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Replacing old addresses in a WordPress database without breaking it

The short answer: when you change the site’s address (a new domain, or from http to https), WordPress keeps the old address in thousands of places in the database: in…

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The wrong date or time on your site or e-mails: WordPress, PHP and time zones

The short answer: “the time is wrong” can come from four places, and fixing one does not fix the others: WordPress (the time of posts and scheduled publications), PHP (hand-made…

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Profile pictures in WordPress: how Gravatar works and how to change yours

The short answer: the small photo beside your name (in comments, on authors) comes, by default, from Gravatar, a free service that ties a photo to an e-mail address. To…

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Page or post in WordPress: which to use for what

The short answer: use a page for what does not change with time and is part of the site (About, Services, Contact) and a post for what has a date…

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A test copy (staging) of your WordPress site: changing things safely

The short answer: a test copy is a second site, identical to yours, that only you see. You try the new theme, the big update, the plugin you do not…

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Hiding WordPress usernames: author pages, the REST API and login messages

The short answer: WordPress shows, without meaning to, the usernames of those who write on the site: on author pages, in the REST API and even in the login error…

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Collecting subscribers and sending a newsletter from a WordPress site

The short answer: the site collects the addresses (with a form), but it should not be the one sending a message to many people. For that you use a proper…

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Featured image and excerpt in WordPress: what they do and where they show

The short answer: the featured image is the main photo of a page or a post; the excerpt is the short text that goes with it. They appear in the…

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Letting visitors register on your WordPress site: roles, bots and the risks

The short answer: WordPress can let anyone create an account (Settings > General, “Anyone can register”). It only makes sense if the site needs accounts (a members area, a shop,…

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Choosing your WordPress home page: a static page or your latest posts

The short answer: WordPress can show on the home page your latest posts (like a blog) or a fixed page you wrote (like a company site). You choose it under…