Category: WordPress Tutorials

High-quality photos can make your website stand out. However, it’s essential to use the correct WordPress image sizes. ✂️ Otherwise, you might end up with blurry visuals or slow loading times. Fortunately, WordPress enables you to customize the dimensions of your images. This way, you can select suitable sizes for different uses and ensure that your photos look great on the front end. In this post, we’ll look 🔎 at the default WordPress image sizes and discuss the importance of optimizing your photos. Then, we’ll show you three ways to configure the size of your images, including creating your own custom WordPress image sizes. Let’s get started! 😎 The different image sizes in WordPress (and when to use them) When you upload a photo to your site, WordPress automatically generates…

The header is the first element of your website that most visitors see. Typically, this is where your site’s logo and menu are placed, and it’s part and parcel of every page. If you don’t know how to edit the WordPress header, you’ll have a difficult time ⏱️ making a strong first impression. WordPress enables you to edit your site’s header in several ways. Just about every theme comes with a unique header design, which you can customize manually. Alternately, you can use an array of tools provided by the larger WordPress community. 👉 In this article, we’re going to show you four ways to edit the WordPress header, both with and without plugins. Let’s get to work! 📚 Table of contents: Edit the header using the CustomizerUse Full Site…

Searching for the easiest way to set up Google Analytics 4 on WordPress? 😎 Google will discontinue the older version of Google Analytics on July 1, 2023, so it’s important to make the switch soon if you want to build up historical data in your new Google Analytics 4 property. Fortunately, the process is very simple. Once you make the shift, you can also start using the updated tools and features in Google Analytics (GA). In this post, we’ll take a closer look 🔎 at the new Google Analytics features. Then, we’ll show you how to switch to Google Analytics 4 in WordPress. Let’s get started! An overview of Google Analytics 4 Google Analytics 4 is a new property that’s designed to provide more accurate reports for businesses while protecting…

Encountering the “sorry you are not allowed to access this page” error on your WordPress website? 🤔 “Sorry you are not allowed to access this page” is a common WordPress error that appears when you are trying to access a restricted page in your WordPress dashboard. The restricted page could be a post, setting, menu, or even the main dashboard page in some instances. Not having access to the dashboard is alarming, but there’s no need to panic. With a little effort, you can remove the error and get back to managing your website in no time. All you need to do is try out the solutions we have listed below in this article. 😎 Let’s get started. What is the “Sorry you are not allowed to access this page”…

Whether you’d like to achieve a more minimalist look on your website or you want to only remove photos from certain areas of your site, learning how to hide a featured image in WordPress is a useful skill to have in your toolbox. That way, you have the utmost flexibility when deciding which featured images to hide and which ones to show. 🥷 How to hide featured image in WordPress The problem is that WordPress automatically activates featured images, so you’re often stuck with an all-or-nothing situation, where you can’t easily hide a featured image on one post, while leaving the rest. 🍀 Luckily, we have several methods for hiding a featured image in WordPress, and they’re accomplished by: Simply not uploading featured images for certain postsHiding featured images using…

Did you just come across the “Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.” error when working in the WordPress block editor? ⚠️ It’s a common WordPress error and it appears on your site due to reasons like plugin and theme conflict, SSL certificate or mixed content issue, .htaccess file corruption, etc. It’s frustrating to encounter the JSON response error. It doesn’t tell you why it’s occurring or how to remove it – it forces you to drop everything you are doing and find a way to remove the error from your website. What causes the “Updating Failed. The Response is Not a Valid JSON Response.” error? 💣 When you upload an image or publish or update a post on your WordPress website, WordPress communicates the request to…

Searching for the easiest way to add a WordPress video background? Well-made video backgrounds grab attention and make brands look cool from the very start. But when done poorly, a video background slows down your site, takes up space, and confuses new visitors. That’s why we made this guide so that you can avoid all pitfalls, and instead, learn how to add a WordPress video background the right way. 👨‍🎓 Keep reading to learn about the best practices and steps to add a video background to your WordPress website, all without any special technical knowledge. Best practices for adding a WordPress video background Keep file sizes low but resolution high: Nothing bogs down your site’s performance more than large videos and images; yet, it’s preferable to maintain resolution during compression.…

One of the most common WordPress errors is the “destination folder already exists” error. If you work with a lot of plugins and themes on your WordPress site, then you are likely to come across this error when trying to reinstall an old plugin or theme. Encountering this error can be a frustrating experience because one, it prevents you from installing the plugin or theme, and two, you need to drop everything you are doing to fix the error first. That said, fixing this error won’t take long. What causes the “destination folder already exists” error? WordPress has a structured folder system where it stores all its core files and folders. When you install a new plugin or a theme, new sub-folders are added to the system. But during the…

Did you encounter the dreaded “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.” error on your WordPress website? 🤔 Don’t worry, it’s a common error that occurs when you are uploading a file type that WordPress does not support. Fortunately, there is a way to bypass this restriction. 👨‍🎓 In this article, we will show you how to upload restricted file types by installing a plugin or making manual modifications on your site. We’ll also share a fix specifically for WordPress multisite networks, though most of our fixes are focused on regular WordPress installs. No matter which method you choose, it will only take a couple of minutes to set up, and you’ll be able to fix the “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons”…

Nowadays, everyone is looking to develop an online presence, from the dry cleaner down the street to someone applying for a new job. Not everyone needs a full website, though, which is why learning how to sell microsites can be a great way to build a new revenue stream. 👉 A microsite is exactly what it sounds like – it’s a simple site that just offers the basic functionality that an individual or a business needs for their online presence. The “traditional” way of creating a site like this would be to set up a fresh WordPress install for each client and build a site from scratch. However, that’s overkill for these types of sites. If you set up a separate WordPress install for every single site you sell to…