Defender Pro has just stepped up its security game by teaming with Patchstack – a powerful security tool that automates WordPress security on every one of your sites. Defender Pro just started using Patchstack to get information about vulnerabilities in the WP core, plugins, and themes – ensuring solid protection for all your WordPress sites. Having Patchstack with Defender Pro is …
Tried and Tested Tips on How to Negotiate a $3K-$5K Client Into a $20K-$30K One
Want to turn a $3K-$5K client into a $20K-$30K one? Luckily, as a WordPress developer, you can do so relatively easily. It’s about your approach, communication, and what to offer. This article covers some tips on negotiating a higher price for your services. We’ll cover how to ensure you get paid what you are worth when negotiating a price or …
10 Types of Terrifying Clients for Your WordPress Development Services
Most clients are great to work with. However, beware! Lurking in the shadows can sometimes emerge an unsavory client that is difficult, demanding, unreliable – downright scary. This article covers 10 different types of clients you may want to avoid. Don’t Be Scared… As a WordPress developer, new business is typically a good thing. After all, potential clients are what …
Announcing… the WPMU DEV Agency Partner Directory!
The ability to access custom services such as development, design, or marketing is a common request we get, both from our members and audience at large – or should we say, it was a common request. We’re excited to reveal that not only did we hear you, we did something about it. And today we can announce that solution (of …
SmartCrawl’s Newest Release Adds A Handful of New Features, Plus Greater Flexibility in Options
SmartCrawl version 3.4 adds multiple keyword analysis, additional SEO recommendations, the ability to disable SEO & Readability Analysis in the post list, and more. For free. SmartCrawl has been SEO optimized from the start, but each new version further improves site performance while boosting your PageRank on Google. With automated SEO scanning, automatic XML sitemaps, real-time keyword and content analysis, …
You’re Safe! Hummingbird’s Newest Release Allows for Manual Optimization in Protected Mode
Fine tuning your website through manual optimization can be tricky, but our new Safe Mode feature in Hummingbird puts that problem in the rearview. Now, you can now test optimization in a temporary area that allows for non-permanent changes, so you can work out any kinks, then push them to your live site. For free! Introducing Safe Mode for Manual …
Automate Global IP Banning with Defender and The Hub (for Free!)
Our new Global IP Banning feature saves you loads of time securing sites. Simply create your IP block and allowlist once, then automatically sync to some or all of your WordPress sites with a few clicks. A global IP allowlist and blocklist feature has been a top Defender security request for a while. So now… “I logged into a client …
How to Point a Domain to WPMU DEV Hosting
Pointing domains… nameservers… figuring out DNS… it can all feel daunting! Fortunately, WPMU DEV makes it easy, whether you’re working with a domain purchased from us or from another provider. We break it all down in this article. Keep reading to learn how to easily connect your domain to our hosting service. Here are the topics we’ll be covering: Connecting …
How to Choose the Right Domain Service Provider
There’s more to choosing a domain provider than just the price of registering domains. Sure, the cost is something to consider; however, many factors come into play. This article shows you what to look for. There are some questions you should consider when picking a domain provider. Like, do they offer bulk domain purchases for your agency? Or, can you …
How To Finance Your Site With Micro-donations
Donations are a great way to show support, providing businesses and nonprofits with a monetary contribution to assist in the continued creation of goods or services that they deem important or valuable. It’s pretty much the norm in today’s service industry to have tip jars prominently displayed at counters and checkouts. Customers will often throw in a little extra in …










