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WordPress Jetpack stats won’t load? Try this

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:03:01 +0000

With much fanfare, Automattic released a new version of Jetpack Stats for WordPress in March 2023. And sometimes the page doesn’t load, giving the spinny ring of death. Wait all day if you want, you’ll just get the ring. Hitting

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Fix wp-cron.php to improve WordPress speed and reliability

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:03:57 +0000

My WordPress has been acting strange for a while, missing scheduled posts and other general weirdness. I eventually traced the problem to a file called wp-cron.php. Here’s how I automated wp-cron.php to improve WordPress speed and reliability. Note: My fix

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How to backup a WordPress site

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:00:05 +0000

It’s a good idea to periodically back up your WordPress site. That way, if something unexpected happens, you can recover. You should also back it up prior to major upgrades. Here’s how to backup a WordPress site, quickly and easily,

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Limit CPU usage in MariaDB

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:00:07 +0000

I use an SEO plugin called Yoast. I’m not exactly enamored with it, but I’m also not sure I can switch to something better. One reason I’m not enamored with it is its high CPU usage. I had to fix

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Fix the WordPress critical error on your website

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:00:12 +0000

I built a shiny new server recently. Then I spent three hours trying to migrate my site to it. So it goes. But even after the site mostly worked right, WordPress gave me a critical error on my website every

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How to unschedule a WordPress post

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 20 May 2020 12:00:04 +0000

I tend to schedule a lot of posts in advance. At least when I get on a roll, that is. But sometimes you schedule a post, then have second thoughts about it being ready to run. I’ve certainly run more

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Yoast internal linking not working? Try this simple trick.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:00:16 +0000

One of the main reasons I bought the Yoast SEO plugin was for its internal linking suggestions. It automatically flags similar content that you can link while writing or revising posts. But it didn’t work on my site. Here’s what

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What is a blog used for?

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 11 May 2018 11:00:31 +0000

What is a blog used for? Well, take it from a guy who’s been blogging since 1999. It’s used for a lot of things, depending on who is running the blog. It helps to remember that ultimately, a blog is

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Is SEO dead? Not in 2019.

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:00:47 +0000

I saw a post on Linkedin last week proclaiming that SEO is dead and encouraging people to just write great content. Are they right? Is SEO dead? Here’s why I don’t think so. Not in 2019. Probably not ever. Don’t

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Add SSL to WordPress

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:00:37 +0000

I had to add SSL to WordPress recently. I’d tried it before without success, but this time it was surprisingly easy. My downtime was minutes, at most, and I saw a small bump in traffic within days. My walkthrough assumes

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