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Jun 21 2020

Thrive Leads – The Best PopUp Plugin for WordPress

By Peter Stavrou Featured, Website, Product Reviews 9 Comments

If you are looking for the best WordPress popup plugin that allows you to create various types of opt-in forms to collect emails and quickly grow your mailing list then I cannot recommend Thrive Leads enough. Every opt-in form on my website has been created…

Jun 12 2019

Is SiteGround Better Than Bluehost?

By Peter Stavrou Product Reviews No Comments

The comparison of Siteground vs Bluehost is made quite often because they both have very strong affiliate programs and therefore are very frequently recommended on the internet, however, as someone who has used both hosting companies and has been an affiliate of both, I can…

Apr 10 2017

How To Install SSL On WordPress For Free!

By Peter Stavrou Website 4 Comments

A step-by-step guide on how to install SSL on your WordPress site for free! By doing so, your URL address will change from HTTP to HTTPS.

Dec 11 2016

Redirect User If Not Logged In WordPress

How to Redirect User If They Are Not Logged In (WordPress)

By Peter Stavrou Website 6 Comments

A step-by-step guide on how to redirect a user if they are not logged in. You can even redirect them to a specific page which makes it ideal for membership or private sites.

Oct 18 2016

How To Fix "unknown collation utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci" Error

How To Fix The Error “unknown collation utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci” in phpmyAdmin

By Peter Stavrou Website 25 Comments

If you are trying to import an SQL database into phpmyAdmin and receiving the error #1273 - unknown collation 'utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci' then you have come to the right place! This error was a real pain in the ass to fix because all of solutions I found…

Apr 07 2016

How To Use Yoast SEO – Get Green Circles On All Your Pages!

By Peter Stavrou SEO 6 Comments

If you are a WordPress user you probably know that Yoast SEO is one of the best plugins to optimize your website for search engines. In this post I will be focusing on how to use the plugin to create SEO friendly content and…

Mar 02 2016

Google Analytics – Track & Monitor Your Website Traffic

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Google Analytics is one of the best and most popular reporting tools available on the internet today and best of all it's 100% free! It allows you to track almost everything including... Which websites are referring you traffic. Where your visitors are psychically located.…

Feb 25 2016

404 Redirection WordPress Plugin Subdirectory Fix

By Peter Stavrou Website, SEO No Comments

404 Redirection by flippingwp is a simple but very useful WordPress plugin that permanently redirects all 404's (Pages Not Found) to your Homepage. There are several reasons why you would want to redirect pages that are not found to your homepage but the main two…

Feb 06 2016

Best Backup Plugin for WordPress

By Peter Stavrou Website One Comment

I can't even begin to explain how important it is to have a backup of your entire WordPress website (including your database). I have lost count of how many times people without WordPress backups have contacted me to retrieve specific data that had been…

Feb 02 2016

How to Update WordPress – Very Important!