You set up a password-protected page, test it, send the link to a client, and move on. Then 24 hours later, the feedback lands: "There’s a break in the matrix… users type the password and nothing happens, while others get in without one." If your site runs on Managed Hosting (like GoDaddy with GD cORe or Sucuri), it’s not a WordPress core bug—it’s an edge caching issue. Here is a full-stack...
Standard WordPress roles are often too broad, but heavy permission plugins are overkill. In this guide, we’re going the "Full Stack" route—using a PHP "Gatekeeper" script to lock your Editors into specific "safe zones." Whether you need to allow access to a single Specials page or an entire directory of Gallery children, this set-it-and-forget-it solution keeps your dashboard clean and your site...
Convert Elementor gallery captions into semantic H2 tags using a safe, update-proof Code Snippets method. Improve on-page SEO and accessibility in minutes.
Embedding YouTube videos on your WordPress site? You might be promoting competitors without realizing it. Here’s how to fix that using a quick Gutenberg-safe PHP snippet.
This post references a simple javascript snippet that loops through your site's links and makes external links open in a new tab.
This post demonstrates three ways to change the template of your WordPress blog post to display the last modified date instead of the original published date.
in 2024, when I went back to update older posts on ArtsandBricks.com to make updates, many posts would error and not save. When I clicked "Update," a red bar across the top of the page would appear that read, "Updating failed. Could not insert post into the database." Here's how.
A discussion of why you may choose to use relative or absolute internal links in your WordPress blog website. Explore the pros and cons.
I started using Machform for my static HTML websites back in 2010. Then, as it is today, Machform is a simple, self-hosted form solution that JUST works and has an affordable one-time license fee. Here are some tricks I've learned and still use to help recover "lost" content quickly.
