Every field guide, by topic

Your free certificate will not issue or renew. Read the validation error, then fix DNS, the Cloudflare proxy, blocked .well-known paths, CAA records, port 80 or rate limits.

Deleted a page, overwrote a post or broke a layout with one bad save? Get it back from the Trash, a revision, your page builder’s history or a backup, without rolling back the whole site.

UpdraftPlus backups that never finish, All-in-One WP Migration imports stuck or blocked by upload size, restores that fail halfway. Find the real limit from the log and get a working backup or move.

The new website is live but email has stopped. Changing nameservers moved your whole DNS zone, and the MX, SPF, DKIM and autodiscover records did not come with it. Here is how to put them back.

Your phone or Outlook keeps asking for the email password, or mail sits in the Outbox. Find out whether it is the password, the sign-in method, the server name or the port, and fix it.

Your new site launched but Google shows nothing. Check you are not blocking it, verify Search Console, submit a sitemap, inspect the home page and give Google time.

Your shared link shows an old picture, your logo, a random image or none at all. Check the og:image tag, fix the image itself, then make each platform scrape the page again.

GA4 suddenly shows zero or far fewer visitors. Check Search Console first to see whether people really stopped coming, then find the missing, duplicated or blocked tag.

Search Console or PageSpeed Insights says your LCP is too slow. Find the LCP element, see which of its four parts is slow, and fix the hero image, server time or render blocking.

Content jumps as the page loads and Search Console reports a CLS issue. Find the element that moves and why, then reserve space for images, embeds, ads, fonts and banners.

The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025. Work out whether your site is an in-scope service, whether the microenterprise exemption covers you, and what a practical plan looks like.

A calm, repeatable update routine for WordPress: what auto-updates and core rollback protection really do, what order to update in, what to test afterward and how to roll one plugin back.

Pages full of [vc_row] or [fusion_builder_container] codes, a builder that will not load, or updates you cannot get because nobody has the license. Identify the builder, get it running and sort out licensing on a site you took over.

Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy signs you in through GoDaddy and locks down the admin center. Learn how to confirm federation, weigh your options and move away in an order that keeps mail flowing.

Build a maintenance plan price from your own tool costs, measured hours and the risk each site carries, package it into clear tiers, and raise it without drama. No invented market rates, just a method and a worked example.

The site is done and the final invoice is overdue. Check your paperwork, chase politely on a schedule, offer a payment plan, pause new work, send a final notice, then use small claims or collections. Never take the site down or hold the domain.

An operating model for freelancers and agencies with dozens of client sites: one inventory, named accounts and client-owned logins, a standard stack, updates in waves with WP-CLI, tested backups, monitoring that reaches a person, and clean offboarding.

A vendor neutral way to choose a builder, block theme or classic theme for client sites: test handoff, license terms, lock-in with an exit test, exit cost, performance and accessibility on the same page, then score your shortlist.

You offer a free checklist or guide in exchange for an email address. Here is how to ask for consent honestly, confirm the address, deliver a link that arrives and keep the list healthy, whichever email service you use.

Missing, duplicate or cut-off titles and descriptions, no H1 or two of them, and headings that skip levels. What each one does for search engines and screen readers, and how to fix it in Rank Math, Yoast and your page builder.