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Why Choose WordPress in 2024
In 2020, we published a post titled '3 Simple Reasons to Use WordPress', highlighting scalability, flexibility, and ownership as the key factors that make WordPress an excellent choice for site owners. These reasons remain as valid as ever in 2024 and we would like to take those core reasons and expand a bit on the…
Top WordPress Managed Hosting Providers for Your WordPress Site
Have you ever noticed how some WordPress sites run smoother, load faster, and have minimal downtime? A large contributor to this is their choice of hosting - specifically, managed hosting for WordPress. This managed hosting is built to optimize every aspect of your site, from speed to security, to ensure peak performance, not just keep…
WordPress Events in 2024 That Should Be On Your Radar
The best way to stay on top of the latest happenings in the WordPress world is to be a part of the diverse and ever-growing community. This year, there are a ton of exciting WordPress events lined up, each with unique opportunities to learn, connect, and grow. Whether you're a developer, a designer, a content…
3 Simple Reasons to Use WordPress
Over the past decade, I've seen many businesses and nonprofits tempted by all-in-one solutions or oversimplified online website builders. I'm talking about tools like Wix or Shopify. The idea of having an A-Z ecosystem or super simple website builder is great in theory. But the majority of organizations that take this route find that they…
How to get Google Maps API for your WordPress Website
Occasionally, we get these questions: Where can I find Google Maps API? How can I register it? So here is a step-by-step guide on how to get Google Maps API. Getting Google Maps API First, you will need to visit the Google Cloud platform here. And then, sign in to your Google account. Once you…
How to Add a New User to Google Analytics
When you want to share access to your Google Analytics account, you should not share your username and password. The best way to go about sharing access to a new vendor -- if it's for web development, SEO, marketing, or anything else -- is to add them as new users. It's super easy. Here's how…
Cloudflare Page Rules and Firewall
Cloudflare is a useful tool, and even with the free version, you get plenty of options. It is also a service that we gladly recommend to all our clients. Redirects Among other things with Cloudflare you can set page rules, so you can add a quick redirect. It is easy as selecting a Forwarding URL…
How to add a simple Pop-up to your WordPress Website
You want to add a simple Pop-up to your WordPress website. But you are not sure how to do it properly. Do you need custom code, or is there an easier way to do it? Custom coding might be fun and interesting for some. But most website managers will do a web search for the…
How Do You Share Access to Your GoDaddy Account?
If you're hosting your website on GoDaddy, there is an easy way to share access to the account if you need help with DNS or other settings. And here is a way to share access with vendors or developers without sharing your direct login information. It's always best to use the sharing tools built within…
A Case for WordPress Plugins
Here at Valet, we’ve helped support hundreds of websites over the years. Everything from one-page business card sites, to full web app style sites that support thousands of users daily. Through all of that, we’ve learned a few different things about plugins that I would like to share with you. This recently came to light…
Making Your Site Accessible, Easy as 1-2-WCAG
You’re sold on the idea of making your website accessible. You understand that web accessibility boosts traffic and conversions. And you understand U.S. law requires accessibility. So you’re ready—and in fact eager—to make your website accessible to all visitors. But how? First, acquire a tool to analyze and score the accessibility of your website. Except…
Take Your Website Beyond What the Eye Beholds—How to Have a Truly Unique Website
This is an article about having a unique website. But before we get to that, first we need to talk about cars. The magazine Popular Mechanics ran a story about how cars in recent years have come to all look the same. The article explained that this uniformity comes from the need to strike a…
Marketing & Content, Tech Talk
When “Maintenance” is a misnomer
I've got a long history of many feelings about the word "maintenance". I've run the gambit from loving it to hating it and everything in between. My CoFounder even wrote a blog post at one point and time about how we had temporarily banned the word from our company vocabulary. As the original WordPress maintenance…
Website exceeding traffic limits— is it real, or is it bots?
Most of the WordPress hosting companies track the number of visits for the website. Then based on that they set pricing plans. Here is the common scenario: the website was running for years on one hosting plan. Then, you received an email saying that your visits are UP and the website is exceeding traffic limits.…
Granting Agencies Access to your Website and Site Supporting Infrastructure
One of the first things you do when onboarding with a new agency that will do some work on your website is grant them access to various things. Before granting them full access to everything, you should think through what they need to do and what level of access is needed in order for the…