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- SEO Simple Pack Review: I’ve Run It on This Site for Five Months
Short answer: SEO Simple Pack handles your title tags, your meta descriptions and your social sharing tags, it does all three properly, and it does nothing else at all. If that’s the whole of what you want, it’s the lightest way I’ve found to get it – no database tables, no background jobs, and about 2 milliseconds added to your… - How to Change Blog Post Container Width in Kadence
If your blog posts feel either cramped or stretched across the screen like a newspaper headline, the fix is a single slider in Kadence’s Customizer. Kadence gives you separate controls for the overall container, the content area, and even per-post overrides – all in the free version. But here’s the mistake I see constantly: people crank their content width up… - How to Fix Kadence Customizer Not Saving Changes
You just spent 20 minutes tweaking your colors, fonts, and header layout in the Kadence Customizer. You hit “Publish.” And… nothing happens. Your changes vanish. Or you get some vague “Something went wrong” message that tells you absolutely nothing useful. I’ve been there. More than once. And after fixing this on my own sites and helping others troubleshoot theirs, I… - How to Fix Extra Footer White Space in Kadence
You’ve built your site, everything looks great – and then you scroll to the bottom and see a big strip of white space below your footer. You didn’t put it there. There’s nothing in the Customizer that says “add weird gap at the bottom.” And yet, here it is. I’ve hit this exact problem more times than I’d like to… - How to Change Sidebar Position or Width in Kadence
Out of the box, Kadence doesn’t give you a sidebar at all. Posts open on the “Narrow” layout and pages on “Normal” – both single-column. That catches out anyone expecting the classic blog look. Maybe you want one on the right, maybe on the left, or maybe you just need the one you’ve already turned on to be narrower. Good… - Wordfence vs Solid Security in 2026: I Installed Both and Measured Everything (And Solid Security Has a New Name)
Short answer on Wordfence vs Solid Security: Wordfence protects more of your site on day one, and it’s the one I’d install on a beginner’s blog. Solid Security is the lighter, quieter option, but you have to finish its setup wizard before it does anything at all. There’s a bigger thing you need to know first, though. Solid Security isn’t… - WordPress Patterns vs. Template Parts – What’s the Difference?
You edited the logo in your header. You hit save. You opened your About page in another tab and the old logo is still sitting there. Welcome to the most confusing corner of the new WordPress editor, and the heart of the WordPress patterns vs template parts mix-up. The first time this happened to me, I thought the editor was… - Classic Editor vs Gutenberg in 2026 – Which Should You Use?
The Classic Editor vs Gutenberg debate has been running since 2018. And honestly, most of the articles ranking for this topic are from 2022 or 2023 – back when Gutenberg still deserved most of the criticism. But it’s 2026 now, and the block editor is a completely different tool than the buggy mess WordPress shipped 8 years ago. Here’s my… - WPForms vs Fluent Forms: Which Free Version Is Better?
Most WPForms vs Fluent Forms comparisons are written by sites earning affiliate commissions from WPForms. They’ll rank WPForms first, mention the free version in passing, and spend 2,000 words pushing you toward the $200/year Pro plan. I’m going to do something different. I installed both free versions on a test site, built the same forms in each, and compared what… - WooCommerce vs SureCart: Which Is Actually Easier for Beginners?
WooCommerce is the default choice for WordPress stores. It powers over 36% of all online shops, and most WordPress hosts install it with one click. But SureCart is doing something fundamentally different – it keeps your orders off your server entirely, which means your site stays fast as you grow. I’ve set up stores with both plugins. And the right…