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How Fast Is a WordPress.com Site? I Tested It Before and After
I ran Google PageSpeed tests on a WordPress.com site before and after free optimisation. The actual scores, Core Web Vitals, and if you need a caching plugin.
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When the platform itself
is the bottleneck.
Notes on WordPress speed, security hardening, plugin cleanup, and migrations: what makes a build slow or fragile, and when to move it to a static setup.
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The archive, continued.
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I Built a Local Business Site With Online Booking on WordPress.com in a Weekend
I built a local business website with online booking on WordPress.com in one weekend, no code. The block-by-block build, the booking plugins, and the cost.
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WordPress.org to WordPress.com: I Moved a Live Site to Managed Hosting
I moved a live self-hosted WordPress site to WordPress.com managed hosting. What transfers, what does not, what changed, the honest catch, and the 2026 pricing.
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Pressable MCP Tested: I Let Claude Run My WordPress Hosting
I gave Claude an access token to my Pressable hosting and timed it against the dashboard on five real tasks. Here are the numbers, the beta rough edges, and who it is actually for.
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How to Launch an Online Store on WordPress.com with WooCommerce
How to launch a WooCommerce store on WordPress.com in 2026: the plan that actually supports it, what the setup really costs, and when self-hosted beats it.
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WordPress.com Plugins on the $4 Personal Plan: What Works and What's Blocked (2026)
WordPress.com opened its plugin library to the $4 Personal plan in April 2026. What actually installs, what stays blocked and why, and the staging-domain catch.
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How to Start a Blog on WordPress.com (Plugins, Theme & Setup)
The exact WordPress.com blog setup I would use from day one in 2026: which plan, a clean theme, six free plugins, the settings that matter, and the whole thing for about $48 a year.
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How to Customize WordPress.com Design: Global Styles, Fonts & CSS
A step-by-step guide to customizing your WordPress.com site: Global Styles, custom and Google fonts, brand colours, and custom CSS, now available from the $4 Personal plan. With a screenshot of every panel.
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WordPress.com AI Assistant: 9 Ways It Manages Your Existing Website
What the WordPress.com AI Assistant does to your existing site: the 9 tasks it handles, the exact commands to try, and who can use it in 2026.
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