I recently moved my website from WordPress.org to WordPress.com. I realise that this seems odd as most people tend to move from WP.com to WP.org. Let me explain ... Note: There are no affiliate links in this article and therefore I am in no way gaining financially from recommending … [Read more...] about Why I moved from WordPress.org to WordPress.com
Fix WordPress emails going to spam?
Do your system generated WordPress emails, such as when someone leaves a comment on a post, go straight to your spam/junk email folder? What about when someone contacts you via your contact form, do the notifications go to spam? This is a common issue with self-hosted WordPress websites. … [Read more...] about Fix WordPress emails going to spam?
Get Font Awesome working in Firefox
Are you using Font Awesome in your WordPress website and have noticed that some icons don't display in Firefox? I noticed exactly the same today where icon fonts showed perfectly in Chrome and Edge browsers but there was a flashing question mark in place of the icons in Firefox. Why Font … [Read more...] about Get Font Awesome working in Firefox
Fix “Publishing Failed” in WordPress Gutenberg
I am creating this post using the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg). This is a huge step forward as until recently I could only use the Classic Editor. Every time I tried to publish a page or post created using the Block Editor I'd get an Updating Failed or Publishing Failed error … [Read more...] about Fix “Publishing Failed” in WordPress Gutenberg
Use MySQL to change WordPress Images
I've been wanting to change the theme for a WordPress website that I've been using for blogging for many years. The problem is that the new theme has different full width image dimensions. To change each image for the thousands of blog posts individually will take way too much time. SQL to … [Read more...] about Use MySQL to change WordPress Images
How to style SVG with CSS in WordPress
I use SVG files in my websites in place of image files wherever I can. I love the ease of changing the properties of an SVG 'image' such as the colour. In particular the small file-size (relatively to a PNG or JPEG image) and ability to scale whilst maintaining visual quality are winners for … [Read more...] about How to style SVG with CSS in WordPress
How to change permalinks without losing SEO
I have been blogging using WordPress for about ten years. When I started blogging there were numerous considerations when choosing a premalink structure for posts that are no longer relevant. These included: Speed: Having the post id in the permalink was necessary as WordPress slowed down if this … [Read more...] about How to change permalinks without losing SEO
How to embed any Wistia video into WordPress
With a Wistia hosted video, it's possible to alternate click on the video and click Copy link and thumbnail. This will give you some HTML similar to the following: If you then paste the provided HTML (as above) and save to the text section of your WordPress page or post editor you'll get an image … [Read more...] about How to embed any Wistia video into WordPress
How to use Font Awesome icons as backgrounds in WordPress
I was recently creating a landing page for my Mailchimp classes and wanted to use an icon font as a background image in place of a JPG, PNG or other image. Image files slow down webpage load speed so it makes sense to use a lightweight icon font instead of a background image where possible. My … [Read more...] about How to use Font Awesome icons as backgrounds in WordPress