For quite a long time, I was having problems with my server and have been optimizing since then and have taken different steps to minimize my woocommerce e-commerce website to eat less resources. We all know WordPress is heavy and woocommerce makes it much heavier, therefore my real-life experience will surely help you to maximize your server resources which is good for website loading speed and will improve google crawl budget by preventing search engine bots to not take an excessive amount of resources to crawl the website. Follow to the end to learn how to stop search engines from crawling “add_to_wishlist” link to save server CPU resources.
Why should I restrict or disallow crawling bots of search engines?
links that are taking more resources and making the server slow
Bots use the resources of the server like a real human visitor, therefore if you have limited resources on your server it will use those resources CPU RAM to crawl and go link by link. In our case, we “Disallow” bots to crawl “add_to_wishlist” links on our woocommerce ecommerce website so that our server has enough resources to handle real visitors who are visiting our website and not making the website down or slow.
google crawled but did not index such links
Here google bot was crawling “add_to_wishlist” links which are of no use in terms of SEO moreover google is not indexing those links so I decided to “Disallow” bots to crawl links “add_to_wishlist” using robots.txt.
What is robot.txt and how it can help to stop search engines from crawling links?(main step)
This is txt inside root folder of a website, that tells search engines to crawl or not to crawl. To check your robot.txt file from google search console go to this link. Below is an example of what can be inside robot.txt file.
Here we are disallowing google or search engines to crawl that specific type of link. Therefore unnecessary usage of resources from the server will be saved. After adding Disallow you can check it in action like the screenshot below from search console.
screenshot from search console
To Edit and save robot.txt, you need to download the file and upload it to your website’s root folder.
How to check robot.txt file from Rank Math SEO plugin?
screenshot for Rank Math plugin to see robot.txt
Let us continue our article and read below to know more about server usage and find the issue.
How did we find that specific type of link crawled by google bot is causing the CPU usage 100% ?
At first, we were seeing extremely slow website and nothing was loading showing database connection errors on certain periods when our visitors were low on the website reported by google analytics. Then we checked our hosting provider Cloudways they are very good as per their customer service and hosting quality and really fast comparatively offer great packages for WordPress. Most of the time we don’t have downtime unless there is a sudden spike in traffic but as we can’t see any visitors on google analytics, we check cloudways slow pages of our website like the screenshot below. Thanks to Cloudways support team and their panel.
We got a hint that add_to_wishlist link is being accessed at abnormally high rate which is not normal for any organic human visitors and must be of some type of bot. We dig deep and found IP location from google is accessing those links.
screenshot from Cloudways IP location panel
With help from IP locator tool we ensured this is a bot and planned to stop any bot from accessing the link of the wishlist.
Conclusion
When in any slow website situation, always first contact hosting support, most of the time they will give you hints or solve your problem but if something arises that looks abnormal like this crawling issue that hosting support can not solve, hire a web developer or contact an expert and in most cases, there can be multiple cases of such server CPU RAM issues. I look forward to solving problems for my clients and myself. This is my hobby to tweak and work with web development and internet. If you are facing situation that is hard to navigate, throw me an email and share this article to help friends and family.
Easy tutorial with video showing step-by-step process how to install WordPress free on PC in localhost using XAMPP. WordPress is the most popular blogging, website making software you can find nowadays. One of the most easiest and versatile Content Management System for websites. Plug and Play. Making and maintaining a complex website has never been easier than before with thousands of ready-made plugins and themes.
I hear from clients and saw queries with types of questions regarding Installing WordPress. One of the most common questions is:
How do I install WordPress for free on my PC and learn how to develop my WordPress website without spending on hosting, domain? Answer: Just follow this tutorial to the end or skip to the tutorial video at the end of this article.
The beauty of WordPress pulled you to this tutorial video. You already know what is WordPress and I am going to show you how you can install WordPress with few easy quick steps.
From their website, you can find detailed FAQs and Answers related to XAMPP software. XAMPP also helps to run Joomla, PHP scripts on a computer for Free. With XAMPP you can turn your PC into a mini server and can run a web-based application on your PC which normally takes paid servers, hosting like cloudways, GoDaddy to run.
It is better to install XAMPP on a different Drive and not on C drive, as XAMPP will run on your PC it will make pressure on C Drive causing PC to slow down from time to time, this is from my experience I am saying. All WordPress and websites lives inside “htdocs” folder inside XAMPP installed folder on your drive.
Step 2: Download WordPress
Go to https://wordpress.org/download/ and download the latest version of WordPress. Always use the official website for WordPress download
Extract the ZIP folder manually and copy the “wordpress” folder and paste it inside the “htdocs” folder of XAMPP
Rename the “wordpress” folder inside “htdocs” that you just copy pasted to your desired name
Step 3: Start the Installation process from the browser
Go to XAMPP control panel and click “start” on all services
Go to browser and type “//localhost/projecttwo/” here “projecttwo” is the folder name in my case inside “htdocs” folder therefore you need type the folder name of gave
Note: correct folder name and XAMPP must be running to start the installation with a browser, any mistake will not let you go to the next page from where the language selection starts.
After going to the correct URL from the browser, select the language, in my case it’s English and click “Continue”
on the next page, click “Let’s go, here you can read the instruction from the WordPress but as you are following this tutorial you don’t need to read it now and just follow the steps and proceed.
On the next page you will see you need to input Database Name, Username, Password – these details are necessary to connect the WordPress files with the database from XAMPP and you will get these details like Username, Password during XAMPP software installation. This Username, Password is universal for any installation you do inside XAMPP like WordPress or Joomla, so you must remember Username, Password and for Database Name, you need to create a new database every time from “phpmyadmin” and input the database name in “Database Name” field
To make a new Database go to browser and type “//localhost/phpmyadmin” this is also an universal URL for your XAMPP where you need to go to find all other databases of all wordpress, joomla installation. After going to “//localhost/phpmyadmin” follow the next screenhot
Go to “//localhost/phpmyadmin”
Click “Databases”
Write your desired Database name
Click “Create”
Copy the Database name for using next step
Paste the Database name you just created in “phpmyadmin” and Username, Password from XAMPP. For now keep Database Host, Table Prefix as it is default. Click “Submit”
Click “Run the installation”
On the next page, you need to enter personal information regarding your website
Site Title – as per your wish
Username – your own username to login into admin of WordPress
Password – any secure password to login to wp-admin of WordPress
Email – must use valid email here this email is very important, WordPress will use this email as primary email for communication with plugins, themes, or admin
Search Engine Visibility – is important when you let google to crawl your site keep it ON for SEO purpose
Click “Install WordPress”
On this step WordPress Successfully recorded your input and you are ready to login to WordPress dashboard or backend that is wp-admin of your new WordPress website, click “Log in”
Input your given details that you just gave above and click “Log in”
After logging in you will see Dashboard of wp-admin, this dashboard is visible to website’s admin and secured with your given username and password
You can type in your website URL to see what the new WordPress looks like, in my case, the URL will be “http://localhost/projecttwo/ “ this is what visitors will see when they visit the website (there is a video tutorial below)
Finally, WordPress installation is done, you can now rest a bit and enjoy your new WordPress website ☺
Video step by step on how to install WordPress free on PC guide you can follow of this whole tutorial
This tutorial covers following questions from my readers, followers, clients:
In our previous WordPress themes list, we used a set of criteria and a star grading system to determine which theme will make it into our top list starting with the theme with the least features to one with the most expandable options, features and customization, flexibility.
However, we have prepared a random list of the best fullwidth WordPress theme using insights from our in-house content specialist, technical SEO specialist and WordPress theme shops.
Here is our list for the 13 best free full-width WordPress themes.
Our first theme on the list is Customizr. Customizr is a simple, fast and full-width WordPress theme designed to help you attract and engage more visitors. Provides a perfect user experience on smartphones.
The Customizr WordPress theme makes it easy to create any type of website: business sites, blogs, portfolios, landing pages, forums, shops, etc.
Customizr does not require any technical skills to design and add content to your website. This theme is responsive: it adapts nicely on any type of device (desktop, tablets, smartphones) and is compatible with all modern browsers.
Features include: BuddyPress, Custom Colours, Custom Menu, Editor Style, Featured Images, Left Sidebar, One Column, Post Formats, Right Sidebar, RTL Language Support, Sticky Post, Theme Options, Threaded Comments, Three Columns, Two Columns and Translation Ready.
Our second theme on the list is a child theme of VW TOUR LITE. Tours and travels is a modern, feature-rich, and 100% responsive WordPress theme that covers travel businesses such as travel agencies, travel blogs, tour operators, journey magazines, travel consultants, travel agents, tourist destinations, and other types of businesses. This theme can also be used for personal websites, fashion, beauty, lodge, lifestyle, technology, photography, and holiday websites.
This theme offers you the capabilities to build a user-friendly website with lots of customization options. The theme offers ample advanced functionalities and personalization options to help you build the best website. The variety of sections, amazing pictures, banners, slider with the Call to action button (CTA) makes it a must-have theme for every tourism WordPress site.
This theme is built on Bootstrap which gives it smooth browsing experience on all screen sizes.
Finally, this theme integrates social sharing features directly into it so you can boost social shares and gather more followers with your social profile clearly displayed.
Digital Products is a WordPress theme that helps you sell your Digital Products. This theme is optimized for selling various digital products, be it software, PDFs, graphics files or any type of digital products, this theme is for you. It’s is 100% responsive and automatically adjusts screen size depending on the device used. Therefore, no matter where your audience are or what device they are viewing your new website on, it is going to display it to pixel perfection and scale seamlessly to suit the end device.
This theme is clean and lightweight which makes it loads faster therefore improving your seo score and keeping your audience engaged.
Features include: Blogging, Custom Colours, Custom Logo, Custom Menu, Featured Image Header, Featured Images, Footer Widgets, Full Width Template, Grid Layout, Left Sidebar, One Column, Theme Options, Threaded Comments and Translation Ready.
Fotopress is a flexible, fully responsive, SEO-friendly WordPress business theme made for creative use, promoting corporate identity and engaging your target audience.
It clean and minimalist design makes your content look flawless. This theme is very flexible, easy to customize and optimize.
Features include: Blogging, Custom Colours, Custom Header, Custom Logo, Custom Menu, Featured Images, Full Width Template, Two Columns, Portfolio, Right Sidebar, Theme Options, Threaded Comments and Translation Ready.
VW E-commerce Shop theme checks all the boxes necessary to create an online store. It’s a responsive multipurpose E-commerce WordPress theme.
It is built on bootstrap 4 and adheres to standard complaints coding. It is cross-browser & woo commerce compatible, has Call to action button, its SEO & user-friendly and works at its optimal best across all platforms.
You may be a business owner, informative firm, travel agency, designing firm, artist, restaurant owner, construction agency, healthcare firm, digital marketing agency, blogger, corporate business, freelancers, online bookstore, mobile & tablet store, apparel store, fashion store, sport store, handbags store, cosmetics shop, jewellery store and etc.
You can setup different types of store using this theme. This theme helps make your customers shop seamlessly. It’s optimized for both shoppers and crawlers.
Features include: Blogging, Custom Background, Custom Colours, Custom Header, Custom Logo, Custom Menu, E-Commerce, Editor Style, Featured Images, Footer Widgets, Four Columns, Front Page Posting, Full Width Template, Grid Layout, Left Sidebar, One Column, Portfolio, Right Sidebar, RTL Language Support, Sticky Post, Theme Options, Threaded Comments, Two Columns, Three Columns and Translation Ready.
Yoga Fitness is a child theme of The WP Fitness multipurpose WordPress theme, it is created for fitness trainers, personal trainers, yoga trainers and weight loss enthusiasts to build websites for gyms, fitness studios, workout, boxing, aerobics, lifestyle, wellness, other multipurpose local businesses.
This theme has features and theme options that enable you extend the functionalities to create a stunning website.
It theme options also enable you add 2 sections; testimonial and Appointment form
It’s built on Bootstrap which makes it 100% responsive and automatically adjusts screen size depending on the device used. Therefore, no matter where your audience are or what device they are viewing your new website on, it is going to display it to pixel perfection and scale seamlessly to suit the end device.
It has different captivating Call to Action buttons present at specific sections that are attractive enough to catch the attention of the visitors. The secure and clean codes make the theme extremely lightweight. Furthermore, it is SEO friendly, user-friendly, has a professional design and social media integration.
Features include: Blogging, Custom Background, Custom Colours, Custom Logo, Custom Menu, E-Commerce, Editor Style, Featured Images, Footer Widgets, Front Page Posting, Full Width Template, Three Columns, Two Columns, Grid Layout, Left Sidebar, One Column, Right Sidebar, Sticky Post, Theme Options and Threaded Comments.
A beautiful photoblogging theme, which comes with a full-screen layout and with a photo-friendly design. The theme provides large featured images and a catchy appearance. The homepage is made of grid-like posts – the latest post is full-screen and acts like a header. You can use this theme for photoblogging, as it will let you create beautiful posts. Magnus theme is based on visuals, which makes it even more attractive for the users.
As for the features, the theme comes with a responsive design, a featured-image header, a slide-out menu, a minimalist design, full-sized images, photo-friendly full-screen layout, custom header, custom menu, and its translation ready.
Shop Isle is an awesome and modern theme for online shops, which comes with a beautiful and elegant design. ShopIsle has a full-screen slider on the homepage and provides a smooth and soothing scrolling, which makes your navigation experience more pleasant and enjoyable. Your online store will have a clean and beautiful look, showing your products in a classy way. The theme offers nice and subtle animations that intensify its beauty.
ShopIsle has a responsive design, social profile links, and its translation ready. It also provides an easy contact form that helps you to stay in touch with your audience and an “About Us” section where you can tell your visitors who you are and what your best projects are.
Features include: Blogging, Custom Background, Custom Colours, Custom Header, Custom Logo, Custom Menu, E-Commerce, Editor Style, Featured Images, Footer Widgets, Four Columns, Front Page Posting, Full Width Template, Grid Layout, Left Sidebar, One Column, Portfolio, Right Sidebar, RTL Language Support, Sticky Post, Theme Options, Threaded Comments, Two Columns, Three Columns and Translation Ready.
Advance is a clean responsive full-page WordPress theme. It is specially designed for Business, and general corporate website. It comes with the essential features for your website such as a business, personal, blog, portfolio etc.
Its responsive feature enables your website to automatically adjust screen size depending on the device used. Therefore, no matter where your audience are or what device they are viewing your new website on, it is going to display it to pixel perfection and scale seamlessly to suit the end device.
It is clean, lightweight and optimized for SEO. A lightweight template which loads faster both on mobile and desktop view.
Glow WordPress theme is suitable for beauty parlors, spa, salon Website, built with Bootstrap and is fully responsive for all the screen sizes. It can be used for Beauty, Salon, barber, Spa, Fitness, Wellness, Health, Blogging, Business, Agency, Corporate, Hospital, Massage parlor, Medicals, Doctors, Clinic or any other types of site.
Glow theme comes with built-in widgets and widgets positions, options customizer, drop-down menus, sliders, testimonials.
Features include: Custom Background, Custom Colours, Custom Menu, Featured Images, Full Width Template, Right Sidebar, Sticky Post, Theme Options, two columns, Threaded Comments and Translation Ready.
Zerif is a friendly one-page WordPress multipurpose theme, with a full-width image in the background and a simple white menu bar at the top. It comes with an elegant and modern design, which could fit very well any kind of business. Zerif Lite has an interactive and colourful interface, with classy parallax effect and lively animations. You can use it for your online shop as well.
Zerif Lite provides a responsive design, a clean and validated code, smooth parallax scrolling, WooCommerce integration, a blog layout, theme options panel, custom ribbons, lazy loading effect, complete translation, an easy contact form, custom content blocks, and many other customization options.
This theme also featured in our best free blog theme. It is one of the best themes out there and has a crisp and versatile design. That’s why it is used on different types of websites such as blogs, magazines, small businesses, schools, church or personal websites.
Features includes Extensive styling options, ultra responsive, Integrated social sharing and share count, easy customization using themes option, custom built widget, custom page template, coding is neat and adheres to the WordPress coding guidelines.
It is retina ready.
The theme has built in child themes with pluggable functions and files.
Above all, the mark-up is search engine optimized to allow the best possible ranking on search engines.
Features include: Custom Colours, Custom Menu, Featured Images, Flexible Header, Full Width Template, Left Sidebar, One Column, Post Formats, Right Sidebar, Sticky Post, Theme Options, Threaded Comments, Two Columns, Three Columns and Translation Ready.
Evolve is one of the best free full-width WordPress themes. It’s built on a solid framework with attention to details and user experience. It can be used to create blogs, online store, magazine or any business page.
It’s is responsive and automatically adjusts the screen size depending on the device used. No matter where your audience are or what device they are viewing your new website on, it is going to display it perfectly.
It also has great pre-built demo contents that makes designing your choice of website easy.
Features include: Blogging, BuddyPress integration, Custom Background, Custom Colours, Custom Header, Custom Menu, E-Commerce, Featured Images, Flexible Header, Footer Widgets, , Grid Layout, Left Sidebar, Microformats, News, Photography, Post Formats, Right Sidebar, Sticky Post, Theme Options, Threaded Comments and Translation Ready
