How to add lazy loading to your WordPress website

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

18th May 2021

Updated:

25th October 2023

Lazy loading has been included in WordPress core since the 5.4 release in March 2019. However, browser support for the method it uses is still not comprehensive. This tutorial walks…

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How to securely share admin access to your WordPress website

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

17th April 2019

Updated:

22nd May 2024

Should I give my web developer my username and password? On the surface of it, this seems like quite the quandary. After all, how will your developer be able to…

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Uploading images to WordPress: a beginners tutorial

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

20th July 2014

Updated:

29th July 2024

If you’re a newcomer to WordPress, you might’ve gotten as far as creating your own post, but then realised that pages and posts without images can be rather dull. Images…

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Find your WordPress website login and manage your user account: a beginners’ tutorial

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

3rd July 2014

Updated:

5th June 2022

This WordPress beginner tutorial focuses on the very first steps you’ll need to take in order to get started with managing your website. More experienced users might find the discussion…

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Publish your first WordPress blog post: a beginners tutorial

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

5th June 2014

Updated:

5th June 2022

One of the things that makes WordPress such a great platform for business websites is how easy it makes it to add new blog posts and pages. And as a…

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How to add a photo gallery in WordPress: a beginners guide

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

8th May 2014

Updated:

14th January 2020

Many WordPress website owners don’t realise just how easy it is to add impressive photo galleries to their pages and posts, and some don’t even realise the feature exists at…

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How to secure a WordPress website: a beginners tutorial

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

21st April 2014

Updated:

27th December 2021

Read these 10 easy steps to learn how to secure a WordPress website. You’ll only need basic WordPress admin skills to put these simple security measures in place. Do it…

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Choose the best WordPress plugins for your website

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

14th April 2014

Updated:

26th May 2022

In the world of WordPress, being free doesn’t mean it’s rubbish — WordPress itself is free of course! But there are bad plugins out there (some of which aren’t even…

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How to set up WordPress & configure basic settings: a beginners tutorial

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

1st April 2014

Updated:

19th April 2021

WordPress is pretty well configured out of the box (especially for SEO), but there are a few settings you should give some attention to if you want to make your…

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How to spot spam WordPress comments: a beginners tutorial

By:

Ian Pegg

Published:

18th March 2014

Updated:

19th April 2021

Writing blog posts for your business is a brilliant way of building a conversation around your brand. But not all comments are created equal; if you publish spam comments on…

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