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How to add the WooCommerce wishlist feature to your store

This guide explores what the wishlist feature in WooCommerce is, and steps on how to add it to your store. What is a WooCommerce wishlist? Beyond having a professionally set up WordPress site, there's an additional feature that can enhance your online store. The wishlist feature enables your store’s visitors to save their favourite products. [...]

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How to speed up your WordPress site

How to speed up your WordPress site Site speed affects website performance in more ways than one. For starters, it's a crucial factor in how search engines like Google rank websites and pages. A lot of that has to do with improving the user experiences. Speedy sites make for a more intuitive and seamless experience [...]

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How to change the font in WordPress (for any theme)

One of the biggest headaches for many site owners is how to change WordPress fonts across the entire site. This is more pronounced particularly if you’re new to the platform. Here are the different ways on how to change the font in WordPress for your site. Use a theme with a customization functionality Largely, how [...]

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Top frequently asked questions by WordPress beginners

1 How to create a WordPress website WordPress is a great way to get your business, project, or product online. It offers lots of functionality, flexibility, and is ideal for scaling as your venture grows.  To create a website using WordPress, you’ll first need to choose a hosting service which offers everything required to build [...]

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Common WordPress security issues and how to solve them

Having your website up and running is one thing. Keeping it secure for both yourself and visitors is another matter altogether. Here are some frequent WordPress security concerns and how you can resolve them. 1. Poor quality WordPress hosting The WordPress hosting provider you use has significant implications on your website’s security. Poor quality hosting [...]

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WordPress parent page guide: what is a parent page and why should you use it?

There are two default post types in WordPress i.e. posts and pages. Unlike posts which are on the same level, hierarchies can be created among WordPress pages in the form of parent and child pages. Let’s examine the WordPress parent page hierarchy and its use cases. What is a parent page? A WordPress parent page [...]

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The best WordPress to Instagram feed plugin for automatic publishing

If your goal is to drive more traffic to your blog or e-commerce site through Instagram, then publishing content from your website to the platform can be a way to do this.  You don’t need to manually go about it. As with just about anything else you’d want to achieve with WordPress, there’s a plugin [...]

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WordPress Gutenberg Guide: What Is It & How to Use It

Gutenberg is currently the default WordPress editor. It was introduced in WordPress 5.0 and replaced the TinyMCE editor. A subsequent update upgraded Gutenberg to more than an editor into a customization tool for full site editing. How the WordPress Gutenberg Editor works WordPress Gutenberg uses a block-based approach to add and edit elements such as [...]

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How to optimise images in WordPress

Image optimization can be a big boost to your WordPress website. It can result in better SEO performance, reduce page load times, and improve the user experience. Why you should optimise images in WordPress Speed up your webpage speed. Unoptimized images can lead to a bloated site that takes longer to load. Improve your website’s [...]

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Migrate from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 [Easy Guide]

With CentOS 7 fast approaching End of Life in June 2024, this article explains how easy it is to upgrade from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 using the ELevate tool. What is Elevate? ELevate is an open-source migration tool developed by the AlmaLinux team to enable you to easily migrate between major versions of RHEL-based [...]

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