How to Remove Unused Tables From Your WordPress Database

Most WordPress plugins add additional tables to your WordPress website in order to save settings and data. Unfortunately, most plugins do not delete these tables once you have deactivated them and removed them from your website. Over time, this can result in your website database have dozens of tables that …

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Three Reasons to Use Elementor (And Three Reasons Not To)

For many years, this website used the popular WordPress theme Genesis by StudioPress. It remains one of my favourite WordPress frameworks, but in early 2020 I wanted to try something different and opted for the lightweight WordPress design GeneratePress. I can’t speak highly enough about GeneratePress. It’s one of the …

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Switching to the Amazing DaVinci Resolve Video Editor

Adobe Premiere Pro is an advanced video editor that comes with many great features. Those features do come at a price, with the software costing £19.97 per month here in the UK. Premiere Pro is included in Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite of apps, which costs £49.94 per month. I have …

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Building an Online Community with WordPress

Building an Online Community with WordPress

It should be no surprise that WordPress is one of the most popular platforms for online communities. With a built-in user system, simple publishing options and website design customiser, the core version of WordPress is a great starting point for a community. All you need to do is choose one …

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Can You Have Too Many WordPress Plugins?

Ever since WordPress launched, many people have been advising others not to install many WordPress plugins. The thinking behind this is that when more WordPress plugins are installed on your website, your website will be slower and less secure. Is this actually true? In my experience, no. The number of …

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Migrating to the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)

The WordPress block editor officially became the default editor of WordPress when WordPress 5.0 was released on 6 December 2018. It is a user-friendly drag and drop editor that lets you easily create custom layouts and style your content. The block editor is also known as Gutenberg and before it …

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