WordPress not sending emails is rarely a broken WordPress: the message is usually being created but never trusted. By default WordPress hands mail to PHP's mail() function on your web server, from an address like [email protected], with no SMTP login and often no DKIM signature, so services such as Gmail and Microsoft 365 often junk […]
Website maintenance packages should be priced by what can break, and that is different for each platform. A WordPress content site breaks on updates and PHP changes, and a fair price is about $99 a month. A WooCommerce store breaks at the checkout, where the money is, and needs a test order after every relevant […]
WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" was released on May 20, 2026. It adds an AI client and a Connectors screen to core, a redesigned admin, new blocks and a new minimum PHP version of 7.4. It has since been followed by WordPress 7.1, so a site still on 6.9 that updates today moves straight to the latest […]
To fix a hacked WordPress site, the first hour is for containment and evidence, not cleaning. Take the site offline behind a maintenance page, take a full copy of the files and database as they are now, change every password and key that touches the site, and write down what you saw and when. Do […]
A WordPress cron job is a task WordPress runs on a schedule: publishing a scheduled post, checking for updates, sending a digest email, or syncing stock. WordPress handles these through WP-Cron, which does not run on a clock. It checks for due tasks when someone loads a page, so on a quiet site, or on […]
How much does a WordPress website cost? From our published price list: a customization or fix from $500, a custom plugin from $1,500, a WooCommerce store customization from $1,000, and a custom-built WordPress website from $4,000. Most projects we take on land between $1,500 and $6,000. Hourly WordPress developer cost with us is $90 for […]
