General

The WordPress REST API enables the CMS to communicate with other web properties, no matter what programming language they’re written...

Embeds were released with WordPress 4.4. However, with this came some extra inline code they add to your site (link...

DNS prefetching allows you to resolve domain names (perform a DNS lookup in the background) before a user clicks on...

Some WordPress themes and plugins have Google Maps API built-in and unfortunately sometimes don’t have a way to turn it...

Google Fonts is a great service, but there are some scenarios when you might need to disable Google Fonts. Here...

By default, the following tag shows up in every WordPress install. <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="https://yourdomain.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> The above link is...

WooCommerce by default comes with a lot of widgets installed. A lot of times these aren’t used anywhere as themes...

If you’re constantly benchmarking new WordPress sites, especially fresh installs, it can be annoying as a missing favicon will generate...

WordPress transients provide a simple and standardized way for developers to store cached data in the database temporarily, along with...

Introduced in recent versions of WooCommerce and WordPress, there is an integrated Password Strength Meter which forces users to use...

We always recommend testing locally or on a staging site first when using the Script Manager, as you could break...

The WordPress Heartbeat API uses /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php to run AJAX calls from the web browser. While this is great and all it...

By default, WooCommerce has a status meta box (widget) that loads in the WordPress dashboard. A lot of times this...

Emojis are fun and all, but if you aren’t using them, they actually load a JavaScript file (wp-emoji-release.min.js) on every...

A pingback is basically an automated comment that gets created when another blog links to you. A self-pingback is created when...

By default, the following tag shows up in every WordPress install. <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 4.7.5" /> It shows the version...

By default, WordPress generates all types of different RSS feeds for your site. While RSS feeds can be useful if...

Modern browsers set the default aspect ratio of images based on their width and height attributes. Here is a basic...

By default, Google Fonts are render-blocking and might take a while to load. The problem is that most modern browsers...

Similar to how WordPress generates RSS feeds, it also generates RSS feed links for your pages/posts, comments, tags, etc. You...

There are times when you have a WordPress site where you won’t need, want, or use comments. Opinions are good,...

WordPress automatically saves revisions when you are working on posts and pages. These can begin to add up pretty quickly....

The WordPress Heartbeat API uses /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php to run AJAX calls from the web browser. While this is great, it can cause...

As of WordPress 5.9, additional inline CSS code was added to improve duotone styles. Most users probably won’t be using this...

Seeing dependencies can be helpful to know which scripts are safe to disable or to troubleshoot a conflict. You can...