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When you’re running an online business, choosing a safe, reliable payment processor is essential. However, even when you choose a credible and popular provider such as PayPal, there are still security risks. To keep your customers’ payment details as protected as possible, it’s...
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Stripe is one of the most popular payment processors globally, but it’s particularly popular in the US. This platform helps process payments for almost two million websites. However, Stripe is not exempt from online fraud, which is a problem that plagues most online stores and payment...
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One of the most frustrating errors that WordPress throws up is when it tells you “Destination Folder Already Exists” and you know it doesn’t. Or rather, it shouldn’t. Maybe you are updating a theme. Or installing a new plugin. You could be restoring a backup of something...
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One of the greatest advantages of WordPress is the number of plugins available. Many of those plugins are free and provide a good amount of features. Many times, though, we find that it’s best to purchase a premium WordPress plugin. Since premium plugins are not always cheap, it’s...
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Running a website today requires a secure connection between you and your users. This connection is done via SSL certificate, and it is actually pretty easy (and free) to install on your site. Most web hosts offer free Let’s Encrypt certificates and renewal that can be installed with just a...
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Using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) such as Cloudflare on your WordPress site can help you drastically decrease loading times. However, you may occasionally run into Cloudflare-specific problems, such as “error 521”. This particular error prevents the platform from connecting to your...
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It’s unsettling when you go to your website expecting to see your amazing design only to be faced with a blank screen and a message that says “error establishing database connection.” This error occurs when WordPress can’t connect to that database. Several things can cause this...
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When you’re running a website, it’s important to know about the various Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status codes you may encounter. While some are errors, others like the “307 redirect” are essential for ensuring that visitors can successfully access your URLs (and...
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When you’re browsing the internet, you may occasionally come across an HTTP status code, such as “HTTP 304 not modified.” This typically prevents you from accessing the site you’re trying to use, which can be frustrating. Fortunately, there are some simple steps you can take...
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WordPress is a content management system. One of the ways it manages content is by grouping it with taxonomies. You can add more taxonomies, but the default taxonomies are the WordPress Category and Tag. Used correctly, both can greatly improve the user experience and SEO of your blog. In this...
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Setting up a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for your website has never been easier. You can generate certificates for free, and many hosting providers will even set them up for you. However, if you don’t configure your certificate properly, you may encounter errors such as “SSL...
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As far as HTTP issues go, the 405 error doesn’t give you a lot of information to work with. This error shows up when a server rejects your HTTP request, but there are several reasons that can happen. That means fixing the 405 error can require several troubleshooting steps. In this article,...
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