordPress, a complete guide
Squarespace is one of dozens, if not hundreds, of proprietary website builders that trap you into their ecosystem by providing zero portability for your website. While they claim that you can move your website at any time (great marketing spin!), the reality is that you can only export the content, not the design and structure,…
Read MoreHow to prevent fraudulent transactions with WordPress + WooCommerce
While most of these guidelines will help you with any eCommerce application, there will be specific mentions for WooCommerce related plugins as it has (arguably) become the standard for eCommerce on WordPress. Fraud and Website Security The first thing to understand about managing fraudulent transactions is that they don’t directly have anything to do with…
Read MoreHow to update a media file in WordPress
If you’ve got documents, like a PDF or Word document on your WordPress website, at some point you may wish to update the document with a new version. If you’re just looking to insert a new file on a page or post, check out this guide instead. However, when you go to upload the new…
Read MoreHow to keep your development sites from being indexed
This guide will show you how to configure your development site to ensure it is not indexed by Google. If you’re looking to set up a development environment, take a read over our guide here to learn how to do so then come on back here. Why is it important that your development sites not…
Read MoreHow to change the post author in WordPress
When working with posts in WordPress, a common question is “how do I change the author?!” Single Posts At first glance it doesn’t seem like an option. This is because WordPress hides the post author changing box by default! When editing the post, look for the “Screen Options” tab at the top right corner (you’ll…
Read MoreHow to create a WordPress submenu without a blank page or duplicate link
Creating a sub-menu, or multi-level menu, in WordPress is actually pretty easy! WordPress has a guide to creating multi-level menus perfectly well explained in their documentation, roughly half-way down the general guide to creating menus. So why do we have a post all about something WordPress has already covered? Well… if you’re creating a sub-menu…
Read More403 Forbidden errors when working on your website? Firewalls, firewalls, firewalls
A 403 forbidden error most frequently occurs when our security systems are protecting your site. Way more often than not, our web application firewall (called Mod Security or modsec) is protecting your website from automated hacking attempts. However, in some cases, legitimate actions can be incorrectly identified as an attack and your action will be…
Read MoreAdding code to Thesis’ head section causes a 403 error
If you’re adding code to Thesis’ head section and get a 403 error, especially if you’re adding a link to a font or other resource, the problem may be related to the web application firewall protecting your site. The solution to this guide has been moved to our knowledge base here.
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