WordPress vs Wix and Squarespace: what you actually own
Hosted site builders are easy to start and hard to leave. WordPress asks a little more at the start and hands you the whole…
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Build your own WordPress site from a free template kit
A numbered path from an empty WordPress install to a finished site you own, using a free Kira template kit. No code, no design…
Read articleWhy a page builder should save static HTML
Most builders rebuild the page on every request and ship their own scripts to every visitor. Kira renders when you save instead. Here is…
Read articleServing WebP and JPEG XL with content negotiation
You do not need to change a single image URL to serve modern formats. Alemedia converts on upload and lets the web server pick…
Read articleInstalling and updating WordPress plugins from a Git repository
Plugins that live in a repository instead of the wordpress.org directory usually mean manual zips. Git Plugin installs them from the repo URL and…
Read articleA backup routine for freelancers managing many WordPress sites
The backup you need is the one you can restore on a different server, without the original site, at 11 pm. Here is a…
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