267 results for «WordPress» (page 15 of 27)
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robots.txt and sitemap.xml: what they do and how to check them
They are two small files that speak to search engines, and it is very common for one of them to be wrong without anyone noticing. robots.txt tells robots where they…
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Scanning your site for malware in cPanel: what Imunify finds and what to do with the result
The short answer: cPanel has a tool called Imunify360, in the Security group, that scans your account’s files for malicious code (malware). You can order a scan whenever you like…
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How a website works: from the address you type to the page on your screen
The short answer: when you type an address, the browser asks DNS which server belongs to that name, connects to that server, and the server sends back the page. In…
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Uploading large files in PHP: upload_max_filesize and post_max_size
To upload a big file through a form, two values have to be high enough, and the second has to be larger than the first: upload_max_filesize (the size of each…
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Site in several languages or countries: hreflang and avoiding duplicate versions
If the same site exists in Portuguese and English, or in different versions for different countries, Google needs to know which pages are the same, in another language or for…
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A support request that gets a fast answer: what to include, by type of problem
The short answer: the fastest answer is the one that does not need a question back. A request with the site address, what you expected, what happened and when usually…
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Installing and tuning a page cache
Without a cache, every visit makes the server build the page again: query the database, run the PHP, assemble the HTML. With a cache, the finished page is handed over…
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Before you publish your website: a ten-point launch checklist
The short answer: the day the site goes live is the worst day to find out the form does not work. These ten checks take an hour and catch almost…
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Ten mistakes first-time website owners make, and how to avoid each one
The short answer: nearly all the problems of a site’s first months repeat from person to person. Most are not technical: they are not having the account and domain in…
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A 30-minute monthly routine to keep your website healthy
The short answer: a site does not break all at once: it accumulates small faults (a plugin not updated, a form that stopped arriving, a backup that was never tested).…





