Most WordPress backup plugins will happily hand you a backup you can never restore. The archive builds, the green tick appears, and months later the site is down and the file turns out to be missing half the uploads folder…
Most guides to font combinations for web design stop at the pretty screenshot. Then you ship the pairing, your homepage drags in six font files, the headline flashes in Times before it repaints, and your Core Web Vitals go sideways.…
Choosing between WordPress accordion plugins is a different job than it was two years ago, because core now ships an Accordion block and a plugin has to earn its slot. One of the big names in this category has gone…
Custom field plugins all sell the same promise, extra structured data on your posts, and then differ on the two things that actually cost you money: what the free tier gives away, and what the licence costs in year two.…
Most keyword rank tracking tools sell you a number that Google does not actually have. There is no single position for your page: it moves by city, by device, by whether the searcher is logged in. What a tracker really…
Most WordPress countdown plugins are easy to install and easy to misuse. The widget takes five minutes; deciding whether the deadline it shows is real takes longer. One plugin this article used to recommend has since been pulled from WordPress.org…
Most people reach for custom post type plugins because WordPress only ships with posts and pages, and a portfolio, a property listing or a staff directory does not belong in either. The awkward part nobody mentions: registering a post type…
Most WordPress migration plugins work fine right up to the moment they don’t, and the failure is almost always the same: the archive is bigger than the new host will accept, the upload dies at 90%, and you are left…