# Trendlytik

> Custom WordPress & AI Development Studio


## Posts

- [What a $100 Website Can (and Can't) Do for Your Small Business](https://trendlytik.com/what-a-100-website-can-do-for-your-small-business/): A low-cost starter website can win you real customers — if you know what it is for. Here is what a $100 site should include, what it cannot do, and when it is time to upgrade.
- [Calling the Claude API from WordPress When Your Host Blocks Outbound Requests](https://trendlytik.com/claude-api-wordpress-shared-hosting/): Some shared hosts block or throttle outbound HTTP from PHP, or kill long requests. Here is how we still ship Claude-powered features in wp-admin — server-side when possible, browser-side when not, and safely either way.
- [How to Redesign Your Website Without Losing Google Rankings](https://trendlytik.com/website-redesign-without-losing-seo/): A new design should bring more traffic, not less. This step-by-step migration checklist covers URL mapping, 301 redirects, content, structured data and the first weeks after launch.
- [Core Web Vitals Explained for Business Owners (LCP, INP and CLS)](https://trendlytik.com/core-web-vitals-explained-for-business-owners/): Core Web Vitals measure how fast, responsive and stable your pages feel. Here is what LCP, INP and CLS mean in plain language, how to check them and what usually fixes them on WordPress.
- [Batch Processing in WordPress Under a 60-Second PHP Limit](https://trendlytik.com/wordpress-batch-processing-60-second-limit/): Imports, AI generation and image processing all time out on shared hosting. The one-item-at-a-time AJAX queue fixes it — here is the full pattern, with resumability, retries and progress.
- [Local SEO for Home Service Businesses: A Practical Guide](https://trendlytik.com/local-seo-for-home-service-businesses/): Plumbers, electricians, cleaners and appliance repair companies win most of their work from local search. This guide covers Google Business Profile, service pages, reviews, citations and schema.
- [15 Questions to Ask Before You Hire a WordPress Developer](https://trendlytik.com/questions-before-hiring-a-wordpress-developer/): Portfolios all look good. These fifteen questions reveal who will actually build your site, who owns it afterwards, how it will perform and what happens when something breaks.
- [9 Practical Ways to Use AI on Your WordPress Site (and the Guardrails You Need)](https://trendlytik.com/ai-for-wordpress-practical-use-cases/): Skip the hype. These are nine AI features that save real time on WordPress sites — from product descriptions to nutrition analysis — plus the guardrails that keep them accurate and affordable.
- [Why We Build WordPress Themes Without Page Builders (or Build Tools)](https://trendlytik.com/why-we-build-without-page-builders/): Plain PHP and vanilla JavaScript are not old-fashioned — for most business sites they are the fastest, cheapest and most maintainable choice. An honest look at custom themes versus page builders, and when each makes sense.
- [WooCommerce Launch Checklist: 40 Things to Check Before You Go Live](https://trendlytik.com/woocommerce-launch-checklist/): Products, payments, shipping, tax, emails, legal pages, speed and SEO — a practical WooCommerce pre-launch checklist from a developer who has launched and fixed many stores.
- [Restaurant and Food Truck Websites: What Actually Brings in Orders](https://trendlytik.com/restaurant-and-food-truck-website-guide/): Hungry customers want three things: the menu, a way to order and proof the food is good. How to build a restaurant or food truck website around them — with menus, ordering links, reviews and local SEO.
- [WordPress Maintenance Checklist: What to Do Weekly, Monthly and Yearly](https://trendlytik.com/wordpress-maintenance-checklist/): A WordPress site is not finished at launch. This practical maintenance schedule covers updates, backups, security, speed, SEO checks and the yearly renewals that catch businesses out.
- [JSON-LD Schema for WordPress Themes: The Types That Actually Matter](https://trendlytik.com/json-ld-schema-wordpress-themes/): You do not need every schema.org type. These are the structured data types we build into every WordPress theme, how to connect them with @id references, how to test them and how to avoid duplicates with SEO plugins.
- [Building a Family of Niche Websites That Help Each Other (Without Breaking Google's Rules)](https://trendlytik.com/building-a-family-of-niche-websites/): How we connect NutrientsCalculator, Yara's Way and BrightMinds Quiz so each site helps the others — shared tools, honest cross-links and the lines we never cross.
- [How Much Does a Website Cost? A Clear Breakdown for Small Businesses](https://trendlytik.com/how-much-does-a-website-cost/): Website quotes range from a hundred dollars to tens of thousands. Here is what actually drives the price — pages, design, features, content and ongoing costs — and how to budget without overpaying or under-buying.
- [Stop Asking Clients to Clear Their Cache: filemtime() Cache Busting](https://trendlytik.com/filemtime-cache-busting-wordpress/): Hard-coded version numbers mean stale CSS after every deploy. One line of PHP fixes it permanently — plus the caching layers, CDN rules and gotchas that still trip people up.
- [WordPress vs Wix vs Shopify: Which Is Right for Your Small Business?](https://trendlytik.com/wordpress-vs-wix-vs-shopify/): An honest comparison of WordPress, Wix and Shopify for small businesses: ownership, flexibility, SEO, ecommerce, costs over time and how hard it is to move later — with a simple way to choose.
- [When Bing Sends More Traffic Than Google: A Practical Playbook](https://trendlytik.com/ranking-on-bing-indexnow/): For some sites, Bing, Yahoo and DuckDuckGo send more visitors than Google. How to set up Bing Webmaster Tools, IndexNow and Bing Places, and write content that wins on Bing without hurting Google.
- [How to Choose WordPress Hosting for a Business Website](https://trendlytik.com/how-to-choose-wordpress-hosting/): Shared, managed, VPS or cloud? What actually matters when choosing WordPress hosting for a business site — speed, location, backups, support, limits and the questions to ask before you buy.
- [How to Write Service Pages That Rank and Turn Visitors into Enquiries](https://trendlytik.com/how-to-write-service-pages-that-convert/): Your service pages do most of the selling on a business website. A practical structure for service pages that answer real questions, rank in search and make it easy to get in touch — with a reusable outline.
- [Why Your Customizer Settings Vanish After a Theme Update (and the Zip Fix)](https://trendlytik.com/wordpress-theme-zip-customizer-reset/): If every theme update resets the Customizer, the problem is almost always the zip file, not WordPress. How theme mods are stored, how folder names change by accident, how to recover lost settings and how to package themes safely.
- [SEO Checklist for a New Website: 30 Steps Before and After Launch](https://trendlytik.com/seo-checklist-for-a-new-website/): A practical SEO checklist for new websites: research, structure, on-page basics, technical setup, launch-day tasks and the first ninety days — so your new site gets found from the start.
- [Website Accessibility for Small Businesses: A Practical WCAG Guide](https://trendlytik.com/website-accessibility-for-small-businesses/): Accessible websites reach more customers, reduce legal risk and usually perform better in search. A plain-language guide to WCAG for small businesses — what to check, what to fix first and how to keep it that way.
- [Plan Your Website Content Before the Design: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://trendlytik.com/plan-website-content-before-design/): Content is the most common reason website projects run late. How to plan pages, write a sitemap, gather what you need and brief your developer — so the design fits your content, not the other way round.
- [Pinterest for Small Businesses: How to Drive Real Traffic to Your Website](https://trendlytik.com/pinterest-for-small-business-website-traffic/): Pinterest works more like a visual search engine than a social network, and pins keep sending visitors for months. How to set up a business account, design pins, write for Pinterest search and turn clicks into customers.

## Pages

- [Website packages & pricing](https://trendlytik.com/packages/): Get online with the limited-time $100 starter website, or get a fixed quote for a custom WordPress site, WooCommerce store or AI add-on.
- [Get your free proposal](https://trendlytik.com/contact/): Tell us about your website, plugin, store or AI idea. You will hear back from the developer — not a sales team — within one business day.
- [A developer-led WordPress & AI studio](https://trendlytik.com/about/): Trendlytik is a Colombo-based studio building custom WordPress themes, plugins, WooCommerce stores and Claude-powered AI features for businesses in Sri Lanka, the UAE, Australia and the US.
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