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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…
3 Ways to Defer Parsing of JavaScript on Your WordPress Website
When a visitor opens your WordPress website, their browser displays its content by fetching it from top to bottom. If it comes across JavaScript, it will stop retrieving the content until it fully loads and parses the JavaScript file on 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 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…
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…
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).
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…
7 Ways to Fix a 400 Bad Request Error
Seeing an error code when trying to open a website can get quite frustrating. Instead of the website displaying in your browser, you get an annoying error message. When you see an HTTP status code indicating a loading error, your first instinct may be to sigh in resignation, or curse in indignation.
JPG vs JPEG: Understanding the Difference
Images are the principal format that communicates content to internet users today. Lots of web optimization techniques are based on the idea that images – the first thing that a potential customer or user sees – is the deciding factor for whether a visitor buys the product and stays on the site or not.
