On May 7, 2019, WordPress 5.2 “Jaco”, named for the jazz musician Jaco Pastorius, was released to the public. As always, you can update your WordPress to the latest version or download the latest files from WordPress.org. So what’s new with the latest version? Site Health Check Building on the Site Health features introduced in […]

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You can create a new WordPress admin user from within the database using phpMyAdmin. Method 1 1.) Log into phpMyAdmin (cPanel / Plesk / Web Hosting / Managed WordPress). Note: If you’re using cPanel Hosting, you must select the database for your WordPress site in the left-hand column before proceeding to the next step 2.) […]

When you are logged into your WordPress site, the software automatically displays a toolbar at the top of the page. And whether you’re looking at the site from your dashboard or the front page of your website – the toolbar is always there. For many users, this is rather annoying and even more so when […]

The Internet and any client has a need for speed; that much everyone already knows. But why is this so important for your WordPress site, and why should you use a CDN for WordPress to help with your site’s loading times? You’ve probably seen the 3 second loading time chart many times. It, and countless […]

Every WordPress developer has a bunch of plugins they tend to install on pretty much every WordPress site they develop, and we are also those kind of people. These plugins give great solutions for caching, security and adding other improvements that build on WordPress core. That’s the beauty of WordPress – there are loads of […]