Create WordPress backup
How to back up your WordPress site
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WordPress backups allow you to safeguard websites created with the WordPress content management system in the event of unintended data loss. You have the ability to regularly back up WordPress sites with the help of your provider or cloud service provider. On the other hand, a manual backup requires a little extra work but gives you full control.

How to back up your WordPress site
Self-host your blog or use a hosting provider?
Free blogging service or hosting on your own?
  • Blogs

Theoretically, starting a blog is a manageable task for anybody. Once registered on a blogging platform, you are just a few clicks away from sharing your first entries. Those looking to operate a professional blog with the goal of making a profit are advised to invest a bit more time and money into their electronic enterprises. Deciding to self-host a blog allows users to exercise greater control...

Free blogging service or hosting on your own?
Creating a Blog
Blog with success part 1: creating a blog
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Anyone can become an author online by starting a blog to publicize ideas and thoughts. But for many, a blog is much more than simply an online diary: if you want to mix it with the industry professionals and become a successful blogger, there are certain guidelines to be aware of. In this short series, we will guide you on the journey to blogging with success. We begin with part 1: creating a...

Blog with success part 1: creating a blog
Blog analysis: the most important figures
Blog analysis: the most important figures for your blog
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Anyone can blog! Free blogging software and simple tools enable you to get cracking with your blog in no time. But if you want to be successful in the long term and build a loyal readership with your content, there’s a lot more to be done. Regular blog analyses with appropriate analysis tools help bloggers (i.e. companies) to optimize their content, understand their readers better and thus benefit...

Blog analysis: the most important figures for your blog
pingbacks and trackbacks—the basics
What do ‘pingback’ and ‘track back’ mean?
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For those looking to run a successful blog, maintaining a constant exchange with other bloggers, website operators, and the rest of the internet community is of the utmost importance. By referring to the entries of other bloggers within your own texts, you won’t just attract new readers; you’ll also manage to generate valuable backlinks. Methods like trackbacks and pingbacks can help you with this...

What do ‘pingback’ and ‘track back’ mean?
WordPress shortcodes: the most useful short commands
WordPress shortcodes: how to make your project more dynamic
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Thanks to simple installation and numerous extensions WordPress is the first choice for many when it comes to content management systems. One special feature that developers published with version 2.5 are the so-called shortcodes. This practical short command is linked with PHP script and makes it possible for authors or editors to easily implement dynamic content.

WordPress shortcodes: how to make your project more dynamic
Thesis: A WordPress framework for responsive projects
Thesis: The WordPress framework focused on SEO
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The WordPress framework Thesis is appreciated in many different ways: some value the divergence of the theme kit whereas others evaluate it as an unnecessary complication when working on new layout templates for the popular content management system. Basically, the Thesis framework presents itself as an excellent parent theme solution, which can be enjoyed – despite its rather cumbersome start –...

Thesis: The WordPress framework focused on SEO
WordPress Gutenberg
WordPress Gutenberg: What does the new editor do?
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The upcoming version 5.0 of WordPress will use the Gutenberg editor to make some changes to how articles are created. Gutenberg uses “blocks” instead of HTML and CSS. The act of creating an article has a playful element, with the author assembling their articles block by block. In practice, Gutenberg has been available for some time now and has caused quite a divide. So, what is behind the new...

WordPress Gutenberg: What does the new editor do?
Web analysis with Matomo
Piwik in the WordPress dashboard: Web analysis directly in the CMS
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As an operator of an internet site, you will, of course, be interested in tailoring your website to the needs of your users in as much detail as possible. To be able to do this, it’s helpful to find out as much as you can about the behavior of your visitors. Web analytics programs make this possible. Many people have only heard of Google Analytics and don’t know about the advantages that other web...

Piwik in the WordPress dashboard: Web analysis directly in the CMS