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PHP security updates and proactive website protection by The Human Tech Agency.
David Whalley · 27/10/2026
Cybersecurity

What Happens When a Critical Vulnerability Puts Your Website at Risk?

Discover how The Human Tech Agency responded to critical PHP vulnerabilities and why proactive website maintenance matters for your business.

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Umbraco vs WordPress CMS comparison, showing C# and .NET alongside PHP, highlighting website security, plugins and bespoke development.
David Whalley · 22/10/2026
CMS, Web Development, Cybersecurity

Umbraco vs WordPress: When a CMS's Greatest Strengths Become Its Weaknesses

Umbraco vs WordPress: compare security, flexibility, development costs and long-term maintenance to find the right CMS for your business.

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Illustration showing Umbraco CMS connecting structured content, APIs, metadata and integrations to AI search platforms including ChatGPT, Gemini and Google.
Marshall Davies · 20/10/2026
AI Search

Is Umbraco a good CMS for AI search?

An honest assessment of Umbraco’s strengths and limitations for organisations preparing their websites for AI search.

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Umbraco 18 release graphic showing the upgrade from Umbraco 17 to 18, highlighting the new Library, Elements and reusable content features.
David Whalley · 13/10/2026
Umbraco

What's New in Umbraco 18? And Why You Might Want to Wait Before Upgrading

Umbraco 18 has arrived, bringing new functionality designed to make content management more flexible, efficient and reusable.

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Umbraco SEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.
Marshall Davies · 06/10/2026
GEO

Umbraco SEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews: a practical guide

You do not need three separate strategies. You need one website that is technically sound, genuinely useful and clear about why it should be trusted.

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Building a Six-Language Website in Umbraco graphic featuring a globe surrounded by speech bubbles representing the six UN languages.
David Whalley · 29/09/2026
Multilingual Websites

Building a Six-Language Website in Umbraco: What We Learned

Learn how we built a six-language Umbraco website using culture variants, translations and automated translation for externally synced content.

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Patient journey through a private healthcare website, from finding treatments and specialists to booking an appointment
Marshall Davies · 22/09/2026
Private Healthcare

Why Private Healthcare Websites Lose Patients Before They Ever Make an Enquiry

Prospective patients rarely leave a healthcare website because they have suddenly stopped needing help. More often, the website has made the next step feel uncertain, difficult or unsafe.

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Illustration showing AI search connecting real questions, structured Umbraco content and evidence to trusted answers.
Marshall Davies · 15/09/2026
SEO

How to optimise an Umbraco website for AI search

Being crawlable is only the starting point. The real job is making your expertise easy to understand, trust and quote.

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Upgrading an Umbraco 8 website versus rebuilding on modern Umbraco 17.
David Whalley · 08/09/2026
Umbraco

Umbraco 8: Should You Upgrade or Rebuild?

Still running Umbraco 8? We explore the challenges of upgrading to modern Umbraco and when rebuilding directly on Umbraco 17 may be the better option.

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