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Core Web Vitals: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need

At this point, you’ve most likely heard about Core Web Vitals, Google’s new page experience measuring tools. Announced in May 2020 and incorporated into the ranking algorithms just last month, Core Web Vitals are another key way for Google to approximate the quality of user experience that a website offers. As the focus of Core Web Vitals is on an overall pleasant user experience, even if your website currently ranks at #1, this article will still be useful in terms of improving conversion rates of your website and decreasing the bounce rate. Whether you’re a developer immersed in code, an agency looking to set yourself apart from competition, or a small business owner just trying to run your website, it is important to be mindful of these new updates as they are Google’s way of fine tuning its ranking process. We know the importance SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has on…

WordPress 5.8: Moving Towards Full Site Editing

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WordPress 5.8 is now out and it’s brought a whole host of exciting new changes — most notably the long-awaited and touted full site editing features. To be more specific, WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” (named after legendary jazz pianist Art Tatum) was released on July 20, 2021 as an official WordPress update available to all users. This update significantly expands the role of the block editor and makes it possible to edit almost every part of your WordPress website. Now that WordPress 5.8 is released, you’ll be able to make templates, take advantage of new blocks and block patterns, enjoy an improved experience of working with reusable blocks, and be able to use new customization options to style your site. In this post, we’ll explain these new features more in-depth, and share what you can do as a developer with this new release. Let’s begin! New Site Building Blocks And Patterns…

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502 Bad Gateway Error and How to Fix It

How To: Intermediate WordPress 13 MIN READ

HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout and HTTP 502 Bad Gateway errors are the most common server errors for WordPress website visitors and owners. In my previous article, we’ve already discussed the causes of a 504 Gateway Timeout error and possible solutions for it. In this article, we’ll come to understand what a 502 Bad Gateway error is, talk about the reasons for a 502 Bad Gateway error, and explore some tips for troubleshooting this type of errors. What does 502 Bad Gateway mean? Before we define what a 502 Bad Gateway error is, let’s deep-dive into server infrastructure and find out the meaning of some terms, like web server, proxy server or gateway, and upstream server. Let’s first discuss how hosting a modern web application works. For this we need three actors: The web application The gateway The web server In the picture below you can see the PHP modern web…

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WordPress Cache and How It Can Improve Your Website Speed

How To: Intermediate Optimization WordPress 15 MIN READ

Nearly half of the World Wide Web is powered by WordPress, but somehow there’s a common misconception that WordPress websites are slow and laggy. In this article, we’ll give you full information about one of the techniques that can highly improve your website performance, WordPress caching. Caching is a technique that allows you to store the result of a long-running task in a fast access memory, and then reuse that result without actually doing the task. This means that cached content is displayed a lot faster than content that’s loaded directly from the server. It’s like memorizing your multiplication tables. Once you have memorized it, it’s so much faster to recite the answer to a multiplication problem off-hand than trying to calculate the answer all over again. Caching can be performed in different stages of a running web application, so every stage is called a cache layer. We’ll go through…

504 Gateway Timeout Error and How to Fix It

How To: Intermediate WordPress 13 MIN READ

An HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout error is the most common error encountered by website developers. And in many cases, it can become a real pain. Generally, it’s difficult to find out the reason for a timeout error because the server response has no helpful information about the error cause. In this article, we’ll find ways to troubleshoot timeout errors and find solutions for them, while giving you a better understanding of timeout errors and their causes. What is a 504 Timeout error? To deeply understand what a 504 Gateway Timeout error is let’s first have a look at server and client relationships. What happens when the client sends an HTTP request to the server? When the server receives the request, it processes it, and–depending on whether the result is successful or unsuccessful–returns a response with the corresponding HTTP status code in the HTTP response headers. HTTP status codes are a…

WordPress 5.7: New Features from the Latest Release

How To: Intermediate WordPress 13 MIN READ

“I know that you know but I’ll sing it again,” WordPress has a new release and this time around it honors yet another jazz genius Esperanza Spalding, the original source of that quote. Before diving into the nitty gritty of WordPress 5.7, let’s answer two important questions upfront: When will WordPress 5.7 be officially released? It’s already out. The official release date was on March 9, though its beta version had been rolled out before that. What’s new in WordPress 5.7? A bunch of things. But to cut it short, there are Gutenberg improvements that simplify the editing workflow, allowing users to create professional blocks with less coding and more drag-and-drop. Users also have more customization options that are easier for users to find. You could say that WordPress 5.7 is under the overall theme of simplified editing, advanced color palettes with “fresh” colors, and other improvements that will be…

The Complete Guide on How to Setup WordPress Multisite

How To: Intermediate WordPress 17 MIN READ

WordPress is a very popular and multifunctional content management system that powers 39.6% of websites in 2021. The free and simple functionality of the system makes it possible to create websites regardless of the level of technical knowledge. WordPress provides tons of features for building an amazing website, and one of the more advanced ones is WordPress multisite. This efficient feature empowers any WordPress user to create their own separate network of subsites for different purposes. WordPress multisite came to replace the multi-user edition which allowed users to securely manage their templates and settings without affecting any other users. What is a WordPress multisite? WordPress multisite allows you to build a network of subsites with a single WordPress instance – a good example for this is wordpress.com – and manage them from one dashboard. This feature is integrated into WordPress core, so you don’t need to download extra software to…

The Last Guide to WP CLI You’ll Ever Need

How To: Intermediate WordPress 10 MIN READ

In the modern web, WordPress has a pretty big market share. And with good reason. It provides good customization opportunities, a big library of plugins and themes, and a user-friendly graphical interface. Many WordPress website developers create amazing websites without having to write a single line of code. They use plugins and visual builders instead. But there are cases where it’s all about simplicity and performance (like scripting routine tasks) when the graphical interface is unnecessary. This is when WP CLI comes in handy. What if I told you that you can do anything with WordPress without a UI, without buttons, or our beloved Dashboard? All you have to do is call commands. You can even use them in your scripts to integrate WordPress with other programs or to automate routine tasks. Let’s dive in and find out! What is WP-CLI? The WordPress ecosystem has many hidden treasures and one…

WordPress 5.6: New Features and Tips You Can’t Miss Out On

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“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life” for WordPress! No, we’re not just giving you an earworm for no reason. This article is all about introducing WordPress 5.6 “Simone” (the successor of WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” and WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”), and it just so happens that this update pays tribute to the mesmerizing jazz and blues icon Nina Simone. Our inner fangirl is showing, huh? Good! And, rest assured, nothing will tamp down our enthusiasm for this update – and not just because of our eternal love for Nina Simone. This update includes block editor improvements, a brand new default theme, automatic WordPress core updates to increase security, and a bunch of other goodies. Let’s explore the most exciting new features and all that jazz together! Block Editor Improvements The New Twenty Twenty-One Default Theme Automatic WordPress Release Updates Application Passwords for REST API Other updates…

A Simple Guide on How to Create WordPress Custom User Roles and Capabilities

How To: Intermediate Uncategorized WordPress 17 MIN READ

Creating WordPress custom user roles and capabilities you’re bound to experience the agony of choice. Your head will be spinning from endless opportunities. Basically, you may have no clue which roles and capabilities you should create and how to best combine them. That’s why we’re here to tell you why you need custom user roles and capabilities to begin with, what you should consider when assigning roles and capabilities, and, last but not least, how to create them. But before we delve into all that, let’s understand what WordPress custom user roles are all about. For starters, assigning multiple user roles allows you to share the burden of website management with other users. At the same time, it gives these users separate access to your website meaning they don’t have to use your login credentials. This enhances the safety of your website. WordPress offers a set of 6 pre-defined user…

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