Having been in the WordPress space for 15 years I’ve seen my fair share of WordPress problems. In this post I’ll run through a few common ones, a general approach to fixing them and some tips on avoiding them. There are a number of common WordPress errors that users may encounter. Here are a few of the most common: How …
What To Do If Your WordPress Website Is Down
We’ve all been there, the website has crashed and you’re freaking out! Take a deep breath and read on. First off check your internet connection is OK by either going to a big popular site that is unlikely to be down (like Google), or just by doing an internet speed test. Often sites appear down due to temporary issues with …
How often should I update WordPress, plugins and themes?
I’ve written quite a bit on this blog about the importance of keeping WordPress up to date. But one specific question that comes up often is how often you should run WordPress updates. The answer to this is pretty simple – you should update it as often as you can. As part of our service we log into our customer’s …
The 80:20 of Improving WordPress Speed
I’ve mentioned on this blog many times before that fast load times are critical for a WordPress website. It’s a bad user experience to have a slow website, it reflects poorly on your brand, bounce rate goes up, engagement, conversion and sales go down. Plus Google is obsessed with speed, so the faster the site the better the Google rankings. …
Things to look for in removing excess bloat on your WordPress site
In the 16 years I’ve been working with WordPress websites I’ve seen a lot of weird stuff. One thing I see regularly and to this day is unnecessary files clogging up and slowing down websites. A lot of the time people who administer or own websites don’t see the back-end files. But developers do so you end up knowing what …