Welcome to my WordPress Help Blog!
I hope the WordPress help I provide here in the form of tips, tricks, and insider information about WordPress, blogging, and SEO will be of use to you. Stop by often to see what I've got for you!
How to Choose a Good Domain Name
Wondering how to choose the best domain name for your new website? Here are some tips for coming up with the best choice. Keep It Short and Simple Shorter domain names are easier to remember, type, share, and avoid typos. Aim for 10–15 characters when possible. Choose a Domain That Is Easy to Spell Visitors…
Are your emails going to spam?
Have you noticed an uptick in email delivery problems? To make sure your emails always reach your customers, and don’t end up in their spam folders, there are some new settings that need to be added to your domain. What changed that caused more emails to go to spam? Beginning in February 2024, email providers…
Managed Hosting for WordPress
I’ve been a fan of managed WordPress hosting since I started developing websites many years ago. Many people see ads for hosting that costs a couple of bucks a month and think that’s what it should cost. Unfortunately, those ultra-cheap hosting services come with slimmed down shared resources and little to no security. Because WordPress…
Local Listing Management
Local listing management has long been on my radar. It’s only recently that I’ve found a service that I think does it right, for a reasonable price. Many services will clean up your listings, but require you to keep paying in order for their changes to remain published (how do they get away with that?),…
How to Use the Gutenberg Editor in WordPress
The WordPress editor is changing – for the better! In an effort to modernize and simplify the website editing experience, WordPress is undergoing some big changes. The “classic editor” that we’ve all used since the beginning of WordPress has been replaced with the “Gutenberg Editor.” This brings more of a drag and drop feel to…
WordPress Categories for an SEO Boost
The best way to organize your content for users and SEO WordPress includes a way to organize the content of your blog in two ways: Categories – like the table of contents in a book, they can also include sub-categories of the top level category. Tags – like the index of a book. Includes topics…