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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

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.