There are a few ways to fix broken links in WordPress:
1. Use a plugin: There are several plugins available for WordPress that can help you find and fix broken links on your website. Some popular options include Broken Link Checker and Dead Link Checker.
2. Manually check your website: You can manually check your website for broken links by navigating through your pages and clicking on each link to see if it is working.
3. Check your website’s log files: Your website’s log files can contain information about broken links, and you can use this information to fix them.
4. Redirect broken links: If a page or post has been removed or moved, you can use a plugin like Redirection to redirect the broken link to a new page.
5. Check external links: If the broken links are external links pointing to other website, the best thing you could do is to contact the owner of the external website to ask them to fix their link, or update your own link with a new one.
It’s important to regularly check your website for broken links to ensure that your visitors have a positive experience and to maintain the integrity of your website’s structure.
WP Migrate, formerly known as WP Migrate DB and recently acquired by WP Engine, has long since expanded beyond its initial release as a database migration tool. Users may be familiar with the push/pull workflow of installing the plugin on two sites and migrating database, media, themes, and plugin changes back and forth. The most recent 2.6 release expands the plugin’s capabilities to include full-site exports for integration with Local, a popular free WordPress development tool, also owned by WP Engine.
This new remote-to-local workflow is included in both the free WP Migrate plugin and the pro version. The full-site exports bundle the database, media, themes, plugins, and other files into a ZIP archive, which can be seamlessly imported into Local.
After clicking Export inside WP Migrate, users are taken to the next screen where they can configure what is included in the export file. This ZIP archive can be dragged and dropped into the Import screen in Local.
The WP Migrate team collaborated with the Local team to match environments as closely as possible when exporting for Local import.
“Each site exported with WP Migrate includes a wpmigrate-export.json file which contains metadata such as the PHP and MySQL versions that were last used on the site,” WP Migrate Product Manager Kevin Hoffman said. “During the import, Local reads this file and attempts to match the environment to that of the exported site, so the local site works (and breaks!) just like its remote counterpart.”
In this migration scenario, the WP Migrate plugin can be included in the list of plugins so it is activated on the Local site, speeding up the workflow for setting up a local development site. Previously this required configuring plugins, add-ons, and license keys across both environments.
“In the last year, we really embraced our new identity as a full-site migration solution,” Hoffman said. “One of the goals we set for ourselves was to handle the migration of an entire site from within WP Admin without ever having to touch cPanel, phpMyAdmin, or FTP. This new workflow is the culmination of those efforts delivered as a free end-to-end solution for the WordPress community.”
Customers who have purchased the pro version may still opt for pushing and pulling directly between sites, but this new workflow makes it easier for users (both free and paid) to set up a local development environment for the first time.
“When we realized how much simpler we could make the remote-to-local workflow by embracing full-site exports, we reached out to the Local team who helped make it happen,” Hoffman said.
The WP Migrate team is looking at expanding the integration beyond matching the WordPress, PHP, and MySQL versions to give users the ability to predefine migration profiles for pushing local sites back to the remote host.
“When configuring an export, we could also let users set up one-click admin access in Local,” he said. “Imagine dropping a ZIP into Local and landing in WP Admin without ever having to log in. There are lots of possibilities, and I’m sure more will pop up as the community starts to use it.”
There are several ways to stop spam user registration in WordPress:
1. Use a plugin such as Akismet or Antispam Bee to filter out spam registration attempts.
2. Use a CAPTCHA plugin, such as Google reCAPTCHA or Really Simple CAPTCHA, to verify that a real person is registering on your site.
3. Limit the number of user registrations per IP address to prevent bulk registration attempts.
4. Use a security plugin, such as iThemes Security or Wordfence, to add additional layers of security to your site.
5. Block the IP address of spammer if you found any specific spammer IP.
6. Use a double opt-in process for new user registrations to confirm the email address of the registrant.
7. Keep your WordPress and plugins updated to the latest version to ensure that your site is protected against known security vulnerabilities.
It’s worth noting that no single solution will work for every website, so you may need to try a combination of these methods to effectively reduce spam and improve the security of your site.
1. Yoast SEO: Helps optimize your website for search engines and improve your search engine rankings.
2. Akismet Anti-Spam: Protects your website from spam comments.
3. WPForms: Enables you to create forms and surveys on your website.
4. WP Super Cache: Improves website performance by caching pages and posts.
5. Jetpack: A multi-functional plugin that offers security, performance, and design features for your website.
6. Google Analytics for WordPress: Enables you to track website traffic and user behavior.
7. WP Optimize: Optimizes your website’s database for better performance.
8. Yoast SEO for WordPress: Optimize your website for search engines
9. W3 Total Cache: Improve the user experience of your site by increasing server performance, reducing the download times and providing transparent content delivery network (CDN) integration.
10. BackupBuddy: Backup, restore and move your WordPress site to a new domain or server with ease.
11. Gravity Forms: A premium plugin that allows you to create advanced forms and surveys.
12. WP Smush: Optimizes images on your website to improve page load times.
13. All in One SEO Pack: An alternative to Yoast SEO that helps optimize your website for search engines.
14. Contact Form 7: A widely used plugin that enables you to create contact forms on your website.
15. Advanced Custom Fields: Allows you to add custom fields to your website’s post, pages and custom post types.
16. WP Security Audit Log: Keeps a log of all changes made to your website and alerts you to suspicious activity.
17. WP User Avatar: Allows users to upload and use avatars on your website.
18. UpdraftPlus: A backup and restore plugin that creates backups of your website files and database.
19. ShortPixel Image Optimizer: Optimize images, reduce page load time and save space.
20. Autoptimize: Optimizes your website’s code to improve page load times.
It is important to note that the best plugins for your website will depend on your specific needs, but these plugins are widely used and considered must-have for any WordPress website.
Gutenberg 15.0 was released this week with some exciting new features for working with blocks and an improved UI for managing controls in the inspector panel. This release marks the end of the block inspector tabs experiment, which is now stabilized in the plugin.
Users will notice that some blocks will now have separate tabs in the inspector for displaying settings and design controls, and optionally a list view tab that is included in the “off canvas navigation editor” experiment. Taking the block inspector tabs out of experimentation paves the way for the Navigation block’s off-canvas editor to become the default experience.
Version 15.0 introduces a new “paste styles” feature that works in a similar way to the “paste” or “paint” formatting function in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Users can click on any block, select “Copy block” from the menu in the block settings panel and then paste those styles onto another block using the “Paste Styles” menu item.
When using this feature, users may have to give the browser additional permissions in order to read from the clipboard. If permissions are denied, Gutenberg will display a warning snackbar to notify the user.
Another major feature in this release is the ability for users to give blocks “sticky” positioning on the page. This will keep the block in the viewport even when scrolling down the page. The sticky/fixed positioning sticks the block to the top of the direct parent block. It can be previewed on the frontend and equally as well inside the editor.
Gutenberg contributors concluded that although sticky positioning will be valuable for headers, footers, and creative instances, it is not likely to be used frequently. For this reason, it is de-emphasized in the UI. This is the first iteration of the sticky positioning feature, and contributors are tracking a list of follow-up tasks to improve it.
A few other important changes in this release include the following:
Edit block style variations from global styles (46343)
Constrain image sizing to the width of the container (45775)
Allow resizing the Site Editor’s sidebar and frame (46903)
Activate copy/cut shortcut in the site editor (45752)
If you want to take advantage of these new features before they land in WordPress core, you will need to have the Gutenberg plugin installed. Check out the 15.0 release post to visually explore the highlights with more videos and links to all the pull requests for the release.
These frameworks offer a variety of features, such as built-in page builders, advanced theme options, and pre-designed templates. It’s important to research each framework and compare its features to your project’s needs before making a decision. It’s also worth noting that many frameworks offer both a free and a paid version, so you can try out the framework before making a financial commitment.
To hide the Site Title and Tagline on a WordPress website, you can use the following methods:
1. Using CSS: Add the following code to your theme’s style.css file to hide the Site Title and Tagline:
.site-title, .site-description {
display: none;
}
2. Using a plugin: There are several plugins available in the WordPress repository that allow you to hide the Site Title and Tagline, such as “Hide Title and Tagline” or “Remove Title and Tagline”.
3. Using the Customizer: You can also hide the Site Title and Tagline from the Customizer. Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity and uncheck the “Display Site Title and Tagline” option.
4. Using code: add this code to your child theme functions.php file or using custom plugin:
There are several popular analytics plugins for WordPress, including:
1. Google Analytics for WordPress: This plugin allows you to easily add your Google Analytics tracking code to your website and view important stats within your WordPress dashboard.
2. MonsterInsights: This plugin is a popular choice for adding Google Analytics to your website, and it also includes additional features like ecommerce tracking, event tracking, and custom dimension tracking.
3. Jetpack: This plugin includes a variety of features, including analytics and website stats, which can be accessed via the WordPress dashboard.
4. WP-Statistics: This plugin provides detailed website analytics and statistics, including page views, visitors, and search engine referrals.
5. Matomo: This is an open-source analytics platform that you can host on your own server, and then use the plugin to integrate it with your WordPress site.
These are just a few options, and the best one for you will depend on your specific needs and preferences. It’s worth trying out a few different ones to see which one works best for you.
To change fonts in WordPress, you can use a plugin such as “Easy Google Fonts” or “Custom Fonts”. Both of these plugins allow you to easily change the fonts used on your website.
1. Install and activate the plugin on your WordPress site.
2. Go to Appearance > Customize in the WordPress dashboard.
3. Locate the font options in the Customizer and select the desired font for your site.
4. Save your changes.
Alternatively, you can also change the font directly by editing the CSS of your theme.
1. Go to Appearance > Editor.
2. Locate the CSS file you want to edit.
3. Add the code to change the font.
4. Save your changes.
You can also use CSS class and id to change font for specific elements.
WordPress’ Performance Team met this week with the express purpose of responding to Matt Mullenweg’s recent request to stop adding functionality to the Performance Lab plugin which could otherwise work as a standalone plugin.
At the end of December 2022, the Performance Team published instructions for how to test the new SQLite implementation, which was bundled into the Performance Lab plugin as a module. Mullenweg commented on the post, indicating he saw the SQLite functionality as better suited to becoming a standalone community plugin:
Can we please make this its own community plugin, hopefully to become a canonical one, and stop putting additional things like this into Performance Lab — it feels like we’re stuffing things into PL unnecessarily.
In mid-October I have requested that we stop this unnecessary bundling before with @tweetythierry around WebP, which was put into Performance Lab, so it is disappointing that another large function like SQLite was bundled into Performance Lab plugin.
In an effort to galvanize a base of testers for upcoming performance features, the Performance Team has leaned towards bundling new performance-related functionality into the plugin. Although they are already developed as self-contained modules so they can be easily extracted as individual plugins, the concern is that their visibility would be greatly reduced. The Performance Lab plugin has more than 30,000 active installs. Any standalone plugin would take time to build up to a user base, whereas functionality added to Performance Lab has an instant audience.
“Agreed that there are definitely valid use cases for stand alone plugins, remaining mindful of some of the advantages of a single hub plugin such as development/maintenance, adoption, promotion, developer onboarding/contribution etc. which the Performance Lab facilitates well today as a central performance focus community hub plugin,” Performance Team contributor Thierry Muller said in response to the unbundling request.
Option 1: Keep PL as is, but additionally deploy modules as individual plugins
Option 2: Make PL a “wrapper†focused on central infrastructure and recommendation of individual plugins
Option 3: Deprecate PL completely in favor of individual plugins
Option 3 seems to be the least attractive to those who participated in this week’s discussion, as it introduces more hurdles for discoverability. Performance Team contributor Felix Arntz noted that one benefit of option 1 is the plugin would continue to work as-is for the 30K people who currently have it installed and that option 2 “would require a complex migration that users likely would not understand.”
WordPress developer Jonny Harris suggested that having each functionality in its own plugin helps with testing but also asked what defines a module.
“Would the current Site Health checks all be together, for example?” Harris asked. “SQLite and WebP are clearly their own modules, but what about smaller things?”
Arntz suggested contributors continue the discussion regarding the scope of how the current modules could be distributed as plugins. He suggested every module could become its own plugin where some modules become standalone plugins and others would be grouped together into a few “topic specific” plugins.
Contributors are discussing the different approaches in more detail on a GitHub issue and will be voting on the best approach. The vote will be open until Friday, January 20, 2023.
