The Best WordPress Migration Plugins

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Check out these plugins for migrating to and from WordPress, or between servers. Whole-Site WordPress Migrations These plugins will migrate your WordPress site from one server to another. All In One WP Migration ★ (requires payment for restoring files over 512MB) Install this plugin at your source, download an archive file, then import that file … Read more

The Best WordPress Media Library Management Plugins

These plugins help you manage your WordPress Media Library Happy Files This is the de-facto standard WordPress Media Library management plugin that lets you assign your media to category folders. No actual folders are created on your server; it’s just metadata. As a bonus, it includes a gallery shortcode and Gutenberg block to display images … Read more

The Best WordPress Multisite Migration and Management Plugins

I don’t recommend WordPress Multisite except for some very specific use cases. Read why here. If you must use Multisite, here are some plugins that can help. Multisite Migration Plugins Many of the most popular WordPress migration plugins don’t work on Multisite (at least most free versions don’t). Here are some plugins, paid and free, … Read more

The Best Plugins to Improve and Manage Your WordPress Posts

Check out these plugins to manage and improve your WordPress posts. Post Appearance Add Widget After Content Does just what it says. Great for adding email subscription forms right after your article content. Advanced Excerpt Use if you want more control over your post excerpts, like adding HTML. Secondary Title It’s good practice to have … Read more

The Best Privacy (GDPR/CCPA) Plugins for WordPress

Compliance with privacy laws is an important consideration for almost any website these days. Here are some plugins that can help you comply. Best Paid Solution Termageddon This is probably the closest thing to the “industry standard”. If you polled web developers for their preferred privacy solution, you’d probably get Termageddon as the winner. Cost … Read more

The Best WordPress Search Plugins

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The default WordPress search is bare-bones and leaves much to be desired. These plugins improve the WordPress search results and appearance. Better Search ★ One reviewer said this plugin should be standard for all WordPress installs. It’s a lightweight plugin that improves the search results appearance by highlighting the search terms, and sorting by relevance, … Read more

The Best WordPress Security Plugins

Any serious strategy for WordPress security should involve solutions at the server level. Still, these plugins can provide additional security benefits. Security and Scanning Plugins Ninja Firewall / Ninja Scanner I haven’t tried this plugin myself yet, but it comes highly recommended and has rave reviews. It processes incoming HTTP requests before most of the … Read more

The Best Social Media Sharing and Feed WordPress Plugins

These are the best WordPress plugins for displaying social sharing buttons and social feeds that I’ve found. Scriptless Social Sharing This is a super lightweight plugin for displaying the major social network sharing buttons (including Bluesky but not Threads). It just works with no JavaScript and no hassles. Note that it won’t show sharing buttons … Read more

The Best Plugins to Control User Access in WordPress

These plugins help you manage WordPress user roles, so you can control what capabilities different users have. Managing User Capabilities LoginWP This allows you to create rules to login redirect users for any role or capability type that you choose. For example, let’s say you want subscribers to see their own custom album page when … Read more

The Best Accessibility Plugins for WordPress

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No plugin can magically make your website accessible. But, these WordPress plugins can help. Able Player – An Accessible Media Player If you need an accessible media player on your site, check out the Able Player plugin. It features accessible controls for audio or video playback on your site. Divi Accessibility ★ (GitHub) This plugin … Read more

20 Ways to Make Your Divi Website More Accessible

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Web Accessibility compliance has become a “must” in today’s world, not only to serve your visitors but also to avoid expensive litigation by accessibility trolls. The Divi Theme/Builder is one of the most popular WordPress frameworks out there, yet, out of the box, it is not accessible, unfortunately. In this article, I’ll give you some … Read more

How to Fix a Corrupted Database in eM Client

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Occasionally, the database of my eM Client Windows email app will get corrupted, usually after the power goes out unexpectedly. It’s easy to panic in this situation because it won’t let you view your email until the problem is fixed. But, it’s often not disastrous since you usually have a copy of your email in … Read more

How to Add Social Icons to the Divi Main Menu

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It’s very common to want to add social icons to a website’s main menu. When using the Divi theme, you can do this by using the Divi Builder to create a custom menu. But, if you’re not already using a custom menu for other reasons, that might be more work than necessary. In this article, … Read more

How to Track Outbound Link Clicks in Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

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Google Analytics 4 has the ability to natively track outbound link clicks without the use of JavaScript or Google Tag Manager. Unfortunately, it makes you jump through some hoops to see the data. In the article, I’ll explain how to set up a Google Analytics 4 Exploration to track outbound link clicks on your website. … Read more