MainWP Blog - Sebastian Moran

The AMP project from Google might be killed off in the future. Currently, the official AMP plugin does not have an uninstall option or a UI to remove posts and options that the plugin will store in the site’s database. The option to search for in phpMyAdmin would be using the following option name; amp-options Then once the AMP option has been found you select and then delete it. To delete the posts that the AMP plugin had created then Continue reading the post...

If you have been using SEO plugin on your site for a while then it is worth checking the alternative SEO plugin options that are now available. Most of the commonly used SEO plugins include migration options such as SEOPress, Rank Math SEO, and SEO Framework (TSF). In this post, we will cover two of the most heavily used plugins for SEO on WordPress sites. After you have installed and activated the SEOPress plugin on your site you will be Continue reading the post...

There will be times when you want to easily display a dashboard message for a client in wp-admin. An example of why you would want to have a specific dashboard message display would be to remind a client about a change or a new feature that was added to the site. The easiest way to achieve this is to use the WP Dashboard Messages plugin. Once the plugin has been installed and activated it will add a new admin menu; Continue reading the post...

Improving your site’s checkout to improve the experience for customers can be a complex ordeal. One of the newest options to improve your WooCommerce store’s checkout experience is using Perfect Checkout. Perfect Checkout uses headless technology to replace the store’s standard checkout page that uses WooCommerce with an improved version. You can test out a demo of the Perfect Checkout experience. Perfect Checkout includes a number of features including; Completely responsive (pixel perfect on all browsers/devices) Automatically save user details Continue reading the post...

If you have a WooCommerce store then it is key to make sure you have working site emails and the best way at making sure that happens is using a transactional email provider. MailerSend is a service that just released a plugin for WooCommerce which has a number of solid features. After you have installed and activated the plugin it will add a new sub-menu item in wp-admin; WooCommerce > MailerSend The next step to get going to use MailerSend Continue reading the post...

WordPress version 5.8 was released on the 20th of July which made a change for the block editor to be used as the default editor when working with widgets. The block editor on widgets can be much slower to load and will load more requests in wp-admin so it can make it a much slower experience. When using the block editor on widgets it can be as many as 231 requests and take 2.5 seconds to load. Using the classic Continue reading the post...

WooCommerce recently found a critical security issue that was reported that affects all versions of WooCommerce from branches 3.3 to 5.5. You may have already noticed an email with the subject line Action required: Critical vulnerability in WooCommerce that went out around 7pm EST. The most current version of WooCommerce is 5.5.1 but patched versions for branches 3.3 up to version 5.5 have also been released. WordPress.org has the ability to push out automatic plugin updates for security reasons so Continue reading the post...

Taking over an existing site for a client which is infected with malware can be a complex mess to deal with and to get the site clean and free of malware. Luckily there are a number of security and malware scanning plugins that will help with being able to clean up the site. The iThemes Security Pro plugin includes a number of security features and includes a site scanner that will scan WordPress core and plugins for files that should Continue reading the post...

Having your site send reliable site email can be a mess to deal with. There is now a new service with a plugin called WP Mail Pro. The pricing for WP Mail Pro is very reasonable the free plan includes up to 1,000 emails a month, the lite plan includes 10,000 emails a month, the basic plan is up to 50,000 emails a month and if you need to be able to send even more emails from your site then Continue reading the post...

If you are using WooCommerce on your site and want to create a thank you page for when an order has been created one of the easiest plugins to use is NextMove Lite – Thank You Page for WooCommerce. After you have installed and activated the plugin it will add a new submenu item in wp-admin under; WooCommerce > Thank You Page Default thank you page will be created automatically after the plugin has been installed you can then edit Continue reading the post...