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Care and backups
August 6, 2026
A site can go down in the middle of the night or the middle of a campaign. Without monitoring you find out from a customer, or not at all. We explain how uptime monitoring works and why to have it.
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Legal and compliance
August 5, 2026
A contact form, cookies, a newsletter, if you collect any data, GDPR applies to you. Without legal jargon we explain what to actually take care of on your site.
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Security
August 5, 2026
XML-RPC is an old WordPress mechanism that today serves attackers more often than site owners. We explain in plain words what it is and when it is safe to disable.
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Security
August 4, 2026
Bots try to guess your panel password non-stop. We explain how a brute-force attack works and five things that close the door on it.
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Hosting and domains
August 4, 2026
One day, instead of your site, customers see a big red warning. Usually the culprit is an expired SSL certificate. We explain what it means and how not to be caught out.
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Email and DNS
August 3, 2026
Three mysterious acronyms decide whether your emails reach the inbox or spam, and whether someone can impersonate your domain. We explain them without jargon.
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