Weekly WordPress News: Reinforce Your Technical SEO with WordPress Hooks.

WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world, with a market share of more than 60%.

A big support community and a number of available free plugins make building a website with WordPress (WP) affordable, and it plays a key role in why its market share is so big.

However, as you know, installing plugins comes at a cost.

They often may degrade your Core Web Vitals scores; For example, they may load unnecessary CSS or JS files on every page where they are not needed.

To fix that, you need to hire a programmer to do it for you, buy a premium plugin, or perhaps go down a small learning path and do it yourself.

You can also go hybrid and solve some parts of your issues by custom coding, and other parts using plugins.

This article aims to help you in your learning path, and we will cover the most needed WordPress hooks to help you improve your website’s technical SEO.

What is a WordPress Hook?

WordPress hooks are key features in WP that allow developers to extend the functionality of the CMS without a need to modify core WP files – making it easier to update themes or plugins without breaking custom modifications.

They provide a powerful way for developers to extend the functionality of WordPress and make custom changes to their sites.

We will go through the following hooks:

• wp_enqueue_scripts
• wp_head
• script_loader_tag
• template_redirect
• Wp_headers

// Team WPLift

WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES

• https://wordpress.org/news/2023/03/dolphy/ – WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy”
• https://wordpress.org/news/2023/03/episode-52-phase-three-with-hector-prieto/ – Episode 52: Workflows and Phase Three Visioning with Special Guest Héctor Prieto
• https://wptavern.com/real-time-collaboration-is-coming-to-wordpress -Real-Time Collaboration Is Coming to WordPress
• https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-payments-plugin-patches-critical-vulnerability-that-would-allow-site-takeover – WooCommerce Payments Plugin Patches Critical Vulnerability That Would Allow Site Takeover
• https://wptavern.com/pattern-manager-plugin-now-available-on-wordpress-org– TPattern Manager Plugin Now Available on
• https://wptavern.com/block-visibility-3-0-0-makes-pro-version-free-adds-browser-and-device-control-visibility-presets-and-more – Block Visibility 3.0.0 Makes Pro Version Free, Adds Browser and Device Control, Visibility Presets, and More
• https://www.searchenginejournal.com/equalize-digital-accessibility-checker/483452/ – Yoast SEO Founders Invest in WordPress Accessibility Plugin
• https://masterwp.com/wordcamp-buffalo-is-happening-soon/ – WordCamp Buffalo is happening soon!

TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS

• https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-fuzzy-search-in-wordpress-to-improve-results/ – How to Add Fuzzy Search in WordPress to Improve Results
• https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/avif-wordpress/ – How to Use AVIF WordPress Images (Easy Method)
• https://www.sitesaga.com/hide-wordpress-site-until-ready/– How to Hide WordPress Site Until Ready? (5 Easy Ways)
• https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-whatsapp-share-button-in-wordpress/ – How to Add WhatsApp Chatbox and Share Buttons in WordPress
• https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-change-wordpress-favicon-settings–cms-106770?_ga=2.213796893.888477018.1680158598-312246242.1674106770 – How To Change WordPress Favicon Settings

RESOURCES

• https://yoast.com/thoughts-404-not-found/ – 404 Not Found error pages: the do’s and don’ts
• https://wpmudev.com/blog/10-incredible-ai-design-tools-for-wordpress/– 11 Incredible AI Design Tools for WordPress
• https://managewp.com/blog/wordpress-content-strategy – Developing a WordPress Content Strategy: Tips for Creating Compelling Blog Posts and Pages
• https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/wordpress/best-wordpress-community-plugins – 8 Best WordPress Community Plugins in 2023 (Compared)
• https://www.sitesaga.com/best-captcha-plugins-for-wordpress/– 10 Best Captcha Plugins for WordPress 2023 (Free + Paid)