How we roll out a major WordPress update without breaking your site
Minor releases install themselves. Major releases deserve a process. This is the staged rollout we use across every site in our care.
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The Nicardo blog
News and notes from the WordPress world.
Updates on the technology we work with every day: WordPress core, performance, security, hosting and the craft of keeping sites healthy.
A backup you have never restored is not a backup
Most WordPress sites have a backup plugin installed. Far fewer have ever tested one. Here is the 3-2-1 rule and how we apply it to WordPress.
Read article →Your host says your PHP version is out of date. Here is what that means
That email from your hosting company is not spam. PHP versions have a limited support life, and upgrading is one of the cheapest speed and security wins available.
Read article →How WordPress sites actually get hacked (it is usually a plugin)
WordPress core is rarely the weak point. Out-of-date plugins, reused passwords and abandoned themes are. A practical look at where the real risk sits.
Read article →Core Web Vitals in plain English: LCP, INP and CLS
Three metrics decide whether Google considers your pages a good experience. Here is what each one measures and the WordPress fixes that usually move them.
Read article →From one freelancer to a team of ten: what changed and what didn’t
Nicardo Infotech started as one person and a laptop. Here is what growing into a ten-person WordPress team changed about how we work, and the parts we refused to change.
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