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Eric Karkovack (931 Articles)

Eric Karkovack is a web designer and WordPress expert with over two decades of experience. You can visit his business site here. He recently started a writing service for WordPress products: WP Product Writeup. He also has an opinion on just about every subject. You can follow his rants on Bluesky @karks.com.
How to Use AI to Enhance Your WordPress Blog

How to Use AI to Enhance Your WordPress Blog

WordPress

Learn how AI can support your WordPress blog by helping with writing prompts, images, excerpts, grammar, and translations—making blogging easier, faster, and more enjoyable without replacing your voice.

How WordPress Agencies Can Give Back to the Community

How WordPress Agencies Can Give Back to the Community

Freelance / WordPress

WordPress has a big community, and agencies can benefit from getting involved. We share practical ways to give back, such as joining local meetups, contributing time to WordPress teams, and sharing plugins, themes, or tutorials.

How to Combat AI Bot Traffic on Your Website

How to Combat AI Bot Traffic on Your Website

Web Design / WordPress

AI bots are straining our websites by ignoring robots.txt and scraping our content. Learn how you can fight back with tools, plugins, and CDN services to block unwanted AI crawlers and protect resources.

How to Troubleshoot & Debug WordPress Code With AI

How to Troubleshoot & Debug WordPress Code With AI

WordPress

ChatGPT will save you hours, not to mention a whole lot of stress, debugging and troubleshooting WordPress code. Learn a few tricks for getting the best results with AI.

How to Better Organize Content within WordPress

How to Better Organize Content within WordPress

WordPress

By mapping out your WordPress posts and pages logically, it will look professional, help with SEO, and will likely reduce your stress levels.

How to Use Remote Data Blocks to Display Google Sheets Data in WordPress

How to Use Remote Data Blocks to Display Google Sheets Data in WordPress

WordPress

Remote Data Blocks can pull data from services like Google Sheets and display it in WordPress blocks. This tutorial tests the setup, connects a Sheet using a Google Cloud service account, and then formats the output with a block pattern.

When Website Builder Tools Get in the Way of Best Practices

When Website Builder Tools Get in the Way of Best Practices

Web Design / WordPress

Website builders aim to simplify the design and build processes. But they take control of the output, and there’s no guarantee they’ll employ best practices.

How WordPress Agencies Can Improve Site Building Efficiency

How WordPress Agencies Can Improve Site Building Efficiency

Freelance / WordPress

Improved efficiency allows you to level up your WordPress design agency. We’re all about improving the site-building process without cutting corners. We share how to make it a reality.

Tips for Building a Performant WordPress Website

Tips for Building a Performant WordPress Website

WordPress

Want a faster WordPress site? Learn how to boost performance with better hosting, lightweight themes, optimized images, and smart caching strategies.

Use AI to Enhance – Not Replace – Your WordPress Expertise

Use AI to Enhance – Not Replace – Your WordPress Expertise

WordPress

AI can speed up WordPress development, but overreliance can hurt your workflow. Learn how to use AI tools effectively without losing control of your code.

How To Protect Media Files Uploaded to WordPress

How To Protect Media Files Uploaded to WordPress

WordPress

WordPress uploads are public by default, so your files can be hotlinked or pulled into search results. This article shows server-level hotlink blocking, noindex headers, and ways to protect attachment pages.

How to Build Client-Proof WordPress Websites

How to Build Client-Proof WordPress Websites

WordPress
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