Yorkshire Design
WordPress, SEO & pagespeed guides from 20+ years of building websites
Practical, tested guides on web design, technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, hosting and WordPress. Written from real client work, in plain English, with the steps and settings you need.
Whether you're fixing a slow site or climbing the rankings, this will help.
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Six individual areas, each with its own clusters. Choose from where you need help most.
Web Design
Designing WordPress sites that look sharp, work on every device and convert visitors into enquiries.
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SEO
Technical SEO, keyword strategy, Search Console mastery and how rankings actually work — without the snake oil.
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WordPress
Themes, plugins, maintenance, security and the common mistakes that quietly break WordPress websites.
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Page Speed
Core Web Vitals, image optimisation, caching and everything PageSpeed Insights is actually telling you.
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Content
Writing content that ranks and reads well — strategy, structure and Google's helpful content guidance.
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Web Hosting
Choosing and configuring hosting that keeps WordPress fast, stable and secure — and what to avoid.
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Who writes the guides on Yorkshire Design?
Every guide is researched, tested and written personally by me, Simon, drawing on more than twenty years of hands-on WordPress, SEO and page speed work. Nothing is outsourced, ghostwritten or generated. If it's published here, it's because I've used it on a real website.
Are the guides kept up to date?
Yes. Google's algorithms, Core Web Vitals and WordPress itself change constantly, so guides are revisited and updated as things move. The updated date on each post shows when it was last reviewed, so you know you're reading current advice rather than something from three years ago.
My website is slow, where should I start?
Start with the Page Speed section. It covers Core Web Vitals, image optimisation and caching from first principles, including what PageSpeed Insights is actually measuring and which of its numbers genuinely matter. Most slow WordPress sites can be dramatically improved without touching a line of code.
Can I hire you to work on my website?
Yes — I take on a limited amount of web design, SEO and website maintenance work alongside writing. Get in touch through the contact page, email sales@yorkshiredesign.co.uk, or call 07757 245656 and we can talk through what your website needs.
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