In blogging, a ping is an XML remote procedure call (a form of a message) by which a blog informs one or more servers that its content has been published or modified. Ping was first used by Dave Winer on weblogs.com in 2001 and that standard is used still today. Open ping servers allow all kind of web services to subscribe to the list of blogs that have recently pinged them. Search engines can … [Read more...]
Wordpress and SEO
Latest news, plugins, themes, blogs and SEO about Wordpress platform and Website designing as a whole.
WordPress Optimisation: Maximising Speed and Performance
Ensuring that your WordPress website runs both swiftly and smoothly is not just a preference—it's a necessity. In the current digital age, a lightning-fast user experience forms the cornerstone of online business, playing a pivotal role in maintaining visitors' engagement and ensuring their return. Moreover, website performance isn't just about end-users; it is also integral to the digital … [Read more...]
What is a Consent Management Platform (CMP)
A Consent Management Platform (CMP) is a web software or SaaS that website operators or providers of web apps use to obtain and store data protection consent from visitors via a banner or pop-up before user data is collected via website scripts. The Interactive Advertising Bureau's Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) defines the term consent management platform as "the company or … [Read more...]
How to Prevent WordPress Site Broken After an Update
It is common for WordPress site owners to face various troubles after an update, particularly after a major update. Many of the site owners do not update their WordPress sites out of fear of breaking changes. Not updating WordPress can invite a worse time-consuming situation, apart from the chance of getting exposed to various security risks. We have an article on this topic published 11 years … [Read more...]
How To Customize Inline Pre and Code Tags in WordPress Posts
Some years back, we discussed how to convert the backticks to inline code blocks in WordPress posts. You can copy the final PHP code from that article or copy from this GitHub gist. You can paste that code in your theme's functions.php file directly or use our simple WordPress plugin to paste that snippet. If you are using some WordPress syntax highlighting plugin, such as Urvanov/Crayon Syntax … [Read more...]
How to Add Auto Anchor to WordPress Headings
These days the search engine can understand the meaning of the headings within an article. Whether you add a table of content, anchor text etc or not, they may show the links on the search engine result page. This happens with the content of our site. If there is step 1, step 2, and step 3 headings; Google search engine adds links on the search engine result page. However, adding links to the … [Read more...]
Self-Hosted Fonts vs. Cloud-Hosted Fonts
In the year 2022, Munich Regional Court (Germany) concluded that embedding dynamic objects such as Google Fonts without the visitors' consent is a ground for the EU citizens to sue for injunctive relief. Thereafter some website operators with embedded Google Fonts are receiving fines. The administrative fine can be 100 to 250,000 euros or, worse decisions. Using Adobe Fonts may put you in a … [Read more...]
How to Restrict Certain Posts or Categories In WordPress by Country
There are several reasons behind restricting certain posts or categories by country. If the post or page or category is not relevant to people in certain countries, you expect to see little or no traffic from those places or the text can confuse innocent people. In such cases, many website administrators decide to block countries in WordPress by IP, so that they can safeguard their visitors from … [Read more...]
Typography on the Web
Web typography refers to the typography for digital texts and the use of fonts on the web. Typography for digital texts deals with the visual design of text documents such as websites or e-books, primarily by means of typeface, as well as the other possibilities of typography. The main purpose of typography is to make texts easier to read and thus easier to understand, as well as to present … [Read more...]
How to Use JuliaMono Font in Urvanov/Crayon Syntax Highlighter
The original Crayon Syntax Highlighter by Aram Kocharyan no longer available because it does not work with the newer WordPress versions. However, Fedor Urvanov has worked with Aram Kocharyan to make Crayon Syntax Highlighter work again as Urvanov Syntax Highlighter. Most of the core technical blogs (including ours) heavily rely on Urvanov/Crayon Syntax Highlighter because it works with all the … [Read more...]
Configure WordPress to Send Emails Using mSMTP
If you have followed our guide on How to Easily Set Up Email with SMTP on Ubuntu Server and want WordPress to send you email then you need to perform some extra steps. Make sure that you have completely followed our previous guide. Do not worry, this part is quite easy. Check Whether PHP Can Send Emails Using mSMTP We need to test whether the php mail() function is working or … [Read more...]