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Make Your WordPress Site as Safe as Houses | Blog | Krystal Hosting It's incredibly important to make sure your WordPress setup is as secure as possible. There are steps you can take to lock things down, and with these tips, your site can be as safe and sound as your…

Because WordPress is so popular, it’s an easy target for hackers. That’s why you have to make sure your WordPress setup is as tight as possible.
In the blog today, tips to make your site as safe and sound as your own front door.

SVGs that feel like GIFs The moving image below is only 49Kb and has an incredibly high resolution. It's similar to a GIF but instead of showing moving images, it shows moving SVGs!

Did you know that you can animate SVGs? Vincent Warmerdam explains. koaning.io/posts/svg-gi...

An example of a phishing email sent to Krystal customers regarding their account. It does not use our email address, does not have our logo, does not use the customer's name, and the button does not go to our site.

We are receiving new reports of phishing emails being sent to our customers. Please forward any to phishing@krystal.io.
We are working to have the fraudulent sites taken down from @vercel.com, where they are being hosted. We will continue to work to make the web a safer place for our customers.

A barn owl stands in a field of yellow flowers, in a photo taken by Andy Chilton.

Today is International Owl Awareness Day! Did you know that one of the easiest ways to help the local owl population in your area is to reduce light pollution at night? So make sure to turn off your garden lights!

Why Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress The head of web publishing giant Automattic on the WordPress drama and what’s next for the web.

What’s the future of WordPress? What else is Automattic doing? And what’s happening with Tumblr?
All this and more is answered in Nilay Patel’s interview with Matt Mullenweg for the Verge’s Decoder podcast.

It’s World Wide Web Day, where we’re celebrating 34 years of browsing and building the web. So…because you can’t browse the web without a domain name, how many do you own? Let us know below!

Over 1 Million People Now Work at Certified B Corps, as New Global Research Highlights Leadership on Fair Work More than 1 million people are now employed by Certified B Corporations, marking a major milestone in the global movement to redefine business success. This achievement coincides with the release of…

"More than 1 million people are now employed by Certified B Corporations, marking a major milestone in the global movement to redefine business success."
We might just be a tiny part of that bigger number, but we're proud to be B Corps!

15 Design and Development Newsletters to Inspire You | Blog | Krystal Hosting 15 carefully chosen newsletters here to drop the best links in your inbox, ready to inform, inspire and occasionally distract.

Newsletters are a fantastic way to discover new and exciting ways to design, build, write, create or find out what's happening online.

In the blog today, Kate lists 15 of their favourite newsletters that help keep them up to date with everything related to the web (and get content for socials!).

The Power of Long-Form Content: Why It’s Still Relevant in SEO - Marketing Insider Group In the ever-changing world of SEO, it’s easy to get caught up in the latest trends and techniques. Social media algorithms, new search engine updates, and keyword optimization strategies often steal…

While it seems like everyone is moving to video or quickly dashed off hot takes, there’s still plenty of room for long-form content in the world. Giana Reno gets into the importance of long-form content for Marketing Insider Group.

You're smart. You're beautiful. Why isn't your site? | Blog | Krystal Hosting You're smart. You're beautiful. But your website is...not. We explain what WordPress themes are and how they can turn your site into something just as beautiful as you in a few clicks.

You’re smart. You’re beautiful. But your website is…not.
In the blog today, we explain what WordPress themes are and how they can turn your site into something just as beautiful as you in a few clicks.

A Siberian tiger sits on top of a tree stump in a photo taken by Frida Lannerström.

Today is Global Tiger Day!
Did you know that in September 2024, tigers were reintroduced into Kazakhstan for the first time in 70 years? Good luck, Bodhana and Kuma!

Creating a semantic color palette On Monday, we looked at how to create an accessible color palette. Today, we’re going to learn how to take that palette and use it to create semantic color variables that we can use throughout our…

When you’re making a colour palette, it helps to think about what the colour is doing rather than what it is.
@cferdinandi.bsky.social explains in his Creating a Semantic Color Palette article.

Let us know if there's anything in particular you're looking for, and we'll see what we can do!

Open Benches: Client Story | Krystal Hosting See how Krystal Hosting helped Open Benches collect nearly 30,000 memorial benches around the world.

And, by the way, if you happen to see a park bench with a memorial plaque during your enjoyment of your local park, why not add it to Open Benches, a lovely project by @edent.tel hosted on Krystal?
krystal.io/client-stori...

A wooden park bench in front of a lush green hill and some trees dappled by sunlight, in a photo taken by Metin Ozer.

It’s Love Parks Week, where everyone can go out and enjoy green spaces!
What’s the best park near you?

Make a greener choice with Krystal’s planet-friendly web hosting. Powered by 100% renewable energy, our ultra-fast platform helps reduce digital emissions without compromising performance. From just £7 pcm, it’s sustainable, secure, and supported by a UK-based team. Hosting that’s better for your site — and the planet.

If you'd like to support my blog or @openbenches or any of the other stuff I create, the best way is to sign up for Krystal.io's web hosting.

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The broken rhetoric of AI. A detox guide for designers navigating… | by Mike Schindler | Jun, 2025 | UX Collective We’re about a year into the Great AI Divide, or whatever our history-keeping algorithms decide to call this moment, and even the most literate among us can’t help falling into the same old rhetorical…

"...right now is actually a rare and real opportunity for a smarter, more generous conversation — one that helps our design community navigate uncertainty with clarity, creativity, and a sense of shared agency."
Mike Schindler on the broken rhetoric of AI for @uxcollective.bsky.social.

Certified secure: Krystal passes ISO 27001:2022 with flying colours We passed our latest ISO certification with no recommendations or nonconformities. Here's why that's important.

We’ve passed our ISO 27001:2022 information security certification with a clean slate!
Safe, secure and independently verified.
That’s how we do hosting.
Read more in our blog post.

Core Web Vitals, SEO & your hosting: are you missing a ranking opportunity? | Blog | Krystal Hosting Is your hosting helping or hurting your SEO? Discover how your Core Web Vitals could expose the truth.

Ever heard of Core Web Vitals? They’re Google’s way of measuring how your site feels, and they affect your SEO ranking. Good hosting boosts your scores. Bad hosting tanks them. Here’s how to check if your hosting is letting you down.

A simple website This website is a trip down memory lane. I'm not trying to tell you to stop modern web development. This website uses technologies not available at the time the content here is about. It works on…

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to really design a website in 2000, this simple website tells you everything.

A screenshot of a phishing email that claims to be from Krystal, telling you about a failed payment on your account, but it's not our email address, it's not our logo, it doesn't have your name, and the button link doesn't look like anything we'd do and it doesn't go to our site.

Remember! If you see an email like this, send it to phishing@krystal.io and don't click on any links!

Tips For Moving Your Site To WordPress | Blog | Krystal Hosting Moving your site onto WordPress might seem daunting, but you’ll be fine. Aside from the fact that we can probably move it for you, here are our tips for making the whole thing a breeze.

Moving your site onto WordPress might seem daunting, but you’ll be fine.
Aside from the fact that we can probably move it for you, we also have tips for making the whole thing a breeze.
krystal.io/blog/post/ti...

We are aware users are being targeted by a phishing attempt about a failed payment attempt. You can read the full details below.
We are submitting takedown requests for these sites.
Please be cautious with any emails you receive. If you have any questions, please log into our site directly.

Two penguins are walking on a green and rocky piece of land with mountains in the background. In front of them is the 1% for the Planet logo.

We're proud to announce that we are certified for another year with 1% for the Planet. This means that we committed to (and delivered!) giving at least 1% of our annual revenue to environmental causes in 2024.
To find out more about 1% for the Planet, visit www.onepercentfortheplanet.org

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Want to reduce the file size of your image? Strip out the EXIF or GPS data? Want to do it entirely in your browser without anything being saved anywhere? SlimImg is for you.

I’ve overdesigned before — here’s what I’ve learned about doing less - LogRocket Blog Overdesign isn’t about bad design — it’s about overthinking. Learn how to simplify without compromising clarity or creativity.

"So — when does thoughtful UX become overdesign? And how do you know whether a UX best practice is truly best for your context?"
Daniel Schwarz on the problem of overdoing it for Log Rocket.

A group of animals sit around a boardroom table. From the left, going counterclockwise: A wombat, a wolf, a black cat, a manatee, a llama, an octopus, a howler monkey, a horse, a golden retriever, a giraffe, an elephant, a goat, and a coelacanth.

This week, Krystal had a strategy meeting where we mapped out the next six months and beyond. There are exciting things coming down the pipeline, so watch this space!
(Also, here we all are at the meeting as our favourite animals.)

Not Just For Big Brands: Why Every Business Needs a Disaster Recovery Plan | Blog | Krystal Hosting Disaster recovery isn’t just for big brands. If you’ve got a website, you need a plan.

It doesn’t take much to knock your site offline. That’s why every business, big or small, needs a disaster recovery plan.
In the blog today, see what to watch out for and how to stay protected.

CSS pro tip:

:target {
scroll-margin-block-start: 2em;
}

Adds a nice bit of breathing room to stuff that's anchored via URL like example.​com/#my-element

A short history of web bots and bot detection techniques · OlegWock Did you know your favorite website can detect when you're browsing it in public transport or when you scroll it in your bed? Moreover, this info sometimes helps them to fight bots.

Have you ever looked at all the bots crawling your site, and wondered how they got there? Oleg Wock gets into how web bots are made and how you can detect them.