Elementor Custom HTML Widget doesn’t render the iframe code
Have you embedded iframe code into the Elementor Custom HTML Widget but noticed it doesn’t render/populate on the frontend or page source? Read moreLoopback or REST API Request errorΙ’ve recently found out about this bug on a client site. The issue was resolved by building a custom iframe Elementor widget. Contact me to solve the … Read more
Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability in Elementor
The authors of the Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress have just released version 3.6.3 to address a critical remote code execution flaw that may impact as many as 500,000 websites. Although exploiting the flaw requires authentication, its critical severity is given by the fact that anyone logged into the vulnerable website can exploit it, … Read more
Lack of CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization)
Last week I got a request from a client to add some testimonial widgets on an already full of testimonials page that apparently “is not converting”. When I was SEO Manager for WesternUnion.com we had to make a business case for each proposal we wanted to introduce. How many conversions do we expect? How much … Read more
Migration issues
My latest WP Migration projects were: 3 WP sites (built with Elementor, WP Bakery, 2 of which nested into the 3rd WP -main domain-). Additionally, I’ve transferred a British Woocomerce website amounting to 32GB of data. There’s no limit to the website size that I can transfer. Issues you might encounter during a website migration: … Read more
Mistakes regarding website speed
here is a job posted on a forum: Hello we are looking for someone who can improve a website speed: (Romanian domain hidden) We want someone who can do better than plugins. The website is basically a landing page, 1 page only, so we are seeking a grade A. Read moreLoopback or REST API Request … Read more
How to clear the Cache on Cloudways
WordPress Object Caching is the process of saving query results of the database, so when a new request is generated, it is served from the cache memory to accelerate the completion of the request. WordPress is a Content Management System; hence, it relies extensively on a database. It means that your application database must be … Read more
How to Block Bot Traffic
Have you ever gone through your server logs and discovered those aggressive spiders that your servers at crazy request rates? Here is a quick list of known bots to be inserted into robots.txt User-agent: AhrefsBot Disallow: / User-agent: BLEXBot Disallow: / User-agent: Ezooms Disallow: / User-agent: MJ12bot Disallow: / User-agent: Majestic-12 Disallow: / User-agent: Majestic-SEO … Read more
WP Widgets now use Block Editor
The recent WordPress update changed the way to edit the widgets on this page: wp-admin/widgets.php Instead of having the classic widgets dashboard Read moreLoopback or REST API Request erroryou now work with a problematic block editor to manage the widgets To restore the old functionality that made sense just find the file functions.php in your … Read more
MySQL error token mismatch
MySQL error token mismatch when you connect to a database in PHPMyadmin. if the browser cookies don’t match the error: token mismatch comes up Read moreDatabase connection error Reasons that generate this error: 1. the /tmp directory is full. Run the command df -h on a server terminal, empty the directory contents when you find … Read more