265 results for «WordPress» (page 18 of 27)
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Automatic daily backup or your own copy: which one saves you, and when
Short answer: they are not alternatives, they cover different problems. The automatic daily backup handles most everyday disasters (a deleted file, a plugin that broke the site). Your own copy,…
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A table marked as crashed: what it means and how to repair it
The message Table is marked as crashed and should be repaired means a table, almost always of the MyISAM type, has an inconsistent file, usually because something stopped halfway through…
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301 redirects when you change a page or a domain
You changed a page’s address, deleted an article or switched domain. Anyone holding the old address (in a bookmark, a search result, a link on another site) now lands on…
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Creating a database user and giving it the right privileges
A database without a user is no use to anyone, and a user with too many privileges is an open door. In cPanel you do it in MySQL Databases: create…
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Cron jobs worth setting up on a small website: seven ideas that save time
A cron job is for anything you would otherwise repeat by hand at the same time every day or week: taking a copy of the database, deleting temporary files, importing…
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Site with a CDN or without: how to test whether it made a difference
Short answer: a CDN is worth keeping only if the numbers for your site improve for your visitors. You do not decide it by hearsay: you measure before, switch it…
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Sending e-mail by SMTP or through an e-mail API: which suits your application
For a few messages (a contact form, the confirmations of a small shop), SMTP with a mailbox on your domain is enough. For large volumes, newsletters, or when you need…
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Sending e-mail from PHP: mail() or SMTP
Use SMTP with a real mailbox on your domain. The mail() function is fine for a quick test, but it returns “sent” only because the local mail program accepted the…
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Embeddings and semantic search: finding things by meaning in your own content
An embedding is a list of numbers that represents the meaning of a text. Two texts that say similar things get similar lists, even if they share no words. That…
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Mixed content after moving to HTTPS: the padlock that will not turn on
The certificate is installed, the site opens on https, and the browser still says “not secure” or shows a padlock with a warning. That is mixed content: the page is…





