Do I Need An SSL Certificate For My Website?
My name is Kim and I have a blog. I love blogging! EXCEPT, all of the techie stuff that goes along with being a website owner. As my blogging friends starting talking about a certificate for SSL…what?!? I started to panic because I didn’t have a clue about the topic!...
WordPress Optimization
There are several improvements that can be done to optimize WordPress for large sites. Use The System Cron WordPress has a task scheduler called wp-cron. It checks if tasks are ready to be run on each page hit. This is overkill. We can have the operating system cron...
WP Template Parts vs CSS Styles And Scripts
One of our major goals at OnSiteWP is to make WordPress sites easy for businesses to own. Both Mark and I enjoy digging under the hood of websites but you may not hear us "speaking geek" because we understand that our clients have better things to do than listen to us...
Reduce Distractions on Android Phones
While we are a WordPress based company, we still have other technology in our lives. Today I'd like to step away from WordPress and give a productivity tip. Lately the Facebook and Twitter apps on my phone have been alerting like crazy. Maybe that's a good thing and...
WooCommerce 3.0 Technical Advisory
Our engineers at OnSiteWP follow the large developments in the WordPress community. One such development is the release of WooCommerce 3.0. The new version of WooCommerce is a major update. By major we mean that your plugins and themes need to be compatible with this...
The Importance of WordPress Backups
Having a good, restorable backup copy of your website is something that OnSiteWP cannot stress enough. It's why we include WordPress site backups with all of our maintenance packages. One of the frequently asked questions we receive is why do we perform backups when...
For Writers, WordPress is More Like WordComplex
For Writers, WordPress is More Like WordComplex I’m a copywriter and content developer. WordPress helped me expand my business when I first started using it in 2009. Back then, it was still considered blogware, but many writers and small businesses used it to create...
Is Your Username a Security Hole?
WordPress Security Alert: One of the new features of the recent WordPress 4.7 update is the REST API which is being hailed as the NEXT BIG THING for the WordPress platform. Of course that remains to be seen. So what exactly is this REST (JSON) API and what does it do?...
Convert Your WordPress Website to Use SSL and https://
What is HTTPS and do you even need it? Many people are looking to convert their site from plain HTTP to the secure version (HTTPS). Sometimes this is called adding an SSL certificate to your website. An SSL certificate is what makes the secure HTTPS transport...
PHP 7 Is For Performance
When looking at ways to improve the performance of your website, your web hosting plays a major role. One of the most exciting advances in hosting technology is the introduction of PHP 7. As a website owner, there are 3 major benefits to PHP 7 that concern you. Speed...