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Since 2021, WPSurfer.com has provided essential resources to bloggers and content creators who want to build, and manage their websites using WordPress.

The site's goal is to be your clear path to success: a comprehensive guide with hundreds of tutorials, tips, and walkthroughs. We cover everything you need, from mastering core site security and choosing the best hosting providers to optimizing your pages for blazing fast site speed and selecting the right performance plugins.

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Local WordPress Websites with Podman

Podman is a modern, secure, and lightweight tool that helps you package and run applications in isolated environments (containers) on your computer, without needing to be the all-powerful administrator. I…

Custom Search Engine for my WordPress Websites

How I Built a Custom Search for My Static WordPress Site

After converting my WordPress site to static, I built a custom search system using a JSON data file, JavaScript logic, and simple front-end tweaks.

How to Change the Default Media Upload Directory in WordPres

Learn how to change the default media upload directory in WordPress to better organize your files and optimize your site’s file management

WordPress Alternatives: Exploring Hugo SSG

Discover Hugo SSG as a powerful WordPress alternative. Learn its speed, flexibility, and features for building fast, static websites with ease.

You can create a website, even if you are broke

WordPress Website on a Budget: The Almost-Free Guide

Here, You will find how to run a WordPress blog spending no more than 12 dollars per year. Something to consider during the first year or so.

Umami Analytics for WordPress

These are my thoughts of self-hosting Umami and start using them as an alternative to Google Analytics

Migrate WordPress Websites without a plugin

How to Migrate WordPress Website without a Plugin

Here is what you should know to back up and migrate your WordPress site without a plugin.

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

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

These are the Answers to Most Comon WordPress Questions

What's the Best WordPress Theme?

If I had to choose again, I would probably pick GeneratePress. I don't use anymore cause I have a custom one.

What's the Best Hosting Provider?

I don't pay for hosting services anymore since I am using CloudFlare Pages. I think Cloudways is best and most affordable option

How about Security?

I think the best that you can do is add your site to Cloudflare and play with those CloudFlare Firewall Rules. I am not a fan of security plugins.

What are the Best Plugins for WordPress?

I don't use any WordPress plugins anymore. I use MU-Plugins instead. Having said that, I totally recommend PerfMatters

Best AI?

I use ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini and Deepseek. They are great if you need a bit of custom code here and there.