Category: WordPress
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Laravel vs WordPress. Which one should you be using?
Laravel and WordPress are great systems, but which should you choice for your project?
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Use WebP image formatting on your WordPress website to serve images in next-gen formats
WebP is a next-gen image format developed by Google employing both lossy and lossless compression. Its file size is smaller than JPEG, PNG,
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What new features can we expect in WordPress 5.8?
WordPress has released version 5.8 beta 1 this June with a patched-up beta 2 quickly followed for developers to start testing
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What is Gatsby and why is it different to a WordPress theme?
Gatsby is built with React and is a static site generator that allows the developer to pull data down from an external source and uses this
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How to keep your WordPress site secure from attacks
A compromised website damages your brand reputation and can lead to loss of leads and sales due to the damage the vulnerabilities expose
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My Top WordPress Plugins for 2021
Boasting over 50,000 plugins the official WordPress library is rich in resources. I have narrowed down my top 8 plugins that I use regularly
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What is a headless CMS?
A headless CMS is not too different to how we normally use Content Management Systems.
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Why I use WordPress
I have been using WordPress to make websites for over 13 years because I feel it bridges the gap between designer, developer, and client.