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  • Redirect URLs on WordPress with the Redirection plugin

    Redirection is an important tool to preserve your SEO ranking and visitor experience. It is most commonly used to send people to the correct page after a URL has changed, or a page has been deleted. If you don’t have redirection, the person or search engine will get a 404 (page not found) error. WordPress… Read More

  • A shortcode to show the user agent string received by WordPress

    This shortcode returns the user agent received by WordPress when a browser requests a page. A user agent is a string that identifies the browser making the request. Usage By default, the output is wrapped in a block element. To avoid this, set inline to true. This allows you to use the shortcode in a… Read More

  • Automatically adjust to daylight savings time in WordPress

    If your WordPress time is not automatically adjusting to daylight savings time, you may have your time zone set to a UTC offset rather than a city name. When set to a city name, WordPress automatically applies daylight savings time for that city. How to select a city-based time zone Frequently Asked Questions Read More

  • Select the best city for the time zone in WordPress

    In WordPress, you can select either a region/city or a UTC offset for the time zone of the website. The advantage of a city is that WordPress will automatically adjust the time for daylight savings time based on that city. If you instead select a specific UTC offset, WordPress cannot adjust automatically. Many large cities… Read More

  • Find the syndicated feeds of a WordPress website

    A WordPress website has feeds for all posts, posts in a category, posts with a tag, posts by an author, all comments, and comments on a specific post. Read More

  • Manually delete a theme from WordPress using the file system

    You can delete WordPress themes through the admin dashboard, which is the safe and preferred way of deleting themes. However, if this is not possible, you can manually delete a theme by deleting its folder in WordPress. ⚠️ Customizations will be lost This process will also delete any customizations you have made to the theme,… Read More

  • Remove a theme from WordPress

    This guide explains how to safely remove a WordPress theme that you no longer need. Removing unused themes can improve site performance and security. ⚠️ Customizations will be lost Be aware that removing a theme will permanently delete any customizations you have made to the theme. This includes any changes made to functions.php. To avoid… Read More

  • Make a user an administrator in WordPress

    This guide will walk you through the steps to change a user’s role to Administrator in WordPress. Administrators have full access to the site, including settings, plugins, themes, and user management. Before you continue Be careful assigning this role. The administrator role grants full control over your website including plugins and user data. An administrator can destroy… Read More

  • Safely autorespond with Contact Form 7

    Contact Form 7 (abbreviated as CF7) is a popular WordPress plugin that lets you define a form for people to contact you. You typically configure it to send an email to you (or a designated email address) containing the form fields submitted by the visitor. You can also configure it to send a second email… Read More

  • Generate a HAR file in Firefox

    A HAR file (HTTP Archive) is a file format that records the interactions between your web browser and a website. It captures detailed information such as each network request and response. HAR files are often requested by developers and support teams to diagnose bugs and other issues. Typically, you will be asked to generate a… Read More