Month: July 2019

Understanding robots.txt: Why It Matters and How to Use It

Understanding robots.txt: Why It Matters and How to Use It

Posted by | Jul 1, 2019 | |

Gaining visibility for your site by ranking well on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) is a goal worth pursuing. However, there are probably a few pages on your site that you would rather not direct traffic towards, such as your staging area or duplicate posts. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to do that on your…

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The Difference in cURL and WordPress Requests

The Difference in cURL and WordPress Requests

Posted by | Jul 1, 2019 | |

cURL is a very popular PHP library that I’ve referenced in several posts other posts (1 and 2, for example). And it’s one that I think should be reviewed, explored, and possibly used by anyone working in PHP (yes, even those working in WordPress).But because of the native WordPress APIs, we do have a level…

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