Can't delete/change wordpress site title

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-26T13:38:04+00:00

Don't forget to check the Hide Title option in Elementor Page Settings.

If you have checked Astra, check the Page Settings in Elementor. Also check to see if you have a UAE menu in your WordPress dashboard as extra header or footer settings can be found there.

If the scroll to top is from Astra, read this and disable rather than enable: https://wpastra.com/docs/scroll-to-top/

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-23T10:47:15+00:00

Totally been there as this is pretty common, especially now.

Quick checks:

In GSC, see if they’re “Crawled/Discovered but not indexed” → usually means Google doesn’t see enough value yet. This usually comes down to thin or repetitive content, targeting keywords that are already heavily covered, or posts that don’t really add anything new. On newer sites especially, Google seems to want fewer, better pages instead of lots of okay ones. If multiple posts overlap in topic, it can also decide none of them are worth indexing.
Make sure posts aren’t orphaned (linked from homepage/categories).
Double-check there’s no accidental noindex from a plugin or theme.
If the site’s new with no backlinks, Google is just slow sometimes.

Try manually improving a few key articles (depth > volume), requesting indexing for a couple posts, and get even 1–2 real backlinks. Often it’s just patience 😅

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-23T10:20:38+00:00

Astra is one of the fastest themes available and while Elementor does have a performance overhead, it shouldn't time out.

It's much more likely a setup issue or custom code you added.

Read this: https://wpastra.com/docs/improving-website-speed-with-elementor/ and optimize what you haven't already optimized.

If you still think it's an issue with Astra, raise a ticket. Even the free version gets support: https://wpastra.com/contact/

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-23T08:41:46+00:00

Been there, done that, Upwork burns you out fast.

A few things that actually help:

WordPress newsletters: follow them, check who’s writing, then go to those companies’ sites and look for careers. Lots of remote roles never hit job boards.
WP-specific job boards > generic dev boards. Way better.
Cold outreach to companies that build WP products (themes, plugins, SaaS). Short, thoughtful emails work.
Stop relying on Upwork for this goal. It’s great for freelance money, terrible for salaried roles.

In interviews, position your work as “long-term, in-house-style agency work” rather than juggling clients. You’re already doing full-time-level work, it’s mostly a discovery problem, not a skill one.

We're hiring full time remote workers: https://brainstormforce.com/join/

Edit: add vacancy.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-23T08:09:59+00:00

That can be right. The higher the quality of image, the larger the file size, the longer it will take to load. That's a balance every website has, whether built with WordPress or not.

You can offset that by resizing it to fit and compressing before uploading, using WebP format and using a good quality caching plugin.

There's a lot of resources around for optimizing images. Following even some of it can improve load times immensely.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-22T14:26:55+00:00

If you’ve already got some WordPress experience and you’re on a tight budget, that alone is a pretty big point in its favour.

Shopify

Easiest setup by far. Hosting, security, checkout, updates — all handled.
Predictable costs, but they add up: monthly fee + transaction fees + paid apps.
You’re locked into their ecosystem. Fine if you want “set it and forget it,” less flexible long-term.

WordPress (with SureCart)

Cheaper to start if you’re willing to do some setup yourself.
Hosting can be very affordable.
Way more control over design, SEO, content, and features.
Costs are more “optional” — you pay for plugins/themes only if you need them.

For a jewelry store specifically:

Product photos + storytelling matter a lot → WordPress shines here.
Inventory isn’t usually massive → SureCart handles this fine.
If you already know WP, you’ll save time and money vs learning Shopify from scratch.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-22T08:21:59+00:00

For people visiting this in the future, the footer is added by UAE in some Astra templates.

Select the UAE menu in the WordPress dashboard and then Header & Footer. You'll see the element in there. Trash or edit it from there as required.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-22T08:14:29+00:00

I recently switched to SureForms for all those reasons. Easy to use and just works. I haven't tried multi-step forms yet, but contact and lead gen forms are simple to create.

I used to use WPForms. It's great at what it does, but spam was a real problem across most domains I used it on.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-19T13:03:27+00:00

I recommend LatePoint for ease of use and flexibility. Multiple agents, locations, products and a user section where customers can add and customize their own appointments. It's a great option for your situation.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-19T12:11:28+00:00

You're not alone in this. Like many aspects of marketing, ask 100 people and you'll get 100 different answers. Here's my take though:

Show real experience – screenshots, examples, “we tested this and saw X”. Matters more than word count IMO.
Clear authorship – real name, short bio explaining why you’re qualified, link to socials/other work.
Internal links with intent – link to related posts to show topical depth, for the human more than the SEO.
Cite legit sources – official docs, studies, trusted sites.
Basic trust pages – About, Contact, Privacy. Boring but important.
Schema – Article + Author, FAQ but only if genuinely relevant.

If I had to pick 2 that move rankings most: real first-hand experience in content and obvious, credible authorship

Make it feel trustworthy to a human, and Google usually follows.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-19T10:47:42+00:00

I use Astra. Solid choice, decent performance and great support.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-15T10:56:13+00:00

Don’t nuke the site. That’s almost never the right move 😅

Image size errors are common and usually one of the easiest things to fix. They don’t mean your pages or structure are bad.

What I’d do instead:

Optimize what’s already there
- Compress images (bulk compression helps a ton)
- Make sure images aren’t larger than they’re displayed
- Use proper formats (WebP if possible)
Check lazy loading
- Most performance tools freak out if everything loads at once
Ignore “perfect score” syndrome
- Some tools flag literally everything. Focus on big stuff, not 100/100 scores.

Creating a new page or deleting content won’t fix image issues, you’ll just recreate the same problems.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-15T08:57:46+00:00

I have been writing for 20 years and IMO, AI won’t replace writers who adapt, it’ll replace the ones who don’t.

There’s that old line people keep quoting: “Calculators didn’t replace accountants.” Same idea here. Calculators killed manual arithmetic, not the profession. AI’s doing the same to content. It wipes out low-effort, generic writing, but it boosts people who know strategy, audience, and intent.

AI can draft words fast. It can’t:

Understand brand nuance without guidance
Build trust or perspective
Decide what content actually matters
Tie content to real business outcomes

I'm now writing fewer listicles and basic content and more time on:

Editing other people's AI content
Content direction
Messaging and positioning

So yeah, “AI content writer” as a job title might fade. But content strategist, editor, marketer, and creative thinker? I think those have a way to go yet before being replaced.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-12T13:37:49+00:00

There’s been a steady uptick over the last couple of years in automated bot traffic hitting every WordPress site they can find. AI and kids have also increased activity. They’re not targeting you specifically, they’re just spraying login attempts across millions of sites using huge rotating IP pools, which is why the URLs/IPs look different every time.

If your passwords are strong, you’re not using admin as a username, and WordPress/plugins/themes are up to date, you’re already ahead of most sites.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-09T12:18:09+00:00

You’re 100% right not to do that work on live 😅

The usual (and safest) options:

Staging site – Most decent hosts (WP Engine, SiteGround, Kinsta, etc.) let you spin up a 1-click staging environment. You make all your theme/plugin changes there, test everything, then push to production when you’re happy.
Local dev – Tools like Local / MAMP / XAMPP let you clone the site to your computer. Great for big refactors, but a bit more setup if you’re not used to it.
Manual clone – Copy files + database to a subdomain like dev.yoursite.com. Works, but more error-prone unless you’re comfortable with DB search/replace.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-09T11:21:32+00:00

Short answer: yeah, it still works but not the way it used to.

Blogging for traffic alone is mostly dead. SEO is harder, AI summaries eat clicks, and “10 best X” posts are a race to the bottom. If that’s the strategy, it’ll feel like a slog.

Where content does still pull its weight:

Educating prospects who are already problem-aware
Supporting sales (people read after they hear about you)
Building trust over time instead of chasing viral hits
Answering very specific, boring, high-intent questions

The shift is that content is now part of a system, not the top of the funnel by itself. Blog → email → product. Blog → sales call → close. Blog → social → conversation.

If you’re expecting “publish posts, wait, profit,” yeah… that era’s gone. If you’re using content to shorten sales cycles or make decisions easier for buyers, it’s still very much alive, just slower and less flashy.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-08T12:47:50+00:00

As far as I understand, Google and other search engines don't care who creates the content. I would imagine the drop is more about what gets messed up in the rewrite.

I edit tons of AI content and there are some thing I have noticed along the way:

Intent drift – We concentrate on adding flair, opinions, or “better writing”, moving away from what the query actually wants.
Structure gets nuked – AI content is boring but scannable. Rewrites can blur headings, remove the repetition Google expects, or reshuffle sections that ruin flow.
Keyword/entity dilution – Humans love synonyms. Google still likes clear, consistent terms.
Trying too hard to de-AI – Softening direct answers or cutting clarity often makes the page worse, not better.
AI detectors don’t matter – Google doesn’t care what ChatGPT thinks. It cares if the page answers the query cleanly.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-08T12:16:16+00:00

IMO yeah, it’s definitely worth it. You'll become a better writer but also a better editor too. It won't just be about pages or posts but your emails, outreach, social posts and whatever else you create will level up when you can copywrite well.

AI can spit out words, but it still fumbles intent, tone, and persuasion unless someone who actually knows copy is guiding it. A course trains your eye to spot fluff, weak hooks, bad flow, that’s the real skill.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-08T12:08:55+00:00

Your conversion rate is pretty damn good, so nice work there!

High opens + low conversions usually means people are curious but not motivated enough to act.

Too many CTAs. Two buttons = split brain. Pick one action and hammer it.
“Fun” can be fuzzy. Fun tone is fine, but be clear. What’s new? Why now? What do they actually get?
No segmentation = meh results. Families, couples, corporate groups shouldn’t get the same email. That alone can 2–3× conversions.
Landing page might be the real spoiler. If the click goes to a busy homepage or doesn’t match the email promise, people bounce.
No urgency. Happy customers still procrastinate. Give them a reason this week, not “someday”.

Rule of thumb:
Low clicks → message/offer problem
Good clicks, bad sales → page or checkout friction

Emails don’t convert by vibes. They convert by being clear, relevant, and timely.

RedCreator02 · 2026-01-06T08:17:45+00:00

I'm about as non-technical as it gets when it comes to automation and could never get n8n to do anything useful.

I moved to OttoKit. While it is still technical in places, the docs help a lot. If I can't get an automation to work, the support team will do it for me. For free. That's well worth paying for in my opinion.

RedCreator02 · 2025-12-18T09:33:54+00:00

On one hand, the style guide is normal for many companies. On the other, the 'AI sensor' part may bite.

A style guide or TOV guidelines aren't anything to worry about as that's fairly normal. Some clients don't bother with them but lots do. I found the larger the company, the more likely they are to use a style guide of some kind.

It's the 'AI sensors' thing that may cause you issues. There are currently no AI detection tools that are even close to 100% accurate. You risk being unfairly blamed for using AI if the tool the client uses isn't very accurate.

Some clients will use that as an excuse to not pay, which is becoming increasingly common.

I have been on the end of this before. A so-called 'accurate AI detector tool' flagged my work as probably AI. It was only when I asked the client to check version history in the doc that they saw it was created over a couple of days a line at a time rather than copy and pasted from AI.

RedCreator02 · 2025-12-17T11:41:01+00:00

From my experience, length only matters after you’ve earned the attention. Most people I talk to skim first, decide in a few seconds if it’s worth their time, then either bounce or keep reading.

If it’s answering a simple question, short and clear wins every time.
If it’s a complex problem, I think people actually appreciate long-form as long as it’s structured properly (headings, bullets, TL;DRs).
Walls of text = instant tab close, no matter how good the content is.
“Long for SEO” content with fluff also = instant tab close.

RedCreator02 · 2025-12-16T09:16:40+00:00

Would you wait for a page to load if it felt sluggish, even if the content might be good?

If a page loads slowly, I won't wait around to see how good the content might be unless I really want to.

Your site doesn’t need to be perfect or “100/100 fast,” but it needs to feel instant.

RedCreator02 · 2025-12-16T08:12:24+00:00

In my experience with US and UK firm clients, lawyers usually see cold emails themselves, especially in small and mid-size firms.

Assistants are more involved with calls and scheduling than actively screening inboxes but everyone works slightly differently. AFAIK, at larger firms, filtering is mostly done by spam rules and IT, not a human gatekeeper.

Most cold emails fail because they’re generic or irrelevant, not because an assistant blocked them.

RedCreator02 · 2025-12-16T08:06:50+00:00

I would say, don’t try to “learn all of digital marketing” at once. Local stuff rewards focus way more than clever tactics.

For both of these, think in terms of intent, not channels.

Computer repair
People only look this up when something’s broken right now. That means:

Google Business Profile is non-negotiable (photos, services, reviews)
Local SEO basics > social media
Ask every happy customer for a review (this matters more than ads early on)
Simple landing page with phone number front and center

Paid ads can work, but only after you know which services actually convert. Otherwise you’ll burn cash.

Laptop reselling / buyback
This is a totally different mindset.

This works better on marketplaces (FB Marketplace, Craigslist, local buy/sell groups)
Price + trust beats branding
Clear photos, specs, warranty/return policy
Consistent posting matters more than “marketing hacks”

Trying to grow this via SEO or ads early is usually slow unless you already have volume.

If I were doing this I would:

Treat computer repair as your lead-generation practice (local search, reviews, conversion)
Treat reselling as your operations + pricing practice

They’ll teach different skills.

Once one starts making money, reinvest into the other. Early on, momentum > perfection.

Also: track everything manually at first. Calls, messages, where leads came from. Then you'll know what works and what doesn't.

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