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Understanding UCEPROTECT3 Blacklist: What It Means for Your Website

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Being listed on UCEPROTECT3 blacklist sounds alarming but is a minor issue in most cases. Discover why this happens, how to resolve it, and how proactive maintenance keeps your website secure.

2025’s WordPress Speed Optimization Checklist

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Slow WordPress site? Follow my step-by-step checklist to improve load times with actionable tips for caching, image optimization, and hosting.

Is Your WordPress Site Being Targeted by Bots? Here’s What to Look For

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Is your WordPress site being targeted by bots? Learn how to identify suspicious activity, protect your site from vulnerabilities, and keep it secure.

WP Plugin Review: Autoblue – A Bluesky Plugin for WordPress

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Autoblue is a new WordPress plugin that automates sharing posts to Bluesky, complete with featured images and custom messages. Here’s how it works in its alpha version.

What to Keep or Delete in Your WordPress Themes

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Learn how to clean up your WordPress themes by keeping what’s essential and removing what’s not. Stay secure and organized with this simple list.

Bluesky Plugins for WordPress

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You can finally connect Bluesky with WordPress! Here’s a quick look at some of the top Bluesky plugins making waves right now.

WordPress Plugins

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WordPress plugins I frequently implement for website development and optimization. These tools streamline tasks like improving site performance, enhancing search visibility, securing content, and boosting user interaction.

Is Your Website Blocked? Use Google Safe Browsing to Check

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Think your website might be blocked by Google? Here are 7 ways Google’s Safe Browsing Transparency Report can help you check your site’s status and fix any potential security problems.

Chrome Extensions

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A curated list of Chrome extensions that actually help web developers and pros alike work smarter, not harder.

WordPress Code Snippets

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Estimated reading time: 8 minutesStatic code is often lighter and more secure than plugins, delivering the same functionality without the extra bloat. Below are some of my most commonly used code snippets for WordPress sites. I update this list often […]

Affordable WordPress Maintenance – Starting at $25/mo

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Let me handle the website maintenance for you. You’ll get regular updates, security patches, backups and more.

How to fix: Resources formatted as page link

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Estimated reading time: 1 minuteIssue: Using <a href> tags to link to resources (like images) instead of pages can confuse search engines, leading them to interpret resource links as webpage links. This may signal poor site structure. Fix: Replace <a […]

How to fix: Links with no anchor text

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Links with no anchor text, raw URLs, or symbols provide no context about the target page. This affects user experience and search engine indexing, missing an opportunity to optimize the linked page’s performance in search […]

How to fix: URLs with a permanent redirect

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Permanent redirects (301/308) are useful but can waste crawl budget if overused. Too many redirects can also confuse users and slow down their browsing experience. Fix: Review your permanent redirects and replace them with direct […]

How to fix: Issues with broken external JavaScript and CSS files

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Broken external JavaScript or CSS files hosted on another site can prevent your webpages from rendering properly. This impacts user experience and may harm your search rankings. Fix: Contact the owner of the external site […]

How to fix: Issues with blocked external resources in robots.txt

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: External resources (e.g., CSS, JavaScript, or images) hosted on another website and blocked by their robots.txt file can prevent search engines from rendering your pages correctly, potentially harming your rankings. Fix: If the blocked resources […]

How to fix: Pages blocked by X-Robots-Tag: noindex HTTP header

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Pages blocked by the X-Robots-Tag: noindex HTTP header can’t be crawled or indexed by search engines, preventing them from appearing in search results. Fix: Check your HTTP headers to ensure that valuable content isn’t accidentally […]

How to fix: Orphaned pages (in sitemap)

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Orphaned pages in your sitemap.xml are not linked internally, making them harder for users to find and potentially wasting your crawl budget. Search engines may still crawl these pages, even if they’re outdated or unimportant. […]

How to fix: Orphaned pages (from Google Analytics)

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Orphaned pages are pages on your site that aren’t linked to any other internal pages. These pages miss out on SEO benefits, like link juice, and may confuse users if they no longer serve a […]

How to fix: Pages that were blocked from crawling

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Estimated reading time: 1 minuteIssue: Pages blocked from crawling by search engines (due to robots.txt or noindex tags) won’t appear in search results, limiting your visibility. Fix: Review your robots.txt and noindex tags to ensure that no valuable content is […]

How to fix: Pages with hreflang language mismatch issues

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: If the language specified in your hreflang tag doesn’t match the actual language of your page, search engines may misunderstand your content’s language, causing display issues in search results. Fix: Review and correct hreflang attributes […]

How to fix: Robots.txt not found

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutesIssue: Without a robots.txt file, search engines may crawl unnecessary or sensitive content, wasting crawl budget and potentially exposing private information. Fix: Create a robots.txt file to guide search engines on what to crawl and what […]