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WordPress 7.1 lands on 19 August with responsive styling and hover states built into the editor, two jobs that have pushed people towards Elementor for years. We check what actually shipped in Beta 1, what quietly didn't, and run the UK maths on whether your page builder site should care.
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A real UK locksmith client. Brand-new site, hosted on 365i, designed by sister company Press Forge. Perfect 100/100/100/100 mobile PageSpeed from day one, then #1 on Google, ChatGPT, and Gemini for "Brewood Locksmith" within 12 days. Zero backlinks at launch.
mcneece.com scores 97 on mobile PageSpeed Insights. The number isn't a plugin trick. It's a layered stack: PHP 8.5, the 365i Web Optimisation panel, the 365i CDN with 180-day edge caching, and one tuned plugin. Real screenshots of the actual settings.
E-E-A-T in 2026 is a build problem, not a writing problem. The fix has three parts: write non-commodity, prove it to humans, expose it to machines. Real code, live screenshots, and the traffic numbers from shipping it on our own site.
ICANN opens its first major new domain extension round in 14 years on 30 April 2026. The USD 227,000 application fee is aimed at global brands, cities, and industry bodies. For UK small businesses, the real action is already in the existing 458-TLD catalogue.
A wave of new domain endings arrives in 2026 as ICANN opens its first application round since 2012. Big brands are queuing up for their own .brand extension. Here's what it means for UK businesses, brand identity, and how AI systems read the web.
Webflow locks your CMS content to their servers. Cloudflare's EmDash only runs its security features on Cloudflare. WordPress lets you host anywhere. Here's the honest comparison nobody else is making.
The complete reference guide to every common WordPress error message. White screen of death, 500 errors, database connection, memory exhausted, redirect loops. Diagnose, fix, and stop it happening again.
Every comparison on page one of Google is funded by affiliate commissions. This one isn't. We run a WordPress hosting company, but we'll tell you where Shopify, Squarespace and Wix genuinely win, and where WordPress still wins everything else.
WordPress 7.0 didn't ship on 9 April. The core team extended the cycle to redesign the database layer for real-time collaboration, then pulled real-time collaboration entirely on 8 May. The release shipped on 20 May with block-level Notes in its place. This is the record of the database rework that happened anyway.
The WordPress Foundation has announced that WordPress 7.0 will require a physical USB-C hardware key plugged into your computer to access wp-admin. Four pricing tiers start at £29.99. The Agency Bundle weighs 1.4kg. We have questions.
You know your hosting is slow or overpriced. But what if switching breaks something? We've migrated thousands of WordPress sites. Here's what actually happens, step by step, and why none of the common fears hold up.
That £1.99 hosting deal? Check the renewal price. SiteGround jumps to £13.99. Fasthosts goes from 40p to £11.99. We compared intro vs renewal pricing for every major UK provider and did the three-year maths.
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