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Notes from the workbench.
Short, practical field notes on WordPress care, speed, security and design - the stuff we wish every site owner knew.
SecurityIs Your WordPress Backup Actually Working? A 10-Minute Check
Most failed restores only get discovered mid-crisis. A 10-minute monthly check that proves your backup restores, before you need it to.
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WordPress CareHow Often Should You Update WordPress? (And What Happens When You Don’t)
Update core the day a security release ships, plugins and themes every one to four weeks, and test after each one. The real schedule, and what skipping it costs.
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Speed & PerformanceWhy Is My WordPress Site Slow? 8 Causes, in the Order to Check
Most slow WordPress sites are slow for one of eight reasons. Here is how to find yours, from images and fonts to plugins, PHP and hosting.
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WordPress CareWhy Your WordPress Site Needs a Care Plan
Launch day is not the finish line Most sites do not fail dramatically – they decay. The update you skipped, the plugin that stopped being maintained,…
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