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Configure Mailgun for WordPress
Learn how to configure Mailgun, a email relay system, and how to integrate it with your WordPress website to send emails to your subscribers and users.
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About ORDER_BY_RAND()
Learn how to enable ORDER_BY_RAND() in MySQL queries, why we disable it, and important performance information to know when using it.
Platform Settings
This page offers answers to common questions about default platform settings, WordPress settings, and server configuration settings
Best Practices for eCommerce Sites
Find out WP Engine's recommendations to make an eCommerce site built to last, secure, scalable, and speedy with Best Practices.
MIME Types in WordPress
Learn about MIME types in WordPress and how to resolve the error "Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons".
jQuery Versions in WordPress
Learn how to call another jQuery version on your WordPress site, without conflicting with other plugins or WordPress itself.
TimThumb with WordPress
TimThumb has several issues and has since been abandoned by its developer. Read more to learn why and how to use alternatives to TimThumb.
Development Best Practices (No Version Control)
Learn about best practices when deploying a site to WP Engine. In this article we'll discuss how to deploy when NOT leveraging Git version control.
Serialized Data in WordPress
Learn what serialized data is, what conflicts this type of data may present, and the most common solutions to serialized data issues.
