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Is your website software up to date?

Jenny Howell September 08, 2017 0 Comments
Firstly, it's important to understand that the reason hackers and cyber criminals want to exploit vulnerabilities in content management systems (CMS) and websites isn't necessarily just to steal all your user account, contact form, and other data, but also to infect your website visitors and users with malware. Once the unsuspecting user is infected with malware they are quickly added to...
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Very Simple Event List: Display events on WordPress websites with ease

Chris O'Brien September 05, 2017 0 Comments
Managing events in WordPress is easy. There are many sophisticated themes and plugins that lets you manage a few or hundreds of events on your website. If you are just looking for a simple way to display a list of events on your site, you may want to give Very Simple Event List a look. The plugin lets you display upcoming or past events. Once you have installed the plugin, you can add events...
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WordPress 4.8 – An Update with You in Mind

Jenny Howell June 21, 2017 0 Comments
Though some updates seem minor, they’ve been built by hundreds of contributors with you in mind. Get ready for new features you’ll welcome like an old friend: link improvements, three new media widgets covering images, audio, and video, an updated text widget that supports visual editing, and an upgraded news section in your dashboard which brings in nearby and upcoming WordPress events....
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Time for an update – WordPress 4.7.4 released

Chris O'Brien April 20, 2017 0 Comments
This release contains 47 maintenance fixes and enhancements, chief among them a fix has been provided to address an incompatibility between the upcoming Chrome version and the visual editor, inconsistencies in media handling, and further improvements to the REST API. For a full list of changes, consult the release notes and the list of changes over on the WordPress website....
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WordPress: Display a message or other text in a page or post only to logged in users

Jenny Howell January 14, 2017 0 Comments
You can use this to post advice or reminders to logged in users when they need to perform different tasks. All you have to do is add the following anywhere in your theme you want to display the message. ​ Create a shortcode to detect logged in users To turn this into a shortcode so you can use it in your posts you can just use the below snippet add this into your functions.php page. To use...
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Upgrade today WordPress, Drupal websites

Chris O'Brien January 12, 2017 0 Comments
On the 25th of December 2016, a security researcher disclosed a critical remote code execution flaw within a popular programme used to send emails from websites and web applications. The PHPMailer library is used by more than 9 million websites worldwide and is bundled with popular content management systems such as WordPress and Drupal. At worst this is a flaw that could be used to run...
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What are effects of not updating your site?

Chris O'Brien September 02, 2016 0 Comments
Previously, we've covered why it's essential to keep your WordPress website, plugins and themes up to date and the same rules apply to sites running any content management system (Drupal, Zencart, Joomla!, etc) but what if you don't? What, aside from the security implications, are there for your website? First of all, you're going to have to update your website software at some point, let...
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Keep your plugins and themes up to date

Chris O'Brien August 29, 2016 0 Comments
A question we get frequently from clients (and prospective clients) is “Do I need to install updates for WordPress, plugins, and my theme?” The answer is an unwavering  “Yes!“, and it’s because updates do the following: Increase the security of your website Fix bugs that could cause unintended behaviour of your website Add features and functionality to your site Web...
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Upgrade today: WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” now available

Chris O'Brien August 18, 2016 0 Comments
The latest version of WordPress, version 4.6 (named “Pepper” in honor of jazz saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III), is now available to download via the WordPress website at wordpress.org. There are some exciting new features in WordPress 4.6 to help you to focus on the important parts of running your website along with enhancements to simplify some of the the...
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Wordpress, SEO and All its Benefits

WordPress, SEO and All its Benefits

Jenny Howell May 25, 2016 0 Comments
Wordpress is used as the CMS of choice for millions of websites worldwide. Its powerful performance and ease of use make it an attractive choice for webmasters. An important factor in all websites is how to implement on-site Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). With Wordpress, best-practice SEO is as easy as it will ever be. Out of the box, a fresh Wordpress install will give you access to various...
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