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WordPress Basics.

Joomla vs. WordPress: Which CMS is Best for You?

Joomla, which launched in 2005, is only two years younger than WordPress. Since then, Joomla has maintained the second-place crown behind WordPress, boasting a customisable, open-source framework. While similarities are often drawn between the two CMS platforms, the differences between Joomla and WordPress are stark. Below, we flex our agency knowledge to analyse which system will work for y...

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What is WordPress?

Introduction to CMS Modern websites have become more and more complex over the years. Initially websites were built as “static” pages of content. Everything you saw was coded and built as a single file that you accessed to see the website. As websites became more complex technology came along to allow for websites to become more “dynamic”. The idea was to avoid repeating work and s...

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Updates & Security.

What are WordPress updates and why are they important?

How WordPress works in a changing digital environment WordPress, like any software, needs to adapt to a changing world. The technologies that make it function are changing on a regular basis. Without updates you would very soon find that it would stop being useful compared to competitors or that security issues would crop up that malicious parties would take advantage of. Types o...

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Is WordPress secure?

All software is subject to attack by malicious parties. Whenever a piece of software is created it needs to be able to withstand attacks of many kinds on a regular basis. No only are attacks an issue but when you build software it will inevitably have unintended issues built into it. These are called bugs and can be as minor as a slightly misaligned box on a site all the way to a major flaw tha...

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WordPress Architecture.

What is a CPT?

CPT stands for Custom Post Type. WordPress uses posts as a way of storing various pieces of content. This content can then be used in lots of different ways. Even though they are referred to as posts, they can be used for anything that requires content to be stored, changed and removed. WordPress uses multiple post types for some basic functionality. By default you have WordPress posts and t...

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Plugins.

WordPress plugins that could be worth avoiding (and what to use instead).

An Introduction WordPress plugins can be a great addition to any site. They often bring bundled functions and features to your site that may have otherwise been difficult, or expensive, to code into your website directly. However, there are some important things to consider when working with plugins: 

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Gutenberg.

What is the Gutenberg Editor in WordPress?

Gutenberg is the simply brilliant editor in WordPress. It promotes freedom over your content, to be able to create and edit more than you’ve ever been able to before. A bit of history Gutenberg was released as part of WordPress 5.0 in December 2018. Before this, the default edit screen for creating posts and pages in WordPress was pretty outdated. Agencies and dev...

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