Free. Easy. Quick. 5-minute boost for WordPress security
If you can click ‘Delete,’ you can boost your WordPress website’s security in a jiffy by clearing out inactive themes. Easy, step-by-step instructions with photos.
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Don’t get hacked: How to protect your WordPress site from malware, viruses & internet scumbags
This post to Twitter was eerily familiar: Suffering from a weird virus at our #wordpress site. No problems with direct links, but all change when posted on social media…. Just a few weeks ago, a client e-mailed me about an issue with a site that had been launched only hours before he noticed a problem. … Read more
How to do WordPress plugin updates
If you have a WordPress website, you MUST do WordPress plugin updates. Worried they’ll cause a website meltdown? Here’s practical, actionable advice for updating safely (and sanely!).
GoDaddy: Don’t go there
In a recent post about web host GoDaddy, Judi Knight echoes my thoughts, as well as my experience. With even a modest web site, many variables are in play – hardware, software, hosting outages, domain name problems, DNS problems, database glitches, etc. etc. This often makes it difficult to pinpoint the cause of a problem. … Read more