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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…
Marketing & Content, Tech Talk
How to Create and Use a Loom Account
Good communication is one of our core values here at Valet, and we're happy to utilize whatever tools make communication easier, more effective, and more efficient. Loom, a video messaging app, is one of those tools for both our team and our clients. We often use Loom to show a client new functionality on their…
What’s so important about a Privacy Policy?
What is a privacy policy, and why does my website need one? A privacy policy is a legal document, required by privacy laws, that communicates how an organization or website collects, uses, discloses, and manages the data shared by a client or user. In the case of a website, this means any information that a…
How To Disable A Plugin For Specific Pages And Posts
Occasionally, we come across a challenging scenario where two plugins are at odds with each other. To properly address the conflict, a significant amount of effort would be required, but in the meantime you probably need a quick fix. If the conflict is noticeable on a particular webpage or post, it may be worth considering…
Marketing & Content, Tech Talk
The Best WordPress Maintenance Services, and What You Should Look For
WordPress is free, open-source software, which makes it one of the most powerful, flexible content management systems (CMS) on the web. But that also means it doesn’t come with official support. In other words, if you run into a problem with your WordPress site, you’re on your own to solve it – whether it’s related…
Marketing & Content, Tech Talk
Complete Guide to Getting WordPress Help
If you’ve decided to use WordPress to power your website, you’ll likely need some help staying on top of everything. Picture the scene: You need WordPress help, but WordPress help isn’t easy to come by. Why not? WordPress has achieved such a prominent place in the internet ecosystem because it’s free, open-source software, which means…
Can I host a video on my WordPress website?
Short answer: yes, you can host a video on your WordPress website. You can try to upload it through the Media section under WP-admin. And that might work depending on the size of the video file, timeout values of the server, and max upload limit. In case you are trying to upload a larger video…
Registering reCAPTCHA and adding it to Gravity Forms
Annoying bots and pesky spam messages aren't things that anyone wants. Therefore below, I created a guide on how you can add reCAPTCHA to your Gravity Forms to prevent those pesky spam messages. Register reCAPTCHA The first step is to register reCAPTCHA under Google. For that, you will need access to your Google Account, and…
How Do You Share Access to Your WP Engine Website?
WP Engine has been a long-time personal favorite of mine. It was one of the very first WordPress centric managed hosts and they continue to improve their hosting services. One of my all-time favorite improvements was when they added the ability to spin-up development and staging versions of websites. This makes it possible for proper…
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…