Stuck in WordPress Maintenance Mode (Briefly Unavailable…)
When a new version of WordPress is released, it’s important to keep your site up to date. On rare occasions, the update process may …
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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 …
ACF Get Image snippets
Now that WordPress has Responsive Images as part of core, here’s how to use that power along side Advanced Custom Fields: https://gist.github.com/spigotdesign/f1ae5263e4bec51e111d A couple …
Turn on WordPress error reporting
If your site is experiencing issues that you think might be related to PHP issues, here’s how you turn on error reporting in WordPress: …
If the sub’s a-rockin’…
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 …
5 Minute Security Upgrade: Set your secret keys
If you want to greatly increase the security of your WordPress site, here’s an easy technique for you to employ. Although it’s been around …
Passing variables through get_template_part()
When developing a WordPress theme I like to organize code into manageable, reusable pieces when ever possible. One great way of doing this is …
Add SVG image file to WordPress theme
Here’s how to add an .svg file to your a template in your WordPress theme – without having to paste the entire file contents: …
WordPress Download Manager < 2.8.8 Critical Security Vulnerabilities
The WordPress plugin, WordPress Download Manager, has been discovered to contain multiple security vulnerabilities in versions 2.8.8 and lower. Both the free and pro …
5 Minute Security Upgrade: Change your wp_ database table prefix
When you, or your web developer, launched your WordPress site a database table prefix was determined. The prefix helps define and keep organized all …
How to back up an e-commerce website
I recently posted an article on detailing general guidelines for backing up a WordPress website. In that article I briefly touched on backing up …
Website Back Up Guidelines for WordPress
Someday, you will lose some important file that hasn’t been backed up… Wait – of course you won’t – You already know the importance …
40 years: The Edmund Fitzgerald
As a kid growing up in Central Minnesota I’d never heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The wreck made famous by Gordon Lightfoot was a …
Fix FTP Connection Issues with GoDaddy
I recently ran into an issue trying to connect to a new FTP account for a client who’s hosted on GoDaddy. After setting up …
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 …
Everyday Hacks
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 …
Security hole found in Akismet anti-spam plugin
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 …
Chrome 46 removes HTTP / HTTPS mixed content warning
Google announced yesterday on their Online Security Blog that they’ll be retiring the yellow caution triangle badge that appeared when Chrome detected a “HTTPS …
Force WordPress Media button to insert https:// links
I’d previously written a post about forcing the WordPress Media button to insert protocol relative links when running a website as HTTPS-everywhere. Upon further …
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 …