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ADA Compliance in Web Design: What Minneapolis Companies Need to Know

By Toby Cryns | April 9, 2025

If your website isn’t accessible, you’re not just excluding users—you could also be exposing your business to legal risk. For Minneapolis companies, ADA-compliant web design is about inclusion, protection, and performance. Let’s break it down in simple terms. What Is ADA Compliance in Web Design? ADA compliance means your website can be used by people… Continue Reading ADA Compliance in Web Design: What Minneapolis Companies Need to Know

How Web Design Affects SEO: The Impact of Aesthetics on Bounce Rate & Rankings

By Toby Cryns | April 9, 2025

You’ve optimized your content, built quality backlinks, and nailed your technical SEO – yet your rankings still lag. The missing piece? Web design. How your site looks and feels plays a major role in how long users stay, how often they return, and how search engines rank your pages. In this guide, we’ll explore how… Continue Reading How Web Design Affects SEO: The Impact of Aesthetics on Bounce Rate & Rankings

Why I’m No Longer Afraid of AI: An interview with The WP Minute

By Toby Cryns | April 9, 2025
Matt and Toby in their respective podcast studios

Many cheers to ? Matt Medeiros for his continued contributions to the WordPress community over the last 15 or so years! I’ve been following Matt’s contributions for a long time (“me sasquatch…in the brush…watching camper”), and I had a very brief conversation with him at Kiko Doran‘s amazing Prestige Conference a decade or so ago… Continue Reading Why I’m No Longer Afraid of AI: An interview with The WP Minute

Website Redesign Mistakes That Can Destroy Your SEO

By Toby Cryns | April 7, 2025

When done right, a website redesign can improve user experience and refresh your digital presence. But if you ignore SEO, it can have devastating consequences—tanking your rankings, losing organic traffic, and undoing years of optimization work. This guide outlines the most common SEO mistakes made during website redesigns—and exactly how to avoid them. 1. Skipping… Continue Reading Website Redesign Mistakes That Can Destroy Your SEO

Do I need PCI compliance security on my website?

By Toby Cryns | March 26, 2025

When is PCI Compliance Required? Around the time their liability insurance renews, companies regularly ask me, “Do I need PCI compliance security on my website?”, and below is what I usually tell them. So do you actually need a PCI-compliant website? From a practical security standpoint, PCI compliance is not necessary on most informational and marketing… Continue Reading Do I need PCI compliance security on my website?

How to Update and Replace Your Favicon Icon in Google Organic Search Results

By Toby Cryns | March 24, 2025
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As a WordPress developer, I’ve faced my share of unexpected challenges over the years. One recent headache was updating my site’s favicon – the small icon that appears next to my site in Google search results. It turned out that this seemingly simple change involved a surprisingly technical workaround. I’d like to share my experience… Continue Reading How to Update and Replace Your Favicon Icon in Google Organic Search Results

How to Clear Beaver Builder Cache Without Going to the Admin of WordPress

By Toby Cryns | February 18, 2025
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Beaver Builder is an amazing plugin for building websites. Unfortunately, while I’m developing a Beaver Builder site, I continually need to go to the WordPress admin dashboard, find the Beaver Builder settings page, then go to “Tools”, and then click the “Clear Cache” button. This is super annoying to say the least, especially if I’m… Continue Reading How to Clear Beaver Builder Cache Without Going to the Admin of WordPress

Is WordPress Good for Small Businesses in 2025?

By Toby Cryns | June 26, 2024

Yes, WordPress remains one of the best choices for small businesses in 2025 due to its cost-effectiveness, scalability, SEO dominance, and full ownership control. While no-code platforms like Webflow and Squarespace are gaining popularity, they come with limitations that WordPress can easily overcome. Many claim that WordPress is outdated and that no-code website builders are… Continue Reading Is WordPress Good for Small Businesses in 2025?

TMM Maintenance Mode version 2.0 released!

By Toby Cryns | June 4, 2024
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You might recall my post from 4 years ago where I sought out the perfect WordPress maintenance mode plugin. Well, I have been using TMM Maintenance Mode regularly since then, and I’m happy to announce that it has received its first big update that will further simplify your maintenance mode experience with none of the… Continue Reading TMM Maintenance Mode version 2.0 released!

How to Optimize Your WordPress Site for Google Pagespeed

By Toby Cryns | February 12, 2024
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Hi, Toby Cryns here. This is an article about how to make your WordPress site very very fast and also to help you learn a little bit about how I approach our WordPress Speed Optimization Services. If you have ideas for improving this article, please let me know. Now on to the geeky stuff! I’ve… Continue Reading How to Optimize Your WordPress Site for Google Pagespeed