Latest posts
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How This Blog Is Set Up (and What It Costs)
The build of this blog: shared hosting, WordPress, theme, plugins, ads.txt and Search Console, what it costs a month and what it earns, which is nothing.
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The Plugins I Keep, and the One I Just Removed
Four plugins, three that came with the hosting, and why I am removing my consent plugin: the feature I installed it for only exists in the paid version.
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How I Build a Small Business Site, Start to Finish
The exact order I actually work in: domain, hosting, static or WordPress, plus where building with an AI helped me and where it quietly broke my ad code.
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Wix vs WordPress, After Running Both
Wix and WordPress compared from real projects: what Wix solved in one evening, the limit that stopped me, the maintenance WordPress adds, and leaving.
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WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: What Changes When You Host It Yourself
WordPress.com prices as published on 20 September 2026 against what my self-hosted WordPress costs, and the four things that change when you hold the files.
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Website Builders I Have Run, and What Closing Them Was Like
What Wix and Shopify are really like from signup to cancellation, what each one lets you take away with you, and why I kept self-hosted WordPress instead.