Version 5.2 of WordPress includes new website health check features, PHP error protection, new dashboard icons and more. Amy Gesenhues on May 8, 2019 WordPress announced Tuesday the latest version is now available for download and includes several security updates. “There are even more robust tools for identifying and fixing configuration issues and fatal … Continue reading WordPress version 5.2 delivers more security features, tools to fix ‘fatal’ website errors
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Do Not Throw Away a WordPress Site, Switch the Theme
Barry Roos — April 10, 2019 Follow @roosites — April 10, 2019 The beauty of using a content management system like WordPress is that you don’t have to throw away the site when you want a new design or if you have an issue. We ran into this recently with a client of several years. … Continue reading Do Not Throw Away a WordPress Site, Switch the Theme
Use These 4 Widgets for Pinterest on WordPress
Susan Gilbert — March 24, 2019 Follow @SusanGilbert — March 24, 2019 Today I have some WordPress resources to help you improve your visual Pinterest marketing strategy. If you need more subscribers to your blog then one of the best ways to accomplish this is through posting your articles to your boards. The key to … Continue reading Use These 4 Widgets for Pinterest on WordPress
How to Migrate from Medium to WordPress without Any Downtime
Mike Brown — March 12, 2019 Follow @BuddhaBroInc — March 12, 2019 Medium has become a very popular platform for content writers but it still has its downsides. One glaring drawback of Medium is that your content is published on another platform over which you have limited control. Another potential problem is if Medium shuts … Continue reading How to Migrate from Medium to WordPress without Any Downtime
How to Convert Posts Into Pages in WordPress (and the Benefits You Can Gain)
Nikola Roza — March 13, 2019 Follow @NikolaRoza — March 13, 2019 I know you’ll agree with me: WordPress is an amazing CMS (content management system). A feature-rich platform- yet easy to use. Great at its very core, but can be upgraded with thousands of add-ons (plugins and themes) to bring out the best in … Continue reading How to Convert Posts Into Pages in WordPress (and the Benefits You Can Gain)
WordPress plugin to win back cart abandoners leaves sites open to attack
Plugin maker has issued a patch. Site owners cautioned to update their sites and carefully review their databases for possible script injections. Ginny Marvin on March 12, 2019 A vulnerability in a WordPress plugin has left e-commerce sites vulnerable, according to a report Monday from Defiant, makers of a WordPress firewall plugin. What caused the … Continue reading WordPress plugin to win back cart abandoners leaves sites open to attack
WordPress 5.1 released with Site Health feature, developer tools, more
The release focuses on making the popular blogging platform faster and more secure with new tools for site administrators and developers. Chris Sherman on February 26, 2019 Used by more than 60 million websites, including more than 30 percent of the top 10 million websites, WordPress is the most popular website management system in use, … Continue reading WordPress 5.1 released with Site Health feature, developer tools, more
Here’s Quite Possibly The Easiest (and Safest) Way to Move Your WordPress Site
Louis Allport — February 25, 2019 — February 25, 2019 If you read through the official WordPress article on how to move your site, it can sound pretty scary. There’s lots of complicated sounding terms you may not be familiar with, like: Data serialization… Server paths… MySQL tables… … and more… To be perfectly frank, … Continue reading Here’s Quite Possibly The Easiest (and Safest) Way to Move Your WordPress Site
How to Add an Image to Sidebar On a WordPress Site (and Why You’ll Want to Do It)
Nikola Roza — February 20, 2019 Follow @NikolaRoza — February 20, 2019 One image could be worth a thousand words for you. It could be worth more than that! Well-placed imagery is a trove of benefits for your website and you shouldn’t underestimate their power. Ever. Or do it at your peril. One picture has … Continue reading How to Add an Image to Sidebar On a WordPress Site (and Why You’ll Want to Do It)
Learn How to Find and Fix Broken Links in Your WordPress Site — It’s Worth Doing It!
Nikola Roza — February 9, 2019 Follow @NikolaRoza — February 9, 2019 Broken links… the bane of every honest webmaster. The destroyers of websites! Well… not really. But they are worth fixing. And if your site is of: decent age, decent size, or both; you have broken links. And they’re ruining your site’s experience. So … Continue reading Learn How to Find and Fix Broken Links in Your WordPress Site — It’s Worth Doing It!