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Adding an author box to your WordPress posts is a simple yet effective way of increasing the legitimacy and appeal of your blog. Although WordPress lets you add an author’s name and bio to user profiles, some themes provide limited – if any – options for customizing and displaying the author...
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There are a lot of ways you can secure your data online. If you want to be pro-active, two of the best solutions you can use are a proxy server or a Virtual Private Network (VPN). However, to choose between a proxy vs a VPN, you need to understand how both options work. In this article, we’ll...
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A Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) is a unique type of image format. Unlike other varieties, SVGs don’t rely on unique pixels to make up the images you see. Instead, they use ‘vector’ data. By using SVGs, you get images that can scale up to any resolution, which comes in handy for...
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Every day, browsing the web becomes a little less private. Websites and apps monitor basically everything you do, which pushes more and more people towards finding ways to retain their privacy. Proxy servers are one of the many options you can use to protect your identity while browsing. However,...
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As is often the case, typing the wrong URL will find you confronted with an error that says the page you’re looking for isn’t there – a classic 404 error. Trying again later may see you finally get to the page you were originally after. However, if the page has been permanently...
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Hello World. The two most famous words in all of programming. Two words that every WordPress user has seen numerous times. Every coder and programmer has typed them countless times. But why is hello world even a thing? Why are they the two most ubiquitous words on the internet? Let’s take a...
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Seeing the “err_too_many_redirects” message in your browser while trying to view your WordPress site can be both confusing and concerning. This error prevents users from viewing your content, which can lead to missed opportunities for conversions and revenue generation. Fortunately,...
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The “best” type of errors you can get are those that tell you precisely what’s causing the problem. HTTP error 429 gets full marks in that area. You’ll know right away what the issue is, so you can start identifying the culprit immediately. In short, error 429 appears when...
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As you may know, WordPress is capable of sending basic transactional emails out of the box. However, a lot of web hosts don’t support that functionality or offer email capabilities at all. To get around this issue, you have to rely on third-party transactional email providers such as...
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Even if you aren’t familiar with the phrase anchor text, you have almost certainly used it. Anchor text is the actual text you click on for a link, whether it is click here, check this out, or a keyword that indicates that you’re navigating to a list of the best code editors...
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Connection errors are bound to happen to everyone who uses the internet. At some point, the traffic slows to a crawl and the data just doesn’t go through. Whether that’s trying to submit a credit card number that just won’t go through, playing an online game where your commands...
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Unsplash is one of the most popular sources for free images on the net. Unsplash has millions of professional quality images that are free to use in your commercial and non-commercial projects with or without attribution. This makes Unsplash popular with WordPress blogs and websites. Unsplash has...
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