Creating a Backup Point on WP Engine
Before you begin a website project, always create a backup restore point of the website. A restore point can be a lifesaver if something unexpected…
WordPress Trackbacks are disabled, yet continue to be posted.
Your WordPress site is getting Trackback “pings” in Comments despite having comments and trackbacks disabled in Settings. Utilize phpMyAdmin to execute an SQL query to…
Add Author/Date Meta elements to Posts in Archive
This post demonstrates how to enable the Post Meta (author, date) on the Posts Archive directory page. Many of the main Post elements can be…
Embedding a Short YouTube Video
The YouTube Short video is not supported by many WordPress YouTube plugins. You can embed it using the Custom HTML block with the <iframe> tag….
Google Ads – Remarketing Audience
This article discusses processes and procedures for connecting an ‘audience’ to a remarketing campaign in Google Ads. Google Remarketing is a Google Ads campaign that…
How to create an event with The Events Calendar plugin
Date based events are not something that WordPress does by default. You need to install a third-party plugin to enable that functionality. The Events Calendar…
Creating Blog Posts in WordPress
Blog posts are modern day equivalent of newspaper and magazine articles. You can write about anything you want in a short form one page post….
Google Ads Health Insurance certification
Companies selling health insurance are required to demonstrate that they are licensed/registered to provide health insurance and Affordable Care Act plans in all jurisdictions where…
CNAME Cross-User Banned
Cloudflare error 1014 – CNAME Cross-User Banned If you are browsing a website and see the message, “Error 1014 CNAME Cross-User Banned”: This typically means…
WP Rocket and AOS animation scripts
To prevent the AOS animation scripts from being disabled by WP-Rocket cache, install the following script exclusion: /wp-content/plugins/kadence-blocks-pro/dist/aos.js/wp-content/plugins/kadence-blocks-pro/dist/aos.css Example:
Structured Data Items are Invalid: Solutions
You may discover that Yoast Local SEO has a tendency to introduce structured data schema issues. These issues may create errors in reporting platforms such…
How to post Chamber of Commerce logos/links
Digital Marketing clients will often request that a chamber of commerce logo and link be posted to their website. The client signs up to their…
Remove Google Search Console property (email association)
If you are receiving email notifications from Google Search Console regarding a domain or URL that you no longer want to monitor, this document demonstrates…
Import WordPress Posts
This document demonstrates how to export WordPress blog posts from one website and import the posts into another website. Backup / Update Software First create…
Kadence Theme Installation
This post demonstrates the steps involved for installing the Kadence WordPress theme and premium addons. Login to KadenceWP.com, Upon login, navigate to Product Downloads. On…
Michael Rassel’s Kadence Child Theme
For my WordPress websites, I exclusively use the Kadence Theme, from KadenceWP.com. My experience combined with side-by-side comparison tests have proven that Kadence Theme outperforms…
How to Create Gmail Forwarding
Use Gmail’s forwarding features to copy emails to another email address. In Gmail, press the cog icon to open settings: Press the “See all settings”…
SEO – Website setup checklist
This is a checklist of the steps required to prepare a website for ongoing SEO efforts.
SEO Content Repair Examples
Randomly written posts can be optimized for better SEO results. Here are some before and after examples: [Before]<title>3 Precautions to Take When a Storm Hits…
Content Guidlines for SEO Articles
To produce more successful SEO articles, use content guidelines that are known to be preferred by Google. This article highlights some of those methods. Voice…