How to secure WordPress in 2023?

Securing a WordPress website involves a combination of practices, including using secure hosting configurations, regularly updating WordPress and its plugins/themes, and implementing strong security measures.... July 2023

Why is WordPress still so popular?

WordPress WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in the world, and there are several reasons why it is so widely... February 2023

WordPress - WebP and AVIF Image Formats

An introduction to image optimisation in WordPress Northern Ireland Image Optimisation is an increasingly important step improve page speed and search engine performance of your... September 2022

WordPress CLI Commands

WP-CLI is the official command line tool for interacting with and managing your WordPress Northern Ireland installation in command line. WP-CLI is the command-line interface... July 2022

Why WordPress?

WordPress Northern Ireland is currently used by over seventy-five million websites worldwide. This is primarily thanks to its flexible, customisable and user-centered admin panel making... July 2022

WordPress Development Belfast, Northern Ireland

If you are a business in Belfast or Northern Ireland who is looking to expand your presence online, WordPress Northern Ireland is a great platform... January 2022

WordPress - Rename the Posts section in Admin

The PHP script below can be added to the WordPress Theme functions.php file. It will rename the standard “posts” section to “stories”. Replace ‘stories’/’story’ with... October 2020

Notes on Transferring a WordPress site to AWS

Some notes on transferring an existing WordPress site to Amazon Web Services and some common issues. MySQL Import Fail If the import fails on import... August 2020

WordPress Security - Nginx Hardening

Techniques for hardening WordPress Sites running on an Nginx server to enhance security. Limit Access to Admin Panel Limit XMLRPC Access This will lock down... November 2019

WordPress Security - Hardening Introduction and Plugins

This post is from 2019, it may be out-of-date. For up-to-date information try: How to secure WordPress This post is designed to give an overview... November 2019

[Notes] WordPress + React Docker Starter Kit

I’ve been experimenting with a Headless WordPress + React Starter Kit from Postlight. It’s an automated toolset to create a powerful web publishing tool. Headerless... October 2019

Why is WordPress so popular?

WordPress is a free and open source software used by millions of people around the world to create websites and blogs. The most popular features... January 2018

Testing YouTube embedded video responsiveness in WordPress

It turns out YouTube video uploads have come a long way since I last tried them out. This is a test post with no discernibly... December 2016

WordPress Code: Completely disable comments using functions.php

The code below will completely disable any commenting and trackback features in WordPress. It is in response to the usual issue whereby you think comments... November 2016

PHP: Use WordPress blog tags to find related posts

A simple script that can be used to pull related-type posts for a WordPress blog post. The related aspect is based on the fist tag... February 2016

How to link to a PDF in WordPress

WordPress is designed to be simple and easy to use. Adding linking to a downloadable document is no different. Open a post or page and... August 2015