Here's how to disable auto-linking in WordPress comments and remove the comment author link. This will keep your comment section free of spam. Related to WordPress Comments: How to Allow Infinite Replies in WordPress Nested CommentsONE Cloudflare Firewall Rule to Block WordPress Comment … [Read more...]
How to Create a GA4 Events Report with Custom Parameters
Here's how to create a Google Analytics 4 (GA4) events report using the report builder with custom parameters. You must create a GA4 event in Google Tag Manager with custom parameters as a prerequisite. For this tutorial, I'm using a GA4 click event with the following parameters: Source … [Read more...]
How to Add Google Analytics 4 to Google Tag Manager
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How Cloudflare Makes Money
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Alternatives to the Free Ahrefs “Organic Keywords” Movement Report
On the 20th of September 2022, Ahrefs retired the free "Organic Keywords" report, including the "New" and "Movements" tabs. Previously, you could access them by clicking on the left-hand side links like this: Organic Keywords Movement Report Instead, they redirect users to the "Calendar … [Read more...]
[Fix] Cloudflare Blocking REST API Requests
Sometimes, Cloudflare blocks REST API requests and prevents WordPress from working correctly. I most commonly encounter this problem when the WordPress Gutenberg editor throws the following message: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response. Cloudflare Blocking REST API … [Read more...]
“HTTPS Not Evaluated” Error Can Fix Itself
After I published a post yesterday, I got the following error in the Google Search Console (GSC): "HTTPS not evaluated", under the "HTTPS is invalid and might prevent it from being indexed" link as shown here: HTTPS is Invalid and might prevent it from being indexed After clicking the … [Read more...]
It’s NOT Worth Hiring an SEO Expert
"SEO experts" are a rip-off. Especially for small businesses, you can easily throw away a good chunk of your profits. Hiring an SEO expert is not worth it because you can get the same services from a good content writer, a web designer, and SEO tools like Ahrefs and Screaming Frog. Don't waste … [Read more...]
How to Access HostGator with SSH: Tutorial
SSH is a valuable tool to quickly run commands on your HostGator server without logging into cPanel. Here's how to enable and access the HostGator SSH service. Prerequisites to Access HostGator SSH Before you connect to HostGator SSH, you need to have the following in place: Get Your … [Read more...]
Ezoic Slowed My Site by 400%
After integration, Ezoic slowed my website to a crawl. It increased the number of requests from 26 to 612, my Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) from 1.5s to 4.6s, and my first-byte time from 0.8s to 3.38s. This was an unacceptable price in terms of speed, and I ended up giving up, even after … [Read more...]