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Managing WordPress
All websites require management and maintenance. WordPress maintenance is vital to keeping your WordPress site up-to-date and fully protected. This section provides tutorials on managing your WordPress site or blog. You will learn how to easily manage and maintain your own web presence, how to keep your WordPress site, themes, and plugins up-to-date, how to backup your WordPress files and database with automated tools, and how to troubleshoot common WordPress errors.
WordPress Management Tutorials – Categories
Click on the links below to view detailed tutorials on managing your WordPress website or blog listed by categories:
WordPress Maintenance Tutorials
Every website needs regular maintenance. WordPress software, themes, and plugins need updating. This module contains tutorials on WordPress maintenance ...
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WordPress Administration Tutorials
WordPress provides many options inside the WordPress dashboard. Learn how to manage and perform WordPress administration tasks ...
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WordPress Content Management Tutorials
WordPress is a content management system. Learn how to manage this system and you will easily manage your content. This module contains tutorials on managing your content in WordPress ...
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WordPress Theme Management
Our free WordPress theme management tutorials show you how to install, customize, and manage WordPress themes ...
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WordPress Backups
Good website management involves performing regular backups of your files and data. This module contains tutorials on managing your WordPress backups ...
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WordPress File Management Tutorials
Your WordPress installation files need to be managed effectively and securely. This module contains tutorials on managing your WordPress installation files ...
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WordPress Database Management Tutorials
All WordPress data is stored inside a database on your server. This module contains tutorials on WordPress database management ...
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WordPress Data, File & Site Recovery Tutorials
Serious problems can cause loss of your WordPress data, files, or even your entire site. These tutorials show you how to recover WordPress data and files ...
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How To Troubleshoot And Fix Common WordPress Errors
Sometimes you will experience problems that need fixing on your site. This module contains tutorials on how to troubleshoot and fix common WordPress errors ...
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WordPress Management Tutorials
Click on the links below to view all of our WordPress management and maintenance tutorials:
How To Fix WordPress Stuck On “Briefly Unavailable For Scheduled Maintenance” Error
Is your WordPress site stuck with a "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance" error message? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to fix this ...
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How To Back Up Your WordPress Database Using phpMyAdmin
Learn how to backup your WordPress database using phpMyAdmin ...
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How To Change The Admin Username In WordPress
The default WordPress username admin poses a security risk to your WordPress site. Learn how to change the admin username in WordPress for improved security ...
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How To Fix WordPress Fatal Errors
Are you experiencing "Fatal Error" messages in WordPress? Here are some of the more common WordPress fatal errors you may come across and how to fix these ...
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How To Backup WordPress Files Using FTP
Learn how to backup your WordPress files using FTP ...
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How To Back Up Your WordPress Database Using Backup Wizard
Learn how to backup your WordPress database using cPanel's Backup Wizard ...
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How To Edit Your WordPress Theme Using The WordPress Theme Customizer
Learn how to customize the appearance of your WordPress theme using the WordPress Theme Customizer and WordPress Live Preview feature ...
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What Causes WordPress Errors?
Learn about some of the most common causes of WordPress errors and how to address these ...
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WP Total Audit – Find And Fix Common WordPress Errors
Find and fix common WordPress errors with WP Total Audit ...
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How To Redirect Links In WordPress
Need to point links to new destination URLs? This tutorial explains how to redirect links in WordPress ...
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Backup Creator – WordPress Backup Plugin
Backup Creator is an easy-to-use plugin that allows you to backup your WordPress data, clone your websites, and protect your sites against data loss ...
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WP Master Control – Multiple WordPress Site Management
WP Master Control lets you manage multiple WordPress sites with ease ...
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How To Fix The WordPress ‘Are You Sure You Want To Do This?’ Error
Learn how to troubleshoot and fix the WordPress 'Are you sure you want to do this?' error in this tutorial ...
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How To Fix Missed Scheduled WordPress Posts
Has a scheduled WordPress post failed to publish on your site? Learn how to fix missed scheduled WordPress posts ...
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How To Fix WordPress Keeps Logging Out Problem
Do you keep getting logged out of WordPress? Learn how to fix the WordPress keeps logging out problem in this tutorial ...
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How To Manage WordPress Users – WordPress User Management Guide
Learn about WordPress user roles and capabilities and how to manage users on your WordPress site or blog ...
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How To Add, Protect, And Manage Downloadable Files In WordPress
Learn how to better plan, add, protect, manage, and share downloadable files and content in WordPress ...
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How To Delete A WordPress MySQL Database
Learn how to delete a MySQL database in cPanel ...
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WordPress Troubleshooting Tools
Learn about tools that can help you troubleshoot and fix problems, issues, and errors with your WordPress site ...
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How To Update WordPress Automatically From The WordPress Dashboard
Learn how to update your WordPress installation automatically from your WordPress dashboard ...
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How To Detect And Repair Broken Links In WordPress
Managing broken links is an important part of website maintenance. In this tutorial, we show you how to find and fix broken links in WordPress ...
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How To Reset Your WordPress Password
Learn how to retrieve a lost, misplaced or forgotten password or username in order to regain access to your website or blog ...
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How To Update WordPress Manually Using FTP
Learn how to update your WordPress installation manually using FTP ...
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WordPress File Management – Backup Your WordPress Files
Learn how to manage your WordPress file backups using various file backup methods ...
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How To Put Your WordPress Site In Maintenance Mode
Learn how to put your WordPress site in maintenance mode ...
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How To Fix WordPress 403 Forbidden Error
Are you getting a 403 Forbidden error message on your WordPress site? This tutorial shows you how to troubleshoot and fix this issue ...
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WordPress Software Management
Our WordPress software management tutorials show you how to keep your WordPress installation software up-to-date ...
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WordPress Maintenance Checklist
Use this WordPress maintenance checklist to help you perform a complete WordPress maintenance routine ...
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How To Update And Delete WordPress Plugins
Learn how to update and delete WordPress plugins inside your WordPress dashboard ...
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Using Post Categories To Improve WordPress SEO, User Navigation & Content Layout
Learn how to improve SEO, user navigation, and the content layout of your website or blog using post categories ...
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How To Delete WordPress
Learn how to delete your WordPress site and remove your WordPress installation files and data from your domain and server ...
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How To Manage WordPress Themes
Learn how to manage, update, and delete WordPress themes in this tutorial ...
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How To Install WordPress Plugins Manually
Learn how to install WordPress plugins manually in this step-by-step tutorial ...
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RoboForm – Password Management Tool
RoboForm is a powerful password management tool that lets you easily store all of your login passwords and generate secure passwords ...
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How To Convert WordPress Post Categories Into Tags And Vice Versa
Learn how to use the WordPress Categories and Tags Converter tool to convert categories into tags and vice versa. ...
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How To Manage WordPress Content
Learn how to manage WordPress content. Our step-by-step tutorials show you how to add, delete, maintain, update, and protect your content using WordPress ...
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How To Update And Delete WordPress Plugins Manually
Learn how to update and delete your WordPress plugins manually in this step-by-step tutorial ...
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WordPress Troubleshooting Guide
Learn how to troubleshoot and fix common WordPress errors using our WordPress Troubleshooting Guide ...
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Offsite Data Backup System
Learn about setting up and using offsite (i.e. external) storage services like Amazon S3 cloud storage ...
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How To Migrate Your WordPress Website To Another Web Host
Learn how to easily migrate your site using a WordPress migration plugin ...
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How To Manage WordPress Comments
Learn how to manage WordPress comments in this step-by-step tutorial. ...
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How To Reinstall Your WordPress Site
Learn how to reinstall your WordPress site in this step-by-step tutorial ...
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WordPress Maintenance – Getting Organized
Learn how to create a system on your hard drive for downloading, archiving, and retrieving your WordPress data and files ...
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How To Backup WordPress Files Using Backup Wizard
Learn how to backup your WordPress files using cPanel's Backup Wizard ...
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Monitor Website Health From Your WordPress Dashboard
In this tutorial, we explore free WordPress plugins that can help you monitor your website's health from your WordPress dashboard ...
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How To Customize Your WordPress 404 Error Page
Learn how to customize your WordPress 404 error page using WordPress 404 plugins ...
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How To Fix General WordPress Errors
Learn how to troubleshoot and fix general WordPress errors ...
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How To Update WordPress Manually Using cPanel
Learn how to update your WordPress installation manually using cPanel ...
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