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Reduce unused JavaScript in WordPress

Remove unused JavaScript is a common, but technical, recommendation from PageSpeed. It’s hard to satisfy correctly, but I’ll show you the shortcut that will have a huge impact on your PageSpeed score

Learn How to Make Your Site More Inclusive with the Accessibility Checker Plugin

Have you been reading about accessibility, but you’re not really sure where to start with your own site?

Accessibility and inclusivity should be a concern for every site owner, but it’s not always a simple task to implement best practices.

The Accessibility Checker plugin will help you get started, with an easy to use interface and extensive documentation.

What’s Making Our Websites Slow? We Are!

I’ve been working in customer support for a premium caching plugin (WP Rocket) for several years now. I’ve seen a lot of websites and helped a lot of customers. Every day, many times a day, in our ticket queue, we receive some version of this question:

“Why isn’t my site faster?”

Depending on the site there may be many answers to this question. However the answer is almost never anything to do with caching.

A caching plugin, nor any one optimization technique can fix all performance issues. In fact, as site owners we can be our own worst enemy when it comes to speed, due to all the content we’ve put on our pages.

Increase Traffic and Improve SEO Using Google Search Console

Now that you’re all set up with Search Console and Analytics, let’s look at a couple of easy ways to improve your SEO and traffic using the information these tools provide.

Using the information provided in the Acquisition > Search Console tabs we’re going to look at how to find opportunities to improve the ranking of your pages, find more content to write about, make the most of the traffic you’re already getting and more. By looking at these reports, you can create a targeted approach based on real data.

The Complete Guide to Using The Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin

Yoast SEO is possibly the most well-known SEO plugin for WordPress and it has a lot of features. But a lot of people mis-use the plugin, thinking that simply installing and activating is all that’s needed, or mis-using features like Focus Keyword.

This guide explains all of the features, which settings to use and how to use important features correctly, to optimize your content. SEO isn’t a one-step process that can be handled with the activation of a plugin. It requires your participation as well!

SEO Freebies

[ssba_hide] If you've arrived at this page, you must have acquired a copy of my ebook "Beginner's Guide to SEO for Business" - thanks! Here are some free resources for…

Where To Find WordPress Themes – Free & Premium

Choosing the right WordPress theme is one of the hardest parts of setting up your site. The plethora of choices makes it harder, not easier, as most people are paralyzed by the options.

Not only that, but it’s like the Wild West out there, with all kinds of cowboys claiming they’ve got the best theme to beat all themes. Who can you believe?!

Here is a selection of trusted theme shops to choose from.

WordPress Black Friday Deals on Hosting, Plugins and Themes

Thanksgiving weekend in the US means that there are lots of deals to be had on WordPress treats! If you need web hosting, domain names, plugins etc, now’s the time to get the best discount of the year. Keep reading for my own recommendations on some juicy holiday deals. Most will expire after the weekend, so act quickly!

Gravity Forms Training & Help

Gravity Forms is a state of the art premium plugin for creating web forms of all kinds. Yes, you can create simple contact forms with it, but you can also…

4 Essential Online Marketing Resources

Figuring out WordPress and getting your website up and running is just the beginning of having a successful site. What happens next is where the real work begins! As a…