3 Top Tips for Solopreneur Success
It can be argued that the solopreneur life is not for the fainthearted, and yet today, there are some 20 million solopreneurs in America alone. And with so many awesome advantages of…
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Private: How to Create a Simple Slider with JavaScript
Learn how to build a simple slider with JavaScript. Fade transitions, arrows, pager, and autoplay — no jQuery or dependencies needed.
Disable default WP cron job for performance (and do it the right way)
TL;DR: WordPress’ built‑in cron (WP‑Cron) runs on page loads. On busy sites it can add overhead; on quiet sites it can miss…
Do Deactivated WordPress Plugins Slow Down Site?
TL;DR: Not on the front end in the way most people think. WordPress only loads active plugins during a request, so a…
How to configure WordPress SMTP without plugin
TL;DR: You don’t need a plugin to send WordPress email over SMTP. Define SMTP creds in wp-config.php and hook phpmailer_init in your…
Disable WordPress automatically creating image sizes
Have you ever looked inside the uploads folder of WordPress site and saw a lot of almost the same image files? Do…
How to create simple slider with jQuery
There are plenty of great jQuery slider plugins/scripts out there, like bxSlider, but what if you need just simple slideshow and don’t…
Redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS
If you just acquired your SSL certificate and set it up, chances are that you will need to force the website to…
Smooth scroll to element using jQuery
If you are currently developing one page website, or just having a page where you navigate to certain elements, chances are that…
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