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The human security factor: Passwords
Hardening WordPress—the steps taken to tighten up security to prevent a malicious intrusion into your website—can seem daunting to the typical user. Luckily, one of the simplest things you can do to harden WordPress is also one of the most effective: use
For many years we've used Fitvids.js to keep YouTube and Vimeo video embeds responsive for all screens. It's still a good option in that it functions as advertised, but if you're keeping up with the latest in WordPress and Gutenberg, there's an
We make it easy for you to manage and update your credit cards and payments for our subscriptions. If you've received an email that your automatic renewal payment failed, here's how to get it updated. Update or Change a Credit Card If
This post is part of our customer showcase series where we highlight some of the awesome things our customers are doing. Hardworking and proud The Park City Fire District is a hard working team of full time firefighters and EMT's that protects
WordPress themes from ThemeForest are perhaps the most popular premium themes available. Themes like Avada, X | The Theme, and Enfold have over 100,000 sales each (Avada has nearly 400k sales). These themes provide their users a ton of control and options,
Protect Your Website from Malware Spread through Ad Networks
Malware, or “malicious software,” is software designed to inflict harm to a website, digital device or network with a range of vicious strategies. Malware is a catch-all term for a range of programs designed to inflict harm on a digital device or
Improve Site Speed and Page Load Times Your site’s search engine ranking depends on a number of factors and an increasingly important one is the speed of your website. All major search engines take page load speed into consideration when determining how
Avoid Blackhat SEO spam and save your online reputation
Malicious SEO hacking is known by many names—“Blackhat SEO”, “Dirty SEO”, “SEO Poisoning”—but in the end the result is always the same: your site visitors are greeted with a warning from Google that your site may hacked. In many cases website owners
How to Set Up Google Maps API Credentials and Enable Billing
Google updated its Maps API requirements last year and many of our customers are just now finding their maps no longer working. I'm not sure if the policy is just now going into effect for them, but the issue usually lies in
Ensure Gmail and Gsuite Deliverability in WordPress
Are you having trouble sending WordPress emails and notifications to your Gmail or Gsuite email? This is a common issue with both Gmail and Gsuite (and other email hosting services). There are well known reasons for why it's happening, and what you
WooCommerce 4.1.0 was released yesterday and among the various updates, there's now a new Marketing tab below the Analytics menu item. This is a new addition to WooCommerce, which they are dubbing the Marketing Hub. Taking a look at the new section
Running an e-commerce website has unique and exciting challenges that non e-comm sites needn't worry about. One of those challenges is how best to manage backups. Every site needs a backup plan, what's so special about e-commerce? Most website managers don't add
WordPress 5.2 was released today, and among the many new features and updates is a new minimum PHP requirement. PHP 5.6 is the new minimum WordPress requirement WordPress has long supported older versions of PHP, with the previous minimum being 5.2.4. In
WP Scan Vulnerability Database has released information about a potential security hole discovered in the popular Royal Slider plugin. The exploit allows a remote attacker to trick a logged-in administrator to open a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script
WooCommerce 3.2 rescheduled for October 11 release date
WooCommerce has updated the schedule for the next major release: We have a small number of remaining open issues that need to be fixed before we can tag and send out the release candidate (RC) for WooCommerce 3.2. When we ship an
In the last few years the concept of managed WordPress hosting has really taken off. Providers like WP Engine, Pressable, and Pagely started the concept, and regular, old-school hosting companies like Media Temple and Liquid Web have jumped on the bandwagon. If
Many WordPress bloggers employ the Akismet anti-spam plugin to prevent spam comments to posts. If this includes you, please update to the latest version to patch a critical persistent XXS vulnerability. You can learn more about this issue from the Akismet blog.
Remove expired SSL certs before adding Let’s Encrypt
We love Let's Encrypt because it makes running an SSL certificate easy to set-up, it renews automatically, and provides tough data encryption. You might be one of the many site owners who are interested in making the switch from an existing annual
If you've enabled cross-sells in WooCommerce on a product by product basis but would like to remove them from the cart in one motion, add the following script to your functions.php file or a custom functions plugin: You can also move the
WooCommerce 2.7 release delayed, version changing to 3.0.0
We were expecting a brand new, major release version of WooCommerce to be released today (2.7), but in a post on the WooCommerce Dev blog, it looks like it's being pushed back a few weeks, likely April 4th. Critical bug found Pushing