“mysqli_real_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch” on WordPress

In the last week or so (it is now mid April 2016), the message “mysqli_real_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch” has started appearing at the top of a lot of WordPress sites. This is also preventing people from getting to their wp-admin login pages, so it is a pretty tricky thing to fix […]

WordPress WebSite Manager – Why You Need One

What is a WordPress WebSite Manager?  Why do you need one? There is a pattern to a successful web site. First you get a great idea.  You hire a web site builder, or build it yourself, and create a new WordPress web site.  You probably try to spend as little money on this as possible, […]

Yoast SEO Meta Descriptions

Yoast SEO Meta Descriptions - How to update the meta description following the latest (V3) release of Yoast SEO for WordPress.

How To Add A Video To Your WordPress Site

Adding a video to a WordPress page or post can be a little confusing. Here is what I do, and why.

WordPress Tutorial: How to add an image to a page or post

To add an image to a page or post, first you need to upload the image to WordPress.  This video tutorial will show you how to do that. Here is a video to show you how then to add that image to a page or post.  You can also upload the image at this point, […]

WordPress Tutorial – How to add an image from your computer

[wpmudev-video video=”add-image-from-pc”] This video will show you how you can add an image to your WordPress site, that you have stored on your computer.

The top seven reasons you should be using WordPress to set up your web site

1 – Content, Content, Content! Adding new material to your internet sites is essential to getting social traffic, organic traffic and encouraging your visitors to purchase. In a WordPress blog site you can include short articles in a structured method (with categories), you can arrange them to appear at a date in the future and […]

SoakSoak WordPress Malware – What You Need To Know

[svpVideo v=1] Here is what you need to do if you are worried about SoakSoak WordPress Malware Virus Hack. SoakSoak appeared in mid December 2014.  At the time of writing (17 December) it has already infected over 100,000 WordPress sites.  It appears to be exploiting a vulnerability in RevSlider, and can infect not only the […]

Add Snow to your WordPress site this Christmas

There is a cool little thing that has been added to WordPress – snow! Now (well, after 1 December anyway) you can add snow to your WordPress site. Have a look in Settings->General in your admin menu. Scroll right now to the bottom.  Do you see this? Yes?  Cool.  Tick it then click Save Changes […]

And the Sequel – How To Upload a Video To YouTube and Embed it on your WordPress Site

Following on from yesterday’s post, here is how I got the video from my computer to my blog.  Via YouTube.

Security notifications in WordPress

I don’t normally write posts that are aimed only at my clients, but I have had a number of people ask me about this lately, and they are not all my clients.  So I hope this helps a few people! If you have the Sucuri security plugin on your WordPress site, or any other software […]

Pages vs Posts – What is the difference between a Page and a Post in WordPress?

One question I am often asked by beginner users of WordPress is What is the difference between a Page and a Post. A post is like a newspaper.  They have a date, and appear (usually) with the latest one first.  They should be used for information that might become outdated. A page, however, is for […]