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Automatic daily backup or your own copy: which one saves you, and when

Short answer: they are not alternatives, they cover different problems. The automatic daily backup handles most everyday disasters (a deleted file, a plugin that broke the site). Your own copy,…

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The scan says clean but the site still redirects: where an infection hides

The short answer: a scan only sees what it knows how to recognise. A modern infection hides outside the files you look at first (in the database, in an .htaccess,…

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Image optimisation and WebP

Images are often the heaviest part of a page. WebP is an image format made by Google that usually keeps the same look in fewer bytes than JPEG or PNG,…

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MySQL or MariaDB: which one runs here, and does it matter

Shared hosting here runs MariaDB, not Oracle’s MySQL Server. At the time of writing the version is 10.11.16. For almost every site that makes no difference: MariaDB started as a…

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Creating a database user and giving it the right privileges

A database without a user is no use to anyone, and a user with too many privileges is an open door. In cPanel you do it in MySQL Databases: create…

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The WooCommerce cart empties by itself or shows the wrong items

A customer adds a product to the cart, moves on, and the cart comes up empty. Or, worse, it shows items they never picked. Both are the same problem seen…

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Sending e-mail by SMTP or through an e-mail API: which suits your application

For a few messages (a contact form, the confirmations of a small shop), SMTP with a mailbox on your domain is enough. For large volumes, newsletters, or when you need…

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PostgreSQL or MySQL: which one for your project

If you are installing WordPress, Joomla, PrestaShop or another ready-made application, use MySQL (here, MariaDB): that is what those applications were written for. If you are writing your own application,…

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Google Analytics: setting it up and what to look at first

Google Analytics tells you how many people visit the site, where they come from and what they do there. It is a Google product, free to start with, that you…

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Which hosting plan for a blog: start small and know when to grow

For a new blog, the entry plan is enough. A blog is one of the lightest things you can put online: text, a few images and a small database. What…