A 15-minute server cron only gives WordPress a chance to process its queue every 15 minutes, so a post scheduled just after a tick can be nearly 15 minutes late even when it’s working normally.

Use the browser Network log and an external header check together: the first shows whether the browser made a redirect request, while the second shows whether the redirect still exists outside that browser.

It’s usually a cache split: your logged-in request bypasses the public page cache, while logged-out visitors are still getting an older cached homepage.

Usually redirect an attachment-page URL to its live parent post, not the image file; keep the file URL itself accessible.

Pinterest outbound clicks and GA4 sessions are different measurements, so the Pinterest total can be much higher.

That usually means Search Console is comparing two different snapshots: the Page indexing report remembers a crawl where the URL redirected, while the live test follows the redirect and tests the destination now.

A near-doubling of page views can cut Page RPM roughly in half if estimated earnings did not rise with it.

Instagram link clicks and GA4 sessions measure different points in the trip, so they usually won't match exactly.

Yes — a browser can keep using a cached 301 even after you switch the DNS record to DNS-only.

Treat the timezone-change date as a reporting boundary, not a normal traffic spike or drop.