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Running a WordPress website can feel like managing a magnet for malicious login attempts. Brute force attempts to log into WordPress are so common there’s a page in the Codex dedicated to the topic. There are many strategies for dealing with this problem, and the best strategy is to deploy multiple strategies. In this article, I’ll explain how I implement …
Businesses of all sizes—bloggers, SMBs, eCommerce companies, large enterprises, and more—understand the importance of having a website. Without it, a business is relegated to the more time – and labor – intensive (and not to mention outdated) method of increasing brand recognition and converting leads through cold calling and word-of-mouth. Plus, if your brand doesn’t have a website, you’re relying …
WordPress has become synonymous with ease of use and flexibility. With an intuitive interface, plugins, themes, and other tools to help users build websites, WordPress has quickly become the content management system of choice. The subject of website customization is nothing new. Articles and guides are created all the time with the purpose of educating developers and others working in WordPress …
Plugins let you add or change how your sites looks or functions. And the best part? Just about any kind of functionality you can dream up for your site, you can turn into a plugin and make it happen. This is the third post in our WordPress Development for Intermediate Users series. This series follows on from our popular WordPress …
Don’t have access to your WordPress admin? Or can’t access the settings for a plugins? Don’t sweat it – you can still reset or delete and uninstall WordPress or your plugin manually. There are many situations where you may need to rewind and go with a manual uninstall, such as if you’re testing new features out on your install, want to start …
WordPress has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 2003. Its functionality and design has evolved from a very simple user interface to a more complex one, especially with regard to the dashboard. But is more complex necessarily better? If you’ve been using WordPress for a while, it’s likely you know the dashboard like the back of your …
Surely you’ve seen them many times. They show up as banners at the top or bottom of webpages or as distracting popups. Virtually every website based in the EU is supposed to display them. What am I referring to? Cookie consent notices. Have you ever wondered why some sites display a cookie consent notice? Do you know whether or not your …
Did you know you can install and run a WordPress site from a USB flash drive? Well, you can, and this little-known fact is more than just a neat trick. A portable WordPress installation can actually be quite useful. Why in the world would you ever need to run WordPress from a flash drive? Shouldn’t this be filed away under …
Does the thought of your website keep you up at night? Do all the “what ifs” have you worrying about the design, the functionality, the calls to action, the wording and, ultimately, your conversions?? You could have your designer/developer make changes based on what you think might help with improving the number of site visitors, the time they spend on …
Interested in taking your WordPress game to a whole new level? Want to further develop your PHP skills and add more complex and exciting functionality to your themes and plugins? Welcome to our latest series, WordPress Development for Intermediate users. This series follows on from our popular WordPress Development for Beginners tutorials, which introduced you to the fundamentals of developing …
