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WordPress Cron Jobs: Why Your Scheduled Posts Do Not Publish
WP-Cron is not a cron job. It runs on visitor page requests, so a page cache and a CDN can silently stop your scheduled posts, backups and WooCommerce renewals. How to fix it properly, in the right order.
What Is an XML Sitemap and Why Does Your Site Need One
An XML sitemap hands search engines a list of your pages. It takes minutes to set up, it is easy to break silently, and on a shop with a deep catalogue it is the difference between pages being found and ignored.
CubeCart All In One Shipping: Rates That Match What Delivery Actually Costs
Flat rates subsidise heavy orders and overcharge light ones. All In One Shipping calculates from weight, subtotal and item count, with postcode zones capable enough to handle the Scottish Highlands properly.
CubeCart Abandoned Cart Recovery: Setting It Up Properly
Around 70 percent of baskets are abandoned. CubeCart can email those shoppers, but the feature is off by default and, before 6.7.6, could email customers who had already paid.
CubeCart 6.6.0: Ninety Changes in One Release
CubeCart 6.6.0 shipped around ninety changes in a single release: a REST API, two factor authentication, abandoned cart recovery, 3D box packing, a rewritten tax engine and a full security audit. Everything that changed, and why you should not run 6.6.0 itself.
The End of Passwords: How Passkeys Actually Work
We first wrote about the end of passwords in 2013 and the candidates all failed. Passkeys are different, because the browser and operating system makers built it in themselves. How they work, and where they still fall short.
How to Secure Your Email Accounts
Your email account can reset almost every other account you own, which makes it the most valuable thing you have online. The checks that matter, including the one almost everyone misses.
E-Commerce Practices That Are Illegal in the UK
The rules changed materially in April 2025. Drip pricing, fake reviews, sneaked basket items and quiet subscriptions are now enforceable by the CMA directly, with fines to 10% of global turnover.
CubeCart PayPal Commerce Platform: Full Setup, and the Phone Number Issue Revisited
PayPal Commerce puts cards, Pay Later, Venmo, Apple Pay and Google Pay on your own checkout. What it does, how to set it up, and what we found when we re-checked the customer data problem we complained about in 2021.
The Search Engine Submission Scam, and What Actually Works
Register a domain and the emails start: submit your site to hundreds of search engines, for a fee. It is a scam, the submission tools they claim to use no longer exist, and here is what to do instead.