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WordPress Tutorials

An In-Depth Guide to Creating Block Patterns in WordPress

Block patterns make designing your WordPress website easier because they provide premade layouts you can quickly add and customize. There are two types of block patterns in WordPress called synced and unsynced. Synced patterns offer […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Update Your WordPress Theme While Preserving Custom CSS

You’ve just finished customizing your WordPress site, and it’s finally looking exactly how you want, colors on point, layout perfectly polished. But just as you’re ready to show it off, a notification pops up: there’s […]

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WordPress Tutorials

The Complete Guide to Migrating from Weebly to WordPress

Building your first website with Weebly might have seemed easy at first, but now you find yourself running into functional limitations and problems. WordPress has caught your eye and you’re wondering if it might be […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Integrate Github With Your WordPress Development

Integrating GitHub into your WordPress development workflow can transform how you manage and collaborate on web-based projects. GitHub is powered by the Git version control system, which is a distributed system that tracks changes in […]

WordPress Tutorials

A Guide to Understanding WordPress Architecture

Millions of websites are powered by WordPress, but few owners make the most of the platform. More often than not, this is due to a lack of know-how. Users who don’t have a basic foundational […]

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Website Performance

How to Clear Cache in WordPress

If you work on WordPress websites, you’re probably tired of telling clients or team members to refresh their browsers to see the changes you just made. And the reality is, a browser refresh might not […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Backup WordPress Files and Databases

While most website owners know how important it is to regularly update their website files and databases, many people neglect it due to the time, work, and technical know-how involved in doing so. This article […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Set Up a WordPress Test Site

Need a test environment for your WordPress site? Our guide will teach you why and how to create a staging site to avoid errors when deploying live updates.

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WordPress eCommerce

How to Migrate Shopify to WordPress and WooCommerce

If you’re ready to move on from Shopify, it’s time to learn how to migrate Shopify to WordPress and WooCommerce.  A lot of stores start on Shopify and learn it’s not the right fit for […]

Search Engine Optimization

How to Use Keyword Mapping to Improve WordPress SEO

It’s hard to believe, but in 2022 about 7.5 million blogs were published each day and more than 455 million active websites use WordPress. That’s a lot of websites and a lot of content! As […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Create a Custom Page Template in WordPress

From landing pages to special promotions, there are lots of reasons why you might want to know how to create a custom page template in WordPress. This post answers when to use custom templates and […]

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WordPress Tutorials

A Guide to Custom Gutenberg Blocks

In case you’re late to the WordPress party, blocks are in. WordPress continues to evolve and improve the Gutenberg experience, which leads many developers to ask if they should create custom Gutenberg Blocks. In this […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Duplicate a Page in WordPress

Are you a control C + control V or a right-click copy/paste person? Whether you love a good keyboard shortcut or swear by the mouse, if you work on websites, you’ve probably wondered why it […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Create a Responsive Table in WordPress

You’ve got to be kidding me… That’s what your website visitors think when they stumble on a page that’s not formatted for mobile. So, if you use a lot of tables on your site, you […]

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WordPress eCommerce

How to Speed Up WordPress Site Load Time

Whether you’re on a downtown expressway or the information superhighway, no one likes to go slow. There’s not much you can do about the granny in the fast lane doing 30 mph. Fortunately, there are […]

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WordPress Tutorials

How to Create a Staging Site for WordPress

Don’t break your live website. Create a staging site for WordPress instead. Mistakes happen. Sometimes plugins or themes just don’t work. You can try something out with a staging site without ruining your live site. […]