What’s so appealing about having a multisite? Many website owners are tempted by multisite – the idea of hosting multiple sub-sites under a single main site – as a cost-saving measure. The allure is obvious: you can host unlimited websites…
WordPress
Picking the right theme is crucial for your WordPress site launch. A good choice can help your site look good, and load fast. A bad choice can spell trouble for your store’s performance, and even make it hard to build…
One feature that is typical for the WordPress / WooCommerce ecosystem is the rapid speed of development. The community is very prolific and its members create a lot of updates every single day. Some of them bring new and improved…
In today’s column, I will discuss a frequently ignored aspect of WordPress behavior: the handling of http 404 ‘not found’ errors. I will explain the implications of this problem and I will show you what I do to fix the…
The thing that motivates me in writing these columns for WPX.net is my desire to help you achieve mastery over WordPress. Mastery implies having knowledge and exerting control. There is one file within each WordPress installation that allows an inordinate…
This blog post will be somewhat different from what I usually write for my column at WPX. For starters, it will be shorter than the average, which — as the WPX team has delicately tried to suggest on more than…
I recently came across a new ambitious WP dashboard plugin by prolific developer Wibowo Sulistio which offers probably the most comprehensive set of data about your WordPress website and hosting environment one can get on a single screen. This plugin is called System…
Hello everyone! My name is Ivan Arnaudov and I am a small business owner from Bulgaria. I manage and host 3 small e-commerce websites, and help other small businesses like mine by building and managing their own websites. In this…
The Argument FOR Auto-Updating Your WordPress Sites When it comes to WordPress, there are at least THREE main software components to keep in mind: [1] WordPress (sometimes called the “WP core”)[2] Themes/templates[3] Plugins Let’s start with WordPress plugins. In my…