Tag: WordPress

Using the Classic Editor Mode with the new WordPress Block Editor

Summary This page describes how you can use the Classic Editor features with your WordPress.com hosted website. STEP #1 – New Block Module Start a new post or page and then click on the plus in the top left to choose a new block module as shown below. The red arrow indicates where to click.… Continue reading Using the Classic Editor Mode with the new WordPress Block Editor

CloudFlare Error 522 Connection Timed Out

If you’re using CloudFlare, you may find that it initially works fine and significantly speeds up your website page load times. Then, after a period of weeks or months, you may start to notice a lot of Error 522 errors stating that the connection timed out — similar to the message displayed below. The image… Continue reading CloudFlare Error 522 Connection Timed Out

Incorrect WordPress Featured Post Image Showing on Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media [SOLVED]

Social media services like Facebook will attempt to select a featured image from news articles or posts on blogs. The automated selection process will give preference to larger images toward the top of an article or post. In WordPress there is an option to have a Featured Image for your post. If the image is… Continue reading Incorrect WordPress Featured Post Image Showing on Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media [SOLVED]

Here’s why 72 million websites use WordPress

“Considering that the number of total active websites is estimated at over 172 million according to a survey published by netcraft, that means that around 75,000,000 websites are using WordPress right now — with around half of those sites (37,500,000) being hosted on the WordPress.com shared hosting installation.” [Source: Brenda Barron, 29 Oct 2019] WordPress… Continue reading Here’s why 72 million websites use WordPress

Here’s how to increase the speed and security of your WordPress website…

Summary WordPress has grown in complexity along with the themes and plugins it relies on. For this reason it’s important to have the latest updates including recent updates to PHP. This week WordPress 5.1 was released with several performance upgrades. Keeping all aspects of WordPress updated will help make your site faster and more secure.… Continue reading Here’s how to increase the speed and security of your WordPress website…

WordPress Divi Theme Parallax Effect for Images Not Working on Firefox or Chrome [SOLVED]

The WordPress Divi Theme Parallax Effect for images is not working on Firefox or Chrome browsers when using the native default settings of the Divi theme. This does not impact people using the Safari browser on Apple computers, which suggests there are some compatibility issues in Firefox and Chrome that make them less likely to… Continue reading WordPress Divi Theme Parallax Effect for Images Not Working on Firefox or Chrome [SOLVED]