There are lots of free caching plugins out there. Does it make sense to pay for one? Short answer: It totally does. Really? Why? If you’ve been in the WordPress business for a while, you should know that caching is necessary to make your content travel the web as fast as it can. And when…
A firewall is for your website the same as a security guard is for your home: you must trust blindly that it will keep threats away. WordPress is great to build your website, but thanks to its popularity and its open plugin architecture, it is very vulnerable to threats and security flaws of all kinds….
Lost in finding good hosting for your WordPress sites? There are hundreds of articles on the Internet and many recommendations with multiple choices, which can be confusing. If you have the same feeling and unable to decide, then let me recommend a reliable managed WP hosting platform for your online business. Meet đź‘‹ – Kinsta…
There are thousands of WordPress themes, but very few are trusted. When searching for premium themes, you may come across many options, and that creates more confusion in choosing the best one. You are not alone, and that’s why I’m going to recommend a trusted WP theme. Meet đź‘‹ – Astra Why? A lightweight theme…
About a year and a half ago, Magento announced that it would stop updating its Magento 1 software. The date Magento set for the End of Life (EOL) of its version 1 was June 2020, which means it is already a fait accompli. That doesn’t mean that all stores running on Magento 1 stopped working….
Developers love to write pieces of code that look like artwork and perform beautifully and flawlessly — at least in their own development environment. But eventually, they have to integrate that artwork with other pieces of art, written by other coders. And the result may not be as beautiful. If only the integration part could…
Static websites store already-rendered content, which is why they don’t need to access any database, run complex scripts, or depend on a runtime engine whenever a user requests a page. That translates in clear advantages in load times and security: static pages save lots of server time and have fewer vulnerabilities. That, in turn, means…
Even though WordPress is a controlled environment, where errors are much less frequent than in a typical software development setting, there is always a window or a door through which problems can crawl in. As a general rule, it can be said that the more flexibility a tool gives you, the more potential errors you…
There was a time when you had to learn HTML if you wanted to create a web page. Then, some tools showed up that simplified web page creation, with basic WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interfaces that made HTML knowledge almost unnecessary. Web publishing was an entirely different matter — if you…
Delivering customer satisfaction in a SaaS business is priority 1,2 and 3, at least that’s how I see it. In a SaaS business, retention is just as necessary as gaining new customers, and most of the time, the best way to deliver satisfaction is to meet and exceed customer expectations. This is particularly important when…
