Osama Tahir

Senior Writer

Expertise

WordPress
SEO
Digital marketing
Data analytics
Python
SaaS

Highlights

Osama is a Senior Writer for the WPForms team. He earned his BSc in Electronic Engineering in 2016, following his academic interest in science and technology, and started his writing career as a freelancer soon after.

During his early career, Osama joined an affiliate marketing company operating in the SaaS and cybersecurity industry, where he created hundreds of well-researched guides for non-technical audiences.

He has also worked as a Senior Editor in a digital marketing agency – an experience that enabled him to develop a deeper understanding of WordPress, working across a diverse range of client websites.

In addition to his work for WPForms, Osama has contributed articles to prominent tech blogs like HackerNoon, BetaNews, MalwareBytes, Infosec-Mag, MacUpdate, and more.

How to increase the max file upload size in WordPress

How to Increase Max File Upload Size in WordPress (4 Ways)

If you've ever tried to upload an image, a video, or a PDF to WordPress and hit a wall, you've probably seen a message like "file exceeds the maximum upload size for this site."

It's one of the most common roadblocks in WordPress, and the good news is that it's usually quick to fix. WordPress doesn't set this limit on its own. Your hosting company decides it, and the size you get depends on your plan.

In this guide, I'll walk you through seven ways to increase it, starting with the easiest no-code option and working up to the more hands-on methods.

8 Best WordPress SMTP Plugins to Improve Email Deliverability

Are you looking for the best WordPress SMTP plugins?

To send marketing, transactional, or sales emails to users, you need a WordPress SMTP plugin to send emails with higher deliverability. An SMTP plugin will fix your email deliverability and help manage your outgoing WordPress emails. This article will look at the best WordPress SMTP you can use on your website.

User-Centric Web Form Design: Top 12 Tips & Best Practices

Do you want to learn web form design best practices to boost conversion for your website? When designing forms, creating simple, streamlined, user-friendly, and attractive forms that your users enjoy filling out is crucial. An optimized and well-designed form will help you improve user experience and boost conversion. This article will show you the best web form design practices to boost conversion and make visitors love your forms.

how to filter contact form spam with filter

How to Filter Contact Form Spam With Akismet

Contact form spam is a massive problem that troubles websites both big and small. Thankfully, there are effective ways to combat form spam in WordPress.

Akismet is a popular spam prevention plugin that can integrate with some form builders to block spam.

In this article, we'll explain how you can add Akismet to WPForms to keep pesky spambots at bay.

11 Best PayPal Plugins for WordPress

PayPal is the most popular payment method. If you don't have PayPal payments enabled on your website, you might be missing out on potential customers and limiting your revenue streams.

We put together a list of the top PayPal plugins for WordPress that offer easy integration and plenty of useful features fo managing your payment processes.

How to Add Keywords and Meta Descriptions in WordPress

How to Add Keywords in WordPress (and What Google Ignores)

Plenty of people come looking for a box in WordPress where you type your keywords.

Adding keywords in WordPress means setting a focus keyphrase and writing a meta description in an SEO plugin like AIOSEO. Google and Bing stopped reading the old meta keywords tag more than a decade ago.

Following an older tutorial will have you switching on a feature AIOSEO deliberately ships disabled. The two fields that genuinely affect how your page shows up in search sit on the same screen, a few inches away.

This guide covers both halves of that, starting with where keywords actually belong now. Then I’ll walk through setting a meta description and focus keyphrase on your posts, pages, and homepage.