WordPress security update: what to check after 7.1.4
WordPress security update 7.1.4 arrived on 28 October. Check the installed version, backup and enquiry or checkout path before closing the maintenance task.
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Web & UX
Websites that sell: performance, Core Web Vitals, UX patterns, accessibility and the technology behind high-converting pages.
Core Web Vitals assessment failed: what to check first
Core Web Vitals assessment failed? Check the URL, device and field data, identify the metric, and give your developer a fix you can verify.
Meta commercial terms: decide what Meta can crawl on your website
Meta commercial terms change on 30 October 2026 and let Meta crawl websites linked to your business. See which crawlers exist and what to check.
European Accessibility Act website check: what to test yourself
A European Accessibility Act website check you can run yourself: whether the law covers your shop, what to test with a keyboard and zoom, and what to fix first.
Why is my website slow, and is it costing us customers?
Why is my website slow? Usually oversized images, unused plugins and scripts, or a server without caching. Find your cause in an evening and fix it in order.
Chrome 153: camera elements arrive, Privacy Sandbox APIs head out
Chrome 153 shipped on 8 September: new camera and microphone HTML elements, a Rust XML parser, and five Privacy Sandbox APIs marked for removal.
Chrome, Firefox and Edge now ship every two weeks
Firefox 155 on 1 September, Chrome 153 on 8 September, Edge 152 already out: all three big browsers now release every fortnight. What that means for your site.
Your website gets traffic but no enquiries
Traffic without enquiries is a diagnosable problem, not bad luck. The five usual causes, how to find yours in a single evening, and the order to fix them.