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  • Top 8 WordPress Forum Plugins in 2022

    WordPress Plugins

    Top 8 WordPress Forum Plugins in 2022

    WordPress forums serve as a great avenue to share and discuss information. To facilitate this, forum plugins come in handy in setting up forums within your website. Examples of forums include discussion boards, community boards as well as question and answer platforms. A number of plugins that can help in the creation of forums are […]

  • Http error

    General

    How To Fix The WordPress HTTP Error When Uploading Images

    The WordPress HTTP error is one of the common errors that you are likely to encounter if your website is running on WordPress. This error turns out to be quite frustrating since there is no actual reason as to why it occurs. Within this article, we will look into what this error is all about […]

  • page templates

    WordPress Plugins

    How To Create Custom WordPress Page Templates

    Page templates in WordPress themes help in determining the layout of pages within a website. Tweaking these templates can however be at times intimidating especially for beginners. Luckily, WordPress offers quite some flexibility when it comes to page templates by allowing you to create custom page templates in your theme. Creating custom page templates for […]

  • malware scan

    General

    How to Easily Scan for Malware in WordPress

    Carrying out a malware scan for your WordPress site is quite crucial. Despite the fact that WordPress implements various security measures to ensure that your website is secure, a 100% guarantee on a perfectly secure WordPress system is close to impossible. The truth of the matter is that your WordPress site is still prone to […]

  • Best WordPress SEO Plugins and Tools

    WordPress Plugins

    Best WordPress SEO Plugins and Tools

    With the right WordPress SEO plugins and tools, you can achieve a significant boost in your site ranking and performance. Taking into consideration that search engines are a huge traffic source, optimizing your website content for search Engines is quite key, which is where SEO plugins and tools come in. WordPress SEO plugins and tools […]

  • wordpress search

    WordPress Plugins

    10 Best WordPress Search Plugins

    The default WordPress search is not quite robust in itself. It’s limitation when it comes to search is a downside especially in heavy traffic websites where users are searching for certain pieces of content within a website. Some sample limitations of the WordPress search engine is that it does not support search of custom post […]

  • Error 404

    WordPress Plugins

    How To Fix 404 Error On Your WordPress Site

    Error 404 is an error that most WordPress users run into. It is considered a common error when accessing posts and pages that don’t exist within a website. For site visitors, error 404 can be quite frustrating leading to a negative user experience and also potentially high bounce rates on your website. It is hence […]

  • wordpress 6.0

    General

    WordPress 6.0 is here. What’s New?

    WordPress 6.0 named “Arturo” is a major release that was shipped on May 24th. The release contains quite a number of changes. As a general overview, the release includes 131 bug fixes, 97 enhancements and feature requests, 13 Gutenberg fixes, and 23 other tasks. Website owners are encouraged to update to WordPress 6.0 in order […]

  • wordpress cron

    WordPress Plugins

    How To View And Manage WordPress Cron Jobs

    Cron is a job scheduler which allows users run scheduled tasks in Linux or Unix-like operating systems. WordPress has its own Cron known as WP-Cron. The WordPress Cron main purpose is to run core WordPress tasks. Within this article, we will cover what is WP-Cron, how to to view and manage the WordPress Cron jobs, […]

  • privacy policy

    WordPress Plugins

    Creating a Privacy Policy Page for Your WordPress Site

    Privacy policy is one of the website’s key undervalued sections. As a matter of fact, it is among the most critical elements of the site. Through the legal protection of your site, the Privacy Policy should be high-quality, transparent and up-to-date, to ensure your site follows all legalities both national and international. There are various […]

  • social login

    WordPress Plugins

    5 Best Social Login WordPress Plugins For Your Website

    In WordPress, there is no standard or intrinsic feature that enables users to add login pages with social platforms. Being a site owner, social login is quite key in today’s web environment. One should still be searching for means of preventing complexity with the user experience. It’s essential to offer the best user experience, most […]

  • Google fonts

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    How To Easily Host Google Fonts Locally In WordPress

    Google fonts offer a wide selection of fonts that you can use within your website nd you don’t need to host them locally. Most themes nowadays actually do have the fonts integrated into them. You can also use a plugin that integrates Google fonts, to add the fonts to your website. In these scenarios, your […]