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Display the number of Posts on your Blog

I’ve published over 400 Posts on my WordPress Website over the years. Most Posts relate to WordPress or Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and range from thoughts on SEO right through to more technical WordPress development tips. There are various Plugins and widgets that allow for easily showing the number of Posts in a Category, Tag [...]

WordPress hosting – what to look for

I often get asked to recommend a Webhost that delivers good hosting for WordPress Websites or Blogs. Many people are suprised when I recommend inexpensive hosting. So which Host is best for WordPress Sites! The problem with Host recommendations First, a word of warning; many of the so called Host recommendations or comparisons on the [...]

Fix a broken WordPress database

WordPress by default uses a MySQL database to store much of the data. What happens if the database becomes damaged or corrupt in some way? Fortunately there is an inbuilt WordPress way of repairing and optimizing the database. Here is how to repair and/or optimize your WordPress Website MySQL database without having to access phpMyAdmin. [...]

Use phpMyAdmin to improve WordPress Performance

WordPress, by default, uses the awesome MySQL Database Management System to manage it’s underlying database and tables. Most popular Webhosts such as Godaddy, Hostgator, Bluehost, Justhost and so on provide a tool called phpMyAdmin which makes managing MySQL databases far more simple than it would be otherwise. Why Repair and Optimize WordPress Database? For any number [...]