Sadly this is still a question I get a couple times a week. It’s true! People are still rocking WordPress 3.5 and the current stable version is 4.7.5, as of May 16, 2017. The Short Answer. Yes! You should always update WordPress as soon as possible. Especially when the resent update is a Security Release and … Read more
This article is to help you solve the problem with your individual WordPress pages not loading, and/or resolving to a 404 error. Scenario: When you go to your homepage, the site loads fine. But after clicking on any of the navigation buttons or other links, you get a 404 error. This solution is for you! … Read more
If you just visited your WordPress website and saw a scary Fatal Error message that looks something like this: Don’t panic! I’m going to show you the easiest way to diagnose and solve this problem. Need a Done-for-You Option? Let’s Diagnose This! This error is usually a result of a plugin or theme. As indicated … Read more
This error is commonly seen when trying to upload media or plugins and themes. The error message may also read, “Unable to create directory…” Most of the time, when I see this issue, it’s after a site has been moved, migrated from a developer to your account or moved from one host to another. Here’s … Read more
It’s official, WP Engine has been supporting PHP 7 since July 2016, is your site ready for the upgrade? Like everything else at WP Engine, they have made this really simple for you to check your site before upgrading to PHP 7. With two very simple steps you can verify your site is ready for PHP … Read more
In the last seven days (at the time if this writing) I’ve helped a total of ten clients get their hacked WordPress site back online after hackers made a mess with malware and other redirects. In some cases it’s a simple process … Just run Sucuri’s Website Malware Removal tool through the site and it will … Read more
StudioPress is bringing yet another fantastic product to the table, StudioPress Sites. “The ease of an all-in-one website builder with the flexible power of WordPress.“ The best way I can think to explain this is, WordPress ready hosting with the power of the Genesis Framework built in. When you sign up, you’ll have WordPress already installed and … Read more
If you’re trying to move to GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting solution and you’ve tried the auto migration but it keeps failing here’s what you do next. If you have NOT tried the auto migration, go here to try that first! Side note: GoDaddy does offer a “tutorial” here, but just following it requires a level … Read more
Lately, I’ve had several customers contact me because they’re installing WordPress with the cPanel Installatron tool and I’ve got to say, I’ve been quite impressed with what you can actually do with it. These recent support request got me curious enough to spend some time playing with Installatron and really testing its limits. In this … Read more
I had a client contact me to let me know that when they try to edit a post or a page, all they see is HTML. My first suggestion was to try clicking on the tabs to the top right of the body editor, obviously they’re just in “Text” mode and need to switch to … Read more
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