Just like you maintain your car, you must maintain your WordPress site. The WordPress experts at OptimWise explain how - and why.
Just like you maintain your car, you must maintain your WordPress site. The WordPress experts at OptimWise explain how - and why.
Excessive WordPress plugins slow your site down, and decrease security. Learn how you can get rid of them.
Learn how to reduce the amount of spam coming through your website contact forms.
You don’t have to delete every comment that seems spammy. Here's how to edit WordPress comments to make them less spammy.
Learn how to remove -2 from the permalink (URL) of a WordPress page or post. Video and text instructions for removing the -2.
Just as a house needs a strong foundation, a WordPress website needs solid web hosting. Web hosting refers to the computing resources your website runs on. Basically, you're renting a server and networking equipment so that your website has a place to "live" and a way for people to access it. Of course, it's more […]
I love decluttering! I get a dopamine hit when I delete, clean, and remove anything unnecessary. I'm a big fan of decluttering WordPress websites, too. Let's look at why and how to declutter various areas of WordPress. Why Declutter? Why bother decluttering your WordPress site? Increase site security: the fewer plugins, themes, and users you have […]
Learn how to create redirects in WordPress using the Redirection plugin. Learn about simple and regular expression (RegEx) redirects.
Learn the differences between goals and metrics, and how to use metrics to achieve your website goals.
Ever wish you could get an alert when your WordPress website goes down? I'll show you two free ways to do that. In a perfect world, your website would never go down. But, we don't live in a perfect world, and even the best hosts sometimes have outages. In those cases, wouldn't you rather know […]
In Information Technology, the Principle of Least Privilege means that people should have only the level of access and capability that they truly need. When people can access more info than they need, or have abilities that they don't need, there's a greater potential that they'll cause damage (accidentally or deliberately). Also, never underestimate the […]
A common mistake we’ve seen new and seasoned WordPress website owners make is sharing their administrator account information (username and password) with others. Although this may be the quickest way to provide someone with access to your account, it is not the best way to do so. Here are 3 reasons not to share your […]