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The latest WordPress news from our blog

WordPress is the world’s most popular website platform for a reason. In this section, you’ll find tips, tutorials, and insights on getting the most out of your WordPress site—whether you’re just starting out or looking to enhance your existing setup. From choosing the right plugins and themes to improving performance, security, and SEO, we cover everything you need to build and manage a powerful, user-friendly website with WordPress.
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Chris Grant (he/him)

If you use the WordPress Contact Form DB plugin you need to manually upgrade

Without much of a fanfare, Contact Form DB has moved off of the WordPress.org plugin platform and over to code repository service GitHub.com. You can still used Contact Form DB but to you need to do a one-time manual upgrade to make your WordPress website see the new plugin and get its updates in GitHub instead of WordPress.org

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Chris O'Brien

WordPress a good move to keep things simple

While switching from Drupal to WordPress means you may need to give up certain features and functionality, but those things don’t matter if they complicate your ability to maintain and manage your website, to add improvements, or to complete software updates without the help (and costs) of a web developer.

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Chris O'Brien

WordPress 4.9.3 update bug advisory

Ordinarily, a minor WordPress update would come and go with little attention being paid to it. These minor updates usually fix a range of small bugs in one push or patch WordPress against a newly emerging security threat. However, the update from WordPress 4.9.2 to 4.9.3 did not go as smoothly as Indeed. and was rapidly pulled from public access just hours after the worldwide release. The reason? A pretty major bug had been introduced along with the update which prevents automated updates to future versions of WordPress.  While it's nothing major in itself, you must manually update to keep receiving future automated updates or else your website will be stuck on version 4.9.3 until you manually update.

For our monthly and quarterly website updates and maintenance/support contract customers, we have already applied the update and you need to take no action. If you are not a monthly customer and would rather leave this stuff to the professionals, you can request a complimentary review of your site by getting in touch via email or calling us on 01793 230654.

WordPress powers over 25% of the web. Here’s why WordPress is right for you.
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Chris O'Brien

Here is why WordPress is the right choice for your next website

Originally launched in 2003, WordPress has become perhaps the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world. Today, WordPress is used by more than 25% of websites and, according to WordPress, more than 409 million people view more than 23.6 billion pages each month and users produce 69.5 million new posts and 46.8 million new comments every month. 

Wordpress can help your business simplify management of it’s online presence. Continue reading to find out why is WordPress the right choice for your next website.

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Jenny Howell

WordPress 4.8 – An Update with You in Mind

WordPress 4.8, released on the 8th June, has some great new features you’ll welcome like an old friend: link improvements, three new media widgets covering images, audio, and video, an updated text widget that supports visual editing, and an upgraded news section in your dashboard which brings in nearby and upcoming WordPress events.

If you need a hand we can upgrade your WordPress website for you with our cost effective WordPress upgrade service. Contact us for more details.