Your business relies on your WordPress site to draw in customers, whether you’re hosting right on WordPress.com or have your own custom site running WordPress. Do you take as much care of
Welcome to WordPress! Starting your first WordPress powered blog or website is an exciting, and sometimes confusing, time. You are likely worried about making mistakes and also wanting to get up
1. Backup your website Rule number 1: always back up your website. We suggest that you backup your WordPress website on a monthly basis, either through your hosting provider (which may have
Speed Up Your WordPress Site!
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How likely are you to stay on a slow-loading website? If you’re like most of us, the answer is, “not very.” Today’s web surfers expect pages to load quickly. In fact, KISSMetrics says load
The first beta for WordPress 4.5 is in full flow, with a final release date set for April 12th 2016. And thankfully, unlike with WordPress 4.4, I’m quite looking forward to clicking the
WordPress pingbacks …. you should probably switch ’em off
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More than 26,000 WordPress sites have been enslaved and used in a recent distributed denial-of-service attack campaign using a vulnerability first described in March 2014. The layer seven attacks
Google Search Console Alerts for Outdated Sites
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Google Search Console sent out another round of alerts to both WordPress users and Joomla users where they discovered that the site is running an older version of the CMS. Here is what the alert
Ways to Use Social Media to Improve Customer Service
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Businesses can pour money into elaborate advertising campaigns, but bad customer service can undo all that investment instantly. Studies show that in the United States poor quality customer
Checklist to avoid for mobile and responsive sites
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If you’re an e-commerce site considering launching on mobile, there are a few best practices you need to know. Most of them seem obvious – for instance, make sure it’s easy to buy your product.
Potential WordPress Design Pitfalls
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In the rush to get your WordPress website up and running, the chances are you made a few mistakes. This is understandable – to make mistakes is forgivable; however, to not go back and look for