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WordPress
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What a Moodle LMS actually costs
In short: Moodle’s software is free to download, but running it isn’t. Your real cost is hosting, setup, integrations, and the person…
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High-availability WordPress for education: what it means and when a school actually needs it
In short: Most school websites don’t need high availability every day of the year. They need it for the handful of hours…
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Is WordPress dead in 2026?
Every couple of years someone announces WordPress is dead. The cause is always different; the platform keeps surviving. Here’s what fourteen years…
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WordPress 7 is here. Here’s what’s new and what to do.
WordPress 7 shipped in May 2026. If you run a WordPress site, here is what changed, what matters, what to actually do…
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Lighthouse scores vs real WordPress performance: what actually matters
Lighthouse scores measure what a 30-second synthetic test sees. Real WordPress performance is the user, page, and template view. Here is how…
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File Names and WordPress
From the archive. I wrote this back in 2014 and I’m leaving it published because the thinking still has value, but on…
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Seven easy ways to make WordPress far more secure
From the archive. I wrote this back in 2013 and I’m leaving it published because the thinking still has value, but on…
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Is WordPress dead in 2012?
What I’d say now. I wrote this in 2012, when SOPA and PROTECT IP looked like they might kill the platform inside…
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White hat black hat SEO tactics
From the archive. I wrote this back in 2011 and I’m leaving it published because the thinking still has value, but on…