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- WordPress10 min read
The "admin" user: renaming it and hiding author archives
A WordPress login called "admin" hands attackers half the credential. Replace it without a plugin, understand username, slug and display name, hide author archives and add the defences that matter.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress12 min read
The 8 WordPress rookie mistakes getReport checks (and the fixes)
Eight settings left at their defaults after launch cost WordPress sites rankings and security. See how to spot each one from the outside, why it matters and the exact admin screen that fixes it.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Security13 min read
The Japanese keyword hack: symptoms, where it hides, how to recover
Japanese titles for your site in Google, a Search Console owner you did not add. How the Japanese keyword hack works, how the checker sees it through the cloaking, and the recovery steps in order.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Checklists13 min read
The pre-launch website checklist: 30 checks before going live
Thirty checks to run before a new site or redesign goes live, from noindex and redirects to backups and forms, with how to verify each one and a launch-day sequence to copy.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Thin content: what it is and when short pages are fine
Thin content is about value, not word count. Which pages Google considers thin, when a 120-word page is right, how to read the word-count finding, and what to do with archives and doorway pages.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Speed12 min read
Third-party scripts: taming tag managers, chat widgets and ads
Measure what tag managers, chat widgets, pixels and embeds cost your visitors, then cut it with removal, facades, consent-gated loading and tag manager hygiene, with a budget you can hold to.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO7 min read
Title and meta description — writing for the result page
The title tag and meta description are the only parts of your page most people see before they click. This guide covers the lengths Google actually shows, how to write both for a click, why Google rewrites them, and how to set them per template in WordPress, Shopify and static sites.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Security11 min read
TLS 1.0 and 1.1: turning legacy protocols off without breaking anyone
Browsers dropped TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in 2020 and PCI DSS bans them, yet many servers still accept them. See who still uses them, set a TLS 1.2 minimum on nginx, Apache, Caddy and Cloudflare, and prove it.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO12 min read
Trailing slashes, www and https: pick one and redirect the rest
Every page can be reached at up to eight addresses. Pick one form, send the other seven to it with one 301, and keep canonical, sitemap and links on it. Configs for nginx, Apache, Caddy and WordPress.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Speed9 min read
TTFB — what a slow server looks like and what to do about it
Time to First Byte is the wait before anything at all arrives from your server. Over 800 ms and every other metric suffers. This guide shows how to measure it properly, tells DNS, connection and server time apart, and lists the fixes that cost nothing on shared hosting and WordPress.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Social10 min read
Twitter/X cards: summary vs summary_large_image and what X reads
Which X card type to use, the exact fallback rules from twitter tags to Open Graph, image sizes and limits, what changed since the Card Validator went away, and how to check a card before you post.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress11 min read
Two caching plugins: why it breaks and which one to keep
Two WordPress caching plugins double-minify scripts, serve stale pages and fight over .htaccess. How to pick the one your host expects, remove the other cleanly, and check that caching still works.Updated 25 Sept 2026
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