From the blog

• The 15-Minute WordPress Audit: What I’m Actually Looking For

  Every free audit runs through the same checklist. Here’s exactly what’s on it, and why you get back three things instead of a 40-item report.

• WordPress Maintenance Costs: DIY vs. Agency vs. Flat-Rate Care

  There are really three ways to keep a WordPress site maintained, and each has a real cost. Here’s an honest breakdown of what $150/month actually buys.

• Uptime Monitoring 101: How You Find Out Your Site Is Down Before Your Customers Do

  If your website went down right now, how would you find out? Here’s what uptime monitoring actually does, and why the alert is only half the job.

• Why Your WordPress Site Feels Slow (And the 5-Minute Checks That Explain Why)

  Slow WordPress sites almost always come down to the same short list of causes. Here’s how to check each one yourself in about five minutes.

• What Actually Happens When You Don’t Back Up Your WordPress Site

  “We have backups” often means something less reassuring than it sounds. Four real scenarios where a tested backup is the difference between an annoyance and a disaster.

• Why “It’s Been Fine For Years” Is the Most Dangerous Sentence in WordPress

  A neglected WordPress site looks identical to a well-maintained one, right up until it doesn’t. Here’s why ‘it’s been fine’ isn’t the reassurance it sounds like.

• How to Tell If Your WordPress Site Has Been Hacked (And What to Do First)

  Hacked WordPress sites are rarely loud about it. Here are the real warning signs, and the steps to take before you do anything else.

• Should You Move Your WordPress Login Page? What Actually Stops Hackers

  Hiding your login page cuts down bot noise, but it isn’t the fix people think it is. Here’s what actually keeps a WordPress site from getting hacked.

• 5 WordPress Plugins Every Small Business Site Actually Needs

  More plugins means more things that can break or go unpatched. Here’s the short list that actually earns a permanent spot on a small business WordPress site.

• Your Website Launch Checklist (So Nothing Breaks on Day One)

  Pilots use a pre-flight checklist because experience is exactly when things get missed. Here’s the six-item checklist worth running before any WordPress site goes live.