Adding an Anchor Link to Headers in WordPress with Gutenberg
I was trying to get a simple anchor link working in a WordPress header using Gutenberg. Through some trial and error I was able to get the anchor link working
Continue reading No tags for this post.Easy word art for WordPress posts.
If you need a graphic for a WordPress post, there is an easy way to generate a word cloud. .. for free .. online.
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This is a quick example of the GMIC Pencil Portrait plugin for Gimp.
Continue readingWhy you want to check the timezone setting of your WordPress site.
I had backups set to run at 3 am figuring that would be a time where there would be few users. That way, the impact on the server of the backup job would be minimal. I noticed that the sites would slow down when I worked on them at night.
Continue reading No tags for this post.A website checker says that you don’t have gzip enabled. What about Brotli?
I went down a rabbit hole trying to enable gzip compression for my sites. I found that the website checkers weren’t checking for Brotli, a newer compression tool.
Continue reading No tags for this post.WordPress 5.3 Convert to blocks work around
When I upgraded to WordPress 5.3, Convert to blocks became erratic and in many cases wouldn’t work at all. Here is a work around.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Why a WordPress site that isn’t mobile friendly is killing your traffic.
A WordPress site that isn’t mobile friendly will kill your traffic. Visitors using mobile devices will bounce. Search engines (Google especially) will notice the bounces and penalize your SEO ranking. Visitors with a bad experience will not return and they will definitely not share your content.
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Sending a fax without a fax machine.
I ran into a situation where I had to fax documents to a doctor’s office. My first concern was did I accidentally travel back in time?
Continue reading No tags for this post.How to choose a WordPress plugin
How do you choose which WordPress plugin to install? If you want to add some functionality to your WordPress site, that can usually be accomplished with a plugin. Here are some tips on choosing which plugin to install.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Are you losing SEO because your WordPress Site is not set to force https?
Are you sure that your WordPress site is set to force https? I was surprised to see Adsense warning me that my sites were not on https. I’ve had my four sites on https/ssl for over 2 years now. I did some simple tests and Adsense was correct My sites were NOT redirecting http to https. Fortunately there is a simple way to fix this.
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