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Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page in WordPress: the causes

The short answer: you log in to the dashboard as an administrator and, on opening a page, WordPress says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page”. It is…

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Search on a WordPress site: why the built-in one disappoints and how to improve it

The short answer: WordPress search looks for the words you wrote in titles and texts, and little else: it does not forgive typos, does not understand synonyms and rarely finds…

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WordPress block editor or Elementor: which one to build your pages with

Short answer: for most sites, the block editor that comes with WordPress is enough, is light and ties you to nothing. Elementor pays off when you need fine control over…

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Stopping spam comments in WordPress

If your blog has comments open, sooner or later it fills up with offers for watches, links to doubtful sites and sentences that make no sense. Whoever wrote them is…

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Deleting a WordPress user without losing their posts

The short answer: when you delete a user, WordPress asks what to do with what they wrote: delete everything or pass it to another user. If you do not pick…

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Raising the WordPress upload limit

You try to upload a theme, a backup or a video to WordPress and it answers that the file exceeds the maximum upload size. The limit is not WordPress’s: it…

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Letting visitors register on your WordPress site: roles, bots and the risks

The short answer: WordPress can let anyone create an account (Settings > General, “Anyone can register”). It only makes sense if the site needs accounts (a members area, a shop,…

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WordPress login redirect loop: the causes, in order

You type the username and password, WordPress does not complain, and it shows the sign-in screen again. Or the browser gives up with “too many redirects”. This is the login…

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Block theme or classic theme in WordPress: what is the difference and which to pick

Short answer: with a block theme you edit the whole site (header, footer, page templates) using the same blocks you write with. With a classic theme the structure lives in…

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What to back up before you update WordPress, plugins or PHP

Before an update, save three things: the database, the wp-content folder (plus wp-config.php and .htaccess) and a note of the versions you have now. It takes five minutes and is…