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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.
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 Add Breadcrumbs and Breadcrumbs Schema without a plugin
These are some code snippets to generate breadcrumbs and breadcrumbs schema without a SEO plugin.
Basic WordPress Firewall using Mu-Plugins
Let’s look at everything you need to know to protect your WordPress site without a complex security plugin.
How to Remove RSD Link from your Header in WordPress
Removing the RSD (Really Simple Discovery) link from your WordPress site’s header can be done by adding a small snippet of code.
How to Remove WLWManifest Link in WordPress
Removing the WLWManifest link in WordPress is recommended for several reasons, particularly if you are not using Windows Live Writer or any similar tool.
How to Disable Embeds in WordPress [Mu-Plugin]
Do you want to remove embeds to improve the speed of your WordPress site, here you will find to do so including PHP snippets.
How to Disable Heartbeat in WordPress [Code Snippets]
Learn to disable or customize WordPress Heartbeat for improved site performance and reduced server load efficiently using Code Snippets or Mu-Plugins.
Getting My Own ADX Account with Ad.Plus
Ad.Plus enabled ADX on my Google Ad Manager account so these are my honest thoughts about using ADX for the first time.
How to Hide WordPress Version Number [Mu-Plugin]
Regardless of the camp you are in, hiding the WordPress version is quite easy and it is not like your site is missing something by not having it.
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
How to Delay The Execution of JavaScript without a plugin
If you don’t want to use a plugin to delay the execution of JavaScript, you can use the following code snippets.
How to Add Custom CSS to Your WordPress Site
What’s the best way to some add some custom CSS to your WordPress site? – Theme Customizer, Plugins, Theme Options or mu-plugins?
How to Disable the XML-RPC File in WordPress
Learn how to block XML-RPC in WordPress for improved security, including conditional access based on IP addresses.
WordPress Security Without Plugins: 6 Best Tips
In this post you will find information that will help you protect your WordPress sites without using a security plugin.
WordPress Caching Plugins: Are they Essential?
Do you use a caching plugin? Have you ever tried understanding what they do? Are the essential to have a fast WordPress site?
How to Secure your WordPress Login Page using CloudFlare
There are many ways to protect your login page and you don’t have to spend a dollar buying expensive security plugin to get it done
How to Use CloudFlare Full Page Caching With WordPress
In this post you will learn how to use CloudFlare Full page caching with wordpress by writing three basic page rules.
How to Stop WordPress From Guessing URLs
This code snippet will prevent WordPress from attempting to redirect to a “guessed” URL when a 404 error page is encountered.
GeneratePress Search Results Page: PHP and CSS Snippets
How to Customize the Search Results Page Using GeneratePress: All Code Snippets and steps to have a better results page
GeneratePress 404 Page: CSS and PHP Snippets
Let’s explore all that you need to fully customize your 404 page with the help of GeneratePress Elements and the code snippets plugin
GeneratePress Category Pages: CSS and PHP Snippets
There are two methods to create custom category pages with GeneratePress. Method #1 consist of creating custom pages for each category.
GeneratePress Content Area: CSS and PHP Snippets
In this post, you will find the CSS and PHP snippets necessary to customize the content area of your site using GeneratePress
How to Optimize GeneratePress for Core Web Vitals [100% Solved]
GeneratePress is one of the fastest themes and I am sure that people who know a thing or two about site speed know that.
Cloudflare Pages to Host your WordPress Websites
Have you considered converting your WordPress site into a static site and host it on Cloudflare Pages. Here I will tell you all about it.
How to Block Bad Queries with CloudFlare Firewall Rules
Do you know what a malicious query string is?, how do you deal with them? , I deal with malicious query strings via Cloudflare.
Protect your WordPress Site with Cloudflare Firewall Rules
If you have a content site likes mine, creating CloudFlare Firewall Rules will secure better than some WordPress Security plugins do.
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
Does Google Hate Table of Contents?
I definitely thought that adding a table of content was definitely a good thing and removing it was sort of detrimental for rankings however that’s not the case
Optimize the WordPress Block Library Stylesheet for Speed
If you don’t use a block-based theme or core native block to design different section of your website, the block library stylesheet has lots of unused CSS.
WordPress Comments: What You can do with Them
In this post, you will find PHP and CSS snippets to customize how your comment section work and looks.
Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Authority Sites?
These are some of the thoughts that make me wonder if it is still a good idea to build niche or authority sites
How to Limit WordPress Post Revisions without a Plugin
Since post revisions can accumulate over time and potentially bloat your database, these are two ways to limit them without using a plugin
How to Improve the Page Speed of your Adsense Sites
In this post you will learn how to improve the speed of your wordpress sites using adsense ads with premium and free plugins and services.
WP-Optimize Review: As Honest as It Gets
I don’t usually use a caching plugin but when I consider using one, I probably use WP-Optimize over any other free and premium solution.
Meta Robots Settings without a Plugin in WordPress
I think you should probably use a mu-plugin for that and advanced custom field to take care of your robot meta settings.
I didn’t get my Adsense Payment [Solved]
I have been using Adsense for a while and I never had issues with Adsense payments until June, 2022. Are you experience a problem with your Adsense payment?
How to Place Ezoic Ads with Ad Inserter
In this post, you will learn how to place Ezoic ads using the Ad Inserter Plugin, one of the best ad management plugins available for WordPress Users.
Lazy Load Images, Iframes and Videos with and without Plugins
After playing with several plugins, these are the lightweight ones that you can use to lazy load all types of media that you add to your content.
How to Optimize Table of Contents Plus for Speed
In this post you will learn how to optimize Table of Contents Plus so it doesn’t hurt the speed of your WordPress site.
Google Adsense Flagged my Site for Invalid Traffic [Solved]
If one of your sites got flagged for invalid traffic, you might feel like monitoring traffic but the problem might have been caused by your ad placements.
Post HCU World for Niche Site Owners
Now we know that Google can smack the living crap out of us, what would be different for niche site owners?
Best Ad Placements on your WordPress Site
If you are using Adsense, you have to figure what the best ad placements are and doing so requires some testing.
Why Do I have a Low Ad Fill Rate?
Let’s explore more in details the reasons why you have a low ad fill rate and some possible solution to that problem.
Ad Inserter Review: Love it or Leave it
I have been using Ad Inserter and Ad Inserter Pro for a while now and I kinda love it over its competitors.
Migrating SEO Plugins’ Data without a Plugin
I am gonna show you how to migrate data from one SEO plugin to another once you find a roadblock in the process.
How to Lazy Load Ads on WordPress Sites
Learn how to speed up your site, improve your site viewability and increase your earning by lazy loading ads
Patchstack Professional Plan Review: As Honest as it Gets
These are my thoughts about the Patchstack Professional Plan and how it handles WordPress security.
WordFence Review: Love it or Leave it
WordFence has millions of installations so you might be wondering if it is all you’ll ever need to secure your WordPress site. Here is the answer…
SiteGround Security Plugin Review: As Honest as It Gets
SiteGround has a security plugin that you can use even if you are not using SiteGround to host your WordPress Sites.
BBQ Firewall Pro Review: As Honest as It Gets
BBQ Firewall Pro brings you option to create and customize a Firewall so you can protect your WordPress better.
Hacking Attacks to WordPress Sites will Never Stop
These are my thoughts about some actions that some site owners implement to protect their sites and how useful they are to prevent hacking attempts.
Cloudways Security: 7 Things Beginners can Do
Check my list of security measures to apply when using a Cloudways to create a server to host your WordPress sites
How to Create a Table of Content without a Plugin
I used an AI tool to create the function necessary to a table of content to all my posts. Feel free to use it if you like the result
SerpBear Honest Review: Track your Keywords
I checked all the apps that Pikapods can host and found SerpBear, a rank tracker tool was among them and I decided to give it a try.
Perfmatters Review: Love it or Leave it
These are my notes trying to figure out whether I can live with Perfmatters or not. You won’t find more honest review that this one
How to Insert Adsense Ads Without a Plugin in WordPress
How to Insert Adsense Ads Without a Plugin in WordPress. I will provide different code snippets to add Adsense ads manually without a plugin.
Don’t Buy a WordPress Theme Before Reading this
Before buying another WordPress theme, it’s essential to keep this advice in mind and make informed decisions based on your needs and budget.
Optad360 Review: As Honest As It gets
Optad360 is a certified publishing partner and these are my honest thoughts about using Optad360
Google Adsense and CLS Issues [Solved]
In this post we will use the free version of Ad Inserter to fix the CLS issues caused by Adsense Ads in WordPress Sites.
Sidebars on Tablet: Good or Bad Idea?
I tend to use sidebars for my sticky Adsense ad units, Do you think that we should I keep sidebars for Tablet users?
Cloudron Review: How to Host a WordPress Site for $6 a Month
In this post you will learn how to host one or two sites on Digital Ocean for as little as $6 per month using Cloudron.
Ezoic Review: As Honest as It Gets
Is Ezoic a Scam?, Why Did People Stop Recommending Ezoic?, Does Ezoic Offer Free Hosting? , Should I use Ezoic Chrome Extension?
GeneratePress: Low Text HTML Ratio
The Code-to-Text Ratio is the percentage of the actual text that a particular web page has.
Adsense Alternatives for Sites not Targeting US Traffic
Adsense Alternatives for Sites not Targeting US Traffic: Ad.Plus, The Moneytizer, SetUp ads, Monumetric
Ad.Plus Review: As Honest as It Gets
These are my thoughts about Ad.Plus after using their service for three months. is Ad.plus a scam?, Adsense vs Ad.Plus.
Acabado Theme Review: As Honest as It Gets
I have been following Income School for a while and I always watch their videos. They promote lots of things including a theme called “Acabado”
Ezoic Leap Review: As Honest as it Gets
Speed issues was one of the reasons why I left Ezoic in 2020 and Leap was one of the reasons why I decided to use Ezoic ads once again.
Optimizing WordPress Sites with Autoptimize
Autoptimize is a plugin installed over a million sites that does an excellent job optimizing the CSS, JS and HTML of your site.
How to Get Rid of the Ads.txt Manager Plugin
in this tutorial you will learn how to get rid of the ads.txt manager plugin without affecting your earnings.
How to Increase your Ezoic EPMV
In this post, you will find best general practices to increase your Ezoic EPMV
How to Use Flying Scripts to Speed up Your WordPress Site
Flying Scripts is a lightweight plugin to delay the execution of JavaScript that can help you get better page speed scores
