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Protecting the WordPress login: three steps in order of effect

WordPress’s login address is the same on every site in the world: /wp-admin and /wp-login.php. That means any automated scanner knows where to knock without having to look, and it…

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Sitejet Builder or WordPress: which one suits your site

Both are in your hosting plan's cPanel and neither requires code. The difference is in what each one can do and how much work it takes afterwards. In brief Sitejet…

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Cannot get into the WordPress dashboard: the six usual causes

The site opens, but the admin dashboard does not. Either it asks for the password in an endless loop, or it says the details are wrong when you are sure…

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The best SEO plugins for WordPress and how to choose one

An SEO plugin gathers, in a single panel inside WordPress, the technical settings that help search engines understand your site: titles, descriptions, sitemap, structured data and indexing rules. It saves…

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Changing a WordPress username

WordPress will not let you change a username on the profile screen. The field is greyed out and you cannot type in it. That is deliberate, because the username is…

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Changing the WordPress administrator password

There are four roads, and which one you take depends on one thing only: how far you can still get. Start with the first one on the list that applies…

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How to remove WordPress from a domain, without leaving anything behind

You want WordPress off a domain, because the installation broke, because you are starting over, or because the site is becoming something else. It is only a few steps, but…

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The WordPress tool in cPanel: what it does for you

cPanel carries a tool built for WordPress, in the Domains section. It knows about the installations on your account and does, from the panel, a set of things you would…

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Making WordPress send e-mail properly, with SMTP

The site’s form messages never arrive. Password recovery never arrives. Shop notifications never arrive. And there is no error at all: WordPress says it sent them. The reason is nearly…

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Installing WordPress plugins: where, which ones, and how many

A plugin is somebody else’s code running inside your site with the same rights WordPress itself has. That explains both what makes them powerful and why they deserve care. Where…