In a crowded marketplace, web hosts need to find ways to differentiate themselves with value-added offerings. Some go with freebies like a free domain, or domain privacy. Others differentiate themselves with features like staging, and dynamic caching. Very few hosts provide server level dynamic caching out of the box on their basic shared hosting plans. […]
How To Modify WordPress Files Without cPanel Access
Most WordPress users don’t have to mess around too much with files and folders. Even advanced users need to usually only modify functions.php, and the theme files. And they can do this easily from within the WordPress interface itself via the in-built editor for plugins and themes. However, if you set up WordPress regularly for […]
Which CDN To Use With NameHero Hosting?
Setting up a website means you often need to set up a whole bunch of related services – not just hosting. Some of these are: Domain name The hosting itself A CDN A backup service These are the bare minimum necessary for a modern site. There are a lot of other optional services depending on […]
4 Ways to Optimize Your Images in WordPress – Best Practices
Images form the largest part of modern web pages. Especially when you consider that Google likes “rich” web pages with lots of media. As a result, optimizing the delivery of your images is critical. Here are four ways to optimize your images in WordPress, with screenshots. Method 1: At Least 1200 px in Width When […]
How To Create Reusable Table Formats In WordPress
Tables are always a BIG problem for any layout. I’m not talking about using tables for design elements, but for displaying data. They come with the following issues: Rendering on mobile is always a problem No easy to way to create them in WordPress Not always easy to create complex layouts with merged fields etc. […]
How To Use A Postback URL To Get Email Notifications
Managing a site requires you to keep constant track of stuff. How many page visits are you getting on your landing pages? What’s the bounce rate? Is your site down? And many, many more parameters. These are relatively simple to track via analytics software, because they occur on your site. You can set up notifications […]
How To Clean WordPress Of Jetpack Junk Code
I love Jetpack. It’s a plugin with a ton of functionality. Recently Automattic – the company behind Jetpack – has been improving its utility, allowing users to access features that previously required purchasing separate plans. Such as CDNs for WordPress related JS and CSS, and fast image hosting from EDGE servers across the globe. They […]
How To Display The “Last Modified” Date On Posts
Article freshness is an important aspect of maintaining a site. Too many of them focus on churning out new content, without a care for updating old posts and pages. Some content of course, is evergreen. “How to” articles are a great example. You’ll find a whole bunch of them here on the NameHero blog! But […]
3 Ways To Force Whitespace In The WordPress Editor
A few days ago, I had to solve a weird problem with formatting in WordPress. I use a table plugin that automatically expands the table columns to fit the widest content. However, I wasn’t happy with where it was breaking a sentence and wanted to increase the table column. So I decided to put some […]
Where To Put Custom CSS In WordPress Without A Plugin
The default way in WordPress to include custom CSS is to use the “Additional CSS” feature in the theme customizer under “Appearance” in the dashboard like this: While this is an easy and convenient way to insert additional CSS for your theme, it’s fatally flawed because the system uses a GET request for the CSS, […]