I design and build completely custom WordPress websites for small businesses. The standard WordPress install package comes with loads of stuff I don’t want, so I’d like to see a stripped back version of WordPress with no full site editing and no Gutenberg included for developer use. UPDATE: I’m clearly not alone and ClassicPress is […]

A gym owner recently asked me to look at why his site was loading slow – our tests showed an average of around 20s. This is way too long and would be putting off potential clients as many would leave before the site even loaded. A combination of better specified hosting, caching and some tweaks […]

One of the most complicated bits of getting a website and email sorted can be setting up the domain name to point to the right places. Find out some common scenarios here.

I’ve recently switched all my sites away from Google Analytics to Plausible – a privacy focused, ethical alternative.

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WordPress is an amazing system with thousands of hours of development behind it, backed up with hundreds of free and commercial plugins to add features, make it easier to use and even turn it into a forum or online shop. A common model is ‘freemium’ where you get a cut down version for free and […]