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The WordPress password reset e-mail does not arrive

The short answer: you pressed “Lost your password?” and the e-mail does not appear. Almost always it is one of three cases: it is in spam, the user’s address is…

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Featured image and excerpt in WordPress: what they do and where they show

The short answer: the featured image is the main photo of a page or a post; the excerpt is the short text that goes with it. They appear in the…

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WordPress or a drag-and-drop website builder: what you gain and what you give up

Pick the builder if you want the site online quickly and with no upkeep; pick WordPress if you want room to grow and to own everything. The difference is not…

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XML-RPC in WordPress: what it is and whether to switch it off

The short answer: xmlrpc.php is an old WordPress file that lets outside programs publish to your site. Most sites no longer need it, and bots love it for guessing passwords.…

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WP-CLI over SSH: updating and fixing WordPress from the command line

The short answer: WP-CLI is WordPress on the command line. Instead of opening the dashboard and clicking, you type wp plugin update --all and it is done. On our hosting…

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WordPress shortcodes: what they are and why one breaks your page

The short answer: a shortcode is a word in square brackets, like [gallery], that WordPress swaps for a bigger piece (a gallery, a form, a table). When something goes wrong,…

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Slimming the WordPress database: revisions, spam and expired transients

The short answer: over time the WordPress database fills with things nobody uses any more: revisions of every text, spam comments, items in the trash, expired temporary data (transients) and…

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WordPress comments: switch them on or off, moderate them and keep them tidy

The short answer: comments give a blog life, but on a company site they tend to cost more work (and spam) than they are worth. The rules are under Settings…

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Moving WordPress to a new domain without losing anything

Changing name is more than swapping an address. If the site already has visitors, links pointing at it and a presence on Google, what you want is that anyone arriving…

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Choosing your WordPress home page: a static page or your latest posts

The short answer: WordPress can show on the home page your latest posts (like a blog) or a fixed page you wrote (like a company site). You choose it under…