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A Short Guide to Nginx: Its Beginnings, What It Is and How It Works
Nginx is an open-source software, functioning initially as a web server, but it’s also used as a reverse proxy, HTTP cache, or a load balancer. It’s been released under the terms of the 2-clause BSD license, and its event-driven...
How To Redirect Your WordPress Site from HTTP to HTTPS
The internet has arguably made a lot of things more convenient for us. From paying bills, to online shopping, academic research, and entertainment – there’s little you can’t do with a computer and an internet connection. However, this also...
How to Use the WordPress get_posts Function: A Guide to Building Post Lists
The WordPress get_posts function allows developers to retrieve post data from the WordPress database by taking the ID of a given post and returning the corresponding piece of content from the database. Basically, with the...
3 Ways To Enable GZIP Compression on Your WordPress Site
Since Google’s speed update in July 2018, speed has become an important factor in website rankings on mobile searches. In fact, if you’re running your own website, you probably already know that having a fast-loading website is important both...
How To Add iFrames to Your WordPress Website
Creating good content for your website often means integrating content from other websites. And with all the amazing resources available on the internet, it’s a shame not to fuse some of it with your own material. Adding media from other websites can vary from spicing up...
What’s the 403 Forbidden Error in WordPress and How Do You Fix It?
A well-known WordPress horror scenario: You’re comfortably seated in front of your laptop, and you try to access your WordPress website only to be welcomed by the dreaded 403 Forbidden Error (or some of its equally gruesome variants).
What’s the 500 Internal Server Error in WordPress and How To Fix It?
Let’s face it – the 500 Internal Server Error is a pain in the neck. It can destroy your day, and it can feel as though it’s destroying your website too! We really get it. And that’s why we’re writing this article in the first place – to tell you that it’s not...
Easy Fixes for the ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR
One of the errors you may come across when trying to load your WordPress website is the ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR. This error message indicates a problem of the website failing to load securely, i.e. via...
How to Fix the HTTP Error when Uploading Images in WordPress
While WordPress is one of the most user-friendly, intuitive ways to build a website, it does come with its own host of issues. If you’ve just started up your own WordPress website, you’re about to discover that managing a website comes...
