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- WordPress14 min read
WordPress security plugins: what they do, where they overlap and when you need none
WordPress security plugins bundle five jobs: a firewall, a malware scan, login protection, vulnerability alerts and an activity log. Here is what each job is worth, which ones overlap, and when your host already covers them.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - WordPress19 min read
WordPress security: the checklist that stops most attacks, with or without a plugin
WordPress security comes down to ten habits: updates, two-factor logins, few administrators, locked files and tested backups. Here is the checklist, and what a security plugin adds on top.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - WordPress11 min read
WordPress sitemap: core, Yoast SEO or Rank Math, and which to keep
Where your WordPress sitemap lives, how the core wp-sitemap.xml differs from the Yoast SEO and Rank Math sitemaps, which one to keep, what to leave out of it and how to fix a sitemap that answers 404.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - WordPress10 min read
xmlrpc.php in WordPress: what it is, how it is attacked and how to disable it safely
xmlrpc.php is the old remote API of WordPress. Bots use it to guess passwords and to turn your site into a pingback cannon. Check whether anything still needs it, then block it at the right level.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - WordPress12 min read
"Discourage search engines": the WordPress box that hides your site
One checkbox in Settings → Reading adds noindex to every WordPress page. See what it does, why it survives launches and migrations, how to switch it off and how to get back into Google fast.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress13 min read
Divi performance: the settings that actually cut page weight
What each option on Divi's Performance tab does, which ones to switch on, how the static CSS cache and a caching plugin fit together, and how to measure Divi's share of the page before and after.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress13 min read
Elementor performance: asset loading, fonts and DOM size
Where Elementor's kilobytes and DOM elements come from, what each Performance setting does, how to load fonts without hiding text, and how to measure the builder's share before and after.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress11 min read
Hello world and Sample Page: cleaning up after a WordPress install
A fresh WordPress install ships with a sample post, page, comment, category, tagline, themes and plugins. See what to delete, what to keep and edit, and how to do it in wp-admin or WP-CLI.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress14 min read
Image optimisation plugins compared honestly
ShortPixel, Imagify, EWWW, Smush, Optimole, TinyPNG and the core Modern Image Formats plugin, compared by what they actually do, what they cost and what none of them fixes. Pick one and measure the result.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress14 min read
LiteSpeed Cache settings for Core Web Vitals, tab by tab
Which LiteSpeed Cache switches move LCP, CLS and INP, which ones need a LiteSpeed server or QUIC.cloud, and which ones break WooCommerce. Tab by tab, with a check after each.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress13 min read
Page builders vs Gutenberg: the performance reality, measured
What Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Bricks and Oxygen really cost in kilobytes and DOM elements compared with core blocks, how the report measures it, and when a builder is still the right call.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - WordPress13 min read
Rank Math settings we recommend (and the modules to leave off)
A screen-by-screen walk through the free Rank Math settings that change what Google sees, which modules to enable, which to leave off, and the report findings that show whether it worked.Updated 25 Sept 2026
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