WordPress does a lot of things for us automatically. However, because it tries to be all things to all people, there are a few bits of code in the header that I always take out. Reducing the code can speed up the site and make it easier for a developer to see what’s actually important
We use caching on most websites to help the user experience. Caching saves a copy of images, css etc so it doesn’t need to be fetched every time. It’s great when everything is running normally, but can be annoying when you’re trying to change the design. For someone who works in IT, the default first
Every web developer should be able to use FTP to edit files. FTP stands for “File Transfer Protocol”. As the name suggests, it’s a way of transferring files between servers, or between a server and your computer. You may be familiar with HTTP, which stands for “HyperText Transfer Protocol”. That’s how you’re reading this page
Sometimes we need to make small changes to a file on a server. It’s quick and easy to just pull up cPanel and make our changes there. We also have a tutorial on editing files through FTP if you prefer to do it that way. How to edit files in cPanel Login to cPanel Go
Sometimes you need to do some work on a live site that might break the layout or functionality. You should always test any changes on a staging site, but eventually the changes will make their way to the live site. The standard practice is to put the website into maintenance mode while you make the
I was working on a new client’s website today, checked sitemap_index.xml and saw this error: The XML sitemap was rendered using the Yoast SEO plugin. This is what it should look like: Viewing the source of the page, the error was being caused by an errant space at the top of the XML sitemap. The
My favorite page builders for WordPress are Beaver Builder and Elementor. They’re easy to setup and quickly get to designing great looking pages. There are three main ways to get started. How to install Elementor: Use one of the following methods. Download from Elementor and upload through the WordPress Dashboard Install directly from the WordPress
One of the most useful tools for a web developer is the Inspect Element tool. It allows you to quickly jump to the important part of the code to see what’s going on there. It’s something I use probably more than any other tool. The best part is it allows you to see what’s going
If you’re building a page with Elementor, you might not want the title of the page to be visible. Basically, we want to hide this: Different themes handle hiding the title differently. For example, in Astra, there’s a checkbox on the page editor to hide the title. Thankfully, Elementor has the ability to do this
This tutorial is in response to a question from one of our readers. This tutorial will work with both the free and paid versions of Astra. We also have a tutorial on customizing the post meta appearance for Astra. You’ll need to have a child theme active. See our tutorial on building a child theme
