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8 minutesCan I copy a WordPress site to another domain?
Yes, and technically it is not difficult. You transfer the files, the database, and the configuration, and tools automate most of the work. The catch is that copying files is half the task. The other half is deciding whether you are moving the site or duplicating it, because those two scenarios have opposite requirements. A…
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8 minutesWhat are the pros and cons of WooCommerce?
WooCommerce gives you full control of your store and takes no cut of your sales. In exchange it hands you responsibility for hosting, updates, security, and performance. That is the whole trade, and everything else follows from it. Below, both sides broken down, so you can judge which side your case falls on. Because WooCommerce…
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8 minutesHow do I create a dynamic website in WordPress?
“Dynamic website” covers three entirely different things, and the distinction determines scope, cost, and legal requirements. Content generated from a database is WordPress’s default behaviour and needs nothing added. Interactivity, meaning responses without a page reload, is a front-end layer. Personalisation, meaning different content for different visitors, is the most expensive of the three and…
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8 minutesIs it better to build a website from scratch or use WordPress?
For most business, content and commerce websites, WordPress is the better choice: it launches faster, costs less to build, and is easier to maintain and hand to a non-technical team. Building from scratch is the better choice for a narrower set of cases: bespoke products or applications with unusual performance, user-experience or integration demands that…
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8 minutesHow do I make WooCommerce look like Shopify?
The short answer: you can, but it is usually not what you want. Shopify stores do not convert better because they look different. They convert better because a set of checkout patterns ships enabled by default, and WooCommerce does not have them out of the box. Copying the appearance, meaning a centred logo, a sticky…
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7 minutesWhat database does WooCommerce use?
WooCommerce uses MySQL as its database, or MariaDB as a fully compatible equivalent, the same relational database that WordPress runs on. As a WordPress plugin, WooCommerce builds on the existing WordPress database and adds its own tables for products, orders, customers and settings. The one thing that has changed in recent versions, and matters most…
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9 minutesAlgolia. Modern alternative to WordPress search
WordPress’s built-in search works for a small site and struggles once the database grows, because it leans on SQL queries that were never designed for fast, relevant full-text search. The fix is a dedicated search engine. Algolia is the most polished hosted option, fast, developer-friendly, and now offering AI and semantic search, but it is…
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6 minutesWhat version of PHP is needed for WooCommerce?
WooCommerce officially recommends PHP 8.3 or higher. For most stores in 2026, PHP 8.4 is the best production choice, giving you strong performance and a mature plugin ecosystem, with PHP 8.3 a safe, well-supported alternative and PHP 8.5 the newest option. WooCommerce will still run on PHP 7.4 as a technical floor, but PHP 7.4,…
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8 minutesWhat is the difference between a static and dynamic website?
A static website serves pre-built files that look the same to every visitor until someone edits them. A dynamic website builds each page on request, pulling content from a database so it can change per user, per login, or in real time. Static wins on raw speed, security and cost; dynamic wins on functionality, personalisation…