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GitHub and WordPress Static Sites

In this post, you will find a guide to learn how to push your static WordPress site to GitHub.

How to Install WordPress Locally using Docker

In this post, you will find information about how to create WordPress sites locally using Docker

Cleaning up your WordPress Database

Manually cleaning these can improve performance and keep your database tidy. Here are some useful SQL commands to do that.

How to Add a Modified Date to Posts in Admin without a Plugin

The column will not only show the last modified date but also allow you to sort posts and pages based on that date.

SEO: How Many Ad Units per Page?

Days have been rough these days but this analysis can give you an idea about what ad units to spare and what to remove

SEO: Freezing or Locking the Last Modified Date of your Posts

If you are not a big fan of using SEO Plugin or adding a specific plugin to have this feature, you probably want to do this via a mu-plugin

CloudPanel: Hosting Control Panel Review

This post is the result of testing CloudPanel on Digital Ocean and consider as a the future for hosting my WordPress sites

Cloudways Hosting Panel: Love it or Leave it

Cloudways: Love it or Leave it is a honest review about this cloud panel I have used over the past five years.

What are Mu-Plugins?

MU-plugins, or "Must Use" plugins, are a feature of WordPress that allows certain plugins to be automatically activated without requiring manual activation.

How To Display Related Posts on WordPress without a Plugin

In this post, you will find a step-by-step guide on how to add a related posts section before the footer using HTML, CSS and PHP

My War Against INP Speed Issues [ 100% SOLVED]

If you can't fix INP issues on your sites, you should consider lazy loading or delaying Google Adsense, Raptive, Mediavine and other ad network scripts.

How to Merge Two Small WordPress Sites

Merging two sites is a more complicated process, since you have to keep the content of the media files, custom fields of both sites