Category Archives: WordPress Basics

Remove spam comments to reduce the database size

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I’ve talked before about how important it is to reduce the size of the WordPress database to make it more efficient, and showed two plug-ins recently to reduce the number of revisions  stored for each post in the database. But … Continue reading →

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Another way to backup your blog

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Having automated the database backup yesterday, the problem remains of what to do with the wp-content directory. Any images that you upload to your posts will usually be put here, as are the plug-ins and theme files, so having a … Continue reading →

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A better way to backup your blog

Posted on on by Graham Tappenden

Yesterday I showed you how to backup your blog manually. But that way means that you have to remember to regularly create the backups.  With a plug-in called “WP-DB-Backup” you can automate the process so that you don’t forget! Here … Continue reading →

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