5 Tips on How to Make the Best of Your WordPress Tags
A messy blog isn’t fun for the reader or the writer. Learn to use WordPress tags properly to help keep your blog organized and easy to search.
Plugins
You Need This Plugin Right Now to help with GDPR
It’s a European law, but no matter where you live in the world, you must comply with GDPR. This plugin will walk you through the steps and help you rest easy at night.
How to Impress Site Visitors (and Search Engines) in 3 Easy Steps
Siteground has been rolling out some behind-the-scenes improvements that will really help you attract and keep visitors. They come in the form of a humble plugin, called SG Optimizer. It’s free, and available for download from the WordPress repository. Note that you must be hosting on Siteground for it to work!! Here’s why I love …
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Here are the 4 Powerful Plugins I Install on Every WordPress Site
How do you choose the right plugins for your WordPress site? I thought it would be helpful if I share the core plugins I install every time I install WordPress (and why I chose them). Are you using these powerful plugins? Powerful Plugin #1: WP-DB Manager The first plugin I install is for backing up …
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How to Easily Crush Hackers with the All in One WP Security & Firewall Plugin
When setting up a WordPress site, pay attention to security. The All in One WP Security & Firewall plugin is an excellent choice. The last thing you want to see is a message from Google warning visitors that your site might harm them. That’s what happens, though, if your site becomes infected with malware. Even …
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5 Reasons Even Solopreneurs Need Editorial Calendars
Editorial calendars. All the best publications use them. They help plan the work to be done, and keep the content and marketing departments on track.
Guess what? Solopreneurs need editorial calendars, too. Just because you don’t have a team, don’t assume an editorial calendar isn’t for you.
How to Make your WordPress Site Do Something Magical
Your website magic begins with WordPress. Then the theme does a little abracadabra and dresses it up. Plugins, though, are where the real alohomora happens. Plugins extend the functionality of your WordPress site, making it do almost anything. Years ago, from 2001-2004, I ran an e-commerce site for a local retailer. We paid a developer …
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How to Make your WordPress Site more Shareable on Social
Social sharing is more important than ever if you want your WordPress site to stand out from the competition. You can help this along by making it easier for your readers to share your good stuff, and to follow you on social networks. Elegant Themes has created some nifty new updates to its Monarch Social …
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WordPress Security, Malware, Bad Plugins and Careless Theme Designers
According to Gizmodo, a Russian malware bug called SoakSoak has hit 100,000 WordPress sites in one day. It infects the sites with malware, which they then spread to visitors. It’s just one example of what happens when you practice lousy WordPress security. Google has shut down over 11,000 infected domains, but that’s a drop in …
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Does Elegant Themes’ new Monarch Social Sharing Plugin Live up to its Claims? [Review]
The Monarch Social Sharing plugin claims to be “a social media plugin with style.” It lets you “take social sharing to the next level.” These are bold claims, at a time when everyone’s talking about social sharing and there are lots of existing plugins to help boost your social media impact. Does Monarch live up …
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