One of the unsung ‘water carriers’ of the internet is the Client URL (cURL) library. In fact, almost every ‘thing’ that uses the internet will use cURL. It even has fans beyond our atmosphere. It’s a collection of software that lets you transfer data with URLs, and WordPress uses it when it makes Application Programming Interface (API) request. If this…. Continue Reading
How to Fix the ‘Upload: Failed to Write File to Disk’ Error
If you’re new to the world of file permissions in WordPress, know that this can affect a number of interconnected elements of your site. If those permissions change into something more restrictive, and the server can’t access certain files, you’ll see an error. The ‘Upload: Failed to Write File to Disk’ error and its equivalents is one such issue that…. Continue Reading
How to Fix ‘Another Update is Currently in Progress’ Error in WordPress
Lots of your site maintenance time will involve updating WordPress’ core, themes, and plugins. This is a necessary task that protects your site and makes it more secure. However, while the process often goes without a hitch, on some occasions, you see the ‘Another Update is Currently in Progress’ error. WordPress will typically ‘lock’ the database when it carries out…. Continue Reading
WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: Key Differences and How to Choose in 2023
Struggling to understand the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org and which one is the best place to make your WordPress site? This has long been one of the most confusing things for WordPress newbies. Trust me – you are not alone. To aggravate the issue even more, the differences between WordPress.org vs WordPress.com have been blurring and slimming as time…. Continue Reading
How to Improve the Speed of Your WordPress Site – the Ultimate Guide
Do you want to improve the speed of your WordPress site? If so, you’re in the right place! In this guide, we’ll discuss exactly why it’s important to make your site load as fast as possible. We’ll take a look at some common factors that can slow down your WordPress site and what you can do to optimize it and…. Continue Reading
Best WordPress Resources For First Time WordPress Users
The popularity of WordPress knows no bounds. Only a few years ago, we lauded that 1 in 5 websites used the platform. Now it’s almost 45 percent. It’s a staggering number, but engulfed by the sheer number of WordPress resources – themes, plugins, hosts, podcasts, and blogs – there are. At WPKube, we come across a lot of WordPress-related tools…. Continue Reading
How to Fix an Invalid JSON Error in WordPress
Unlike other errors, and invalid JSON error in WordPress is straightforward to understand and fix. For the unaware, this appears when WordPress can’t communicate with the web server while you work within the Block Editor. The server’s responses come in the JSON format, which explains the error. Fixing the issue shouldn’t take more than a few minutes, and will be…. Continue Reading
LearnDash vs LifterLMS: What is the Better Course Building Plugin?
Selling online courses is one of the best ways to monetize your WordPress site. In this guide to LearnDash vs LifterLMS, I’ll compare two of the top course building plugins to determine the best one based on three criteria: Features Ease of use Value By the end of this article, you should know whether LearnDash or LifterLMS is the better…. Continue Reading
How to Upload PDF Files to WordPress
When it comes to WordPress media types, the lion’s share of attention goes to images and video. This does make sense, but misses out a valuable and helpful file type that you might want to reconsider – the Portable Document Format (PDF). The good news is that it’s simple to upload PDF files to WordPress and display them. Now the…. Continue Reading
4 of the Leading Gmail Alternatives Available (And Why You’d Want to Use One)
It’s hard to browse the web without some aspect of Google’s ecosystem trailing behind. Alphabet’s number one company has a hand in almost all aspects of the web. Email is one of them, although Google’s version is young when you compare it to some of the Gmail alternatives on the market. What’s more, other providers could offer a better fit…. Continue Reading
