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GoDaddy acquires ManageWP
GoDaddy acquired the popular WordPress management service ManageWP, which will remain a standalone service. ManageWP customers will have to wait and see if the service deteriorates. Cinch maintenance clients need not worry about any of this, as we don't use ManageWP. The
Why your Instagram feed is broken and how to fix it
If you use the Instagram Feed plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/instagram-feed/) by Smash Balloon you may have found that the display of your feed was changed after the last update. If so, log in as administrator to WordPress, click Instagram Feed then the Customize tab.
An automated WordPress update has failed to complete
If you've ever run across this message in WordPress: An automated WordPress update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now You may be a little confused, especially if everything is already updated. Well no worries, here's an easy
How to Easily Add a Website Support Service to Your Web Design Business
Building a freelance web design business or running a small web design studio can be a rewarding career, offering freedom of time and a comfortable lifestyle. I know this first hand after running a web design studio in Park City for over
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
Every few months we see waves of spam messages being sent through our customers contact forms. Fortunately there are steps that can be taken to help put a stop to it. Start with the basic moves The first step we recommend is
WordPress 5.5 Causing Issues on Your Site? Here’s a Possible Fix
WordPress 5.5 was release on August 11th, and while it's mostly been a very smooth update, we've seen a few issues cropping up for some of our customers. Especially customers using older themes or plugins. As part of a longer term plan
When you send an email it better get delivered, right? Ideally into the recipients inbox. As email hosts and ISP's crank harder to fight email spam, we're seeing an increasing issue with our WordPress and WooCommerce Support customers – emails sent from
What Happened to the Post Comments Panel in Gutenberg?
When WordPress 5.0 was released with the new default editor, Gutenberg, the editing experience has become much more streamlined. Pallets, tools, and metaboxes have been rearranged or hidden from view. This includes the Comments panel that used to be available on a
If you use WP Super Cache to speed up your site, update to the latest version as soon as possible to patch critical security holes. The latest v1.4.5 update fixes a XXS vulnerability and prevents PHP object injections, among other bug fixes
Our 30-Minute Fixes are the Cornerstone of Your Support Plan In life, and in websites, things rarely fix themselves. That is why Cinch provides free 30-Minute Fixes for when you need a little WordPress help. Most other support plans only cover the
I wrote last week about how to detect and remove zero width space characters (​) from Sublime Text. Turns out the culprit is a bug in Slack. We use Slack to maintain a code snippet library using their Snippet feature. It works
3.9.1 – 2020-01-28 Tweak – Trim whitespaces and strip slashes from MaxMind License Key.Dev – Prevent empty notices to get displayed on frontend.Fix – Show “-” instead of “0” when tax isn’t applicable to a product.Fix – Fixed fatal error on the
It's a Friday celebration in the Cinch submarine! Today we hit a milestone with the number of websites we manage and your crew is partying near torpedo bay three. Thanks to all our great customers who've trusted us with the protection and
Cinch Enhances Server Performance: Upgrading from Apache to Litespeed
At Cinch, we're committed to providing our hosting customers with the best in reliability and speed. Server performance is a critical factor that directly impacts website speed, user experience, and search engine rankings. A slow-loading website can lead to frustrated visitors, increased
At Cinch, we find and clean-up a variety of WordPress hacks each week. Since it's Friday, and I need a little break from the malicious variety, lets have some fun with hacks people create to make life a bit more analog. Laptops
How to Fix ACF the_field Issues and Securely Use ACF
Advanced Custom Fields recently released an update to their supremely popular and well used plugin to fix serious security issues. These issues were so severe they are going ahead with the updates even though they may break some sites. For this we
WooCommerce reviews are a great way to engage with your customers around your products. If you have an established e-commerce site that doesn't have product reviews enabled, you might be surprised to find there is no way to bulk enable them out
How to see if your WooCommerce site is TLS compliant
Authorize.net has been notifying it’s merchants of an upcoming TLS requirement. As of February 28, 2018 any merchants running TLS 1.0/1.1 will no longer be able to process sales transactions. All credit card processors are requiring that sites meet these requirements by
WordPress and the related software required to run a website are constantly changing, evolving, and improving. This necessitates an active website management approach. There are almost daily tasks that need to be performed to ensure a website is up to date, safe,