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4 tips for managing WordPress plugins in 2020

Chris Grant (he/him) January 22, 2020 0 Comments
Updating your WordPress plugins is most easily achieved from the Plugins tab in the WordPress dashboard. From there you can see which plugins have updates available, after which it’s a matter of hitting Update now to install the new versions. Minimise the number of plugins you have. Always remove plugins if you aren’t using them anymore. Keep your attack surface area as small as you can....
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Google Site Kit integrates Google tools into your WordPress dashboard

Chris Grant (he/him) November 30, 2019 0 Comments
Google Site Kit is an official plugin from Google that helps you integrate data and features from multiple Google tools into your WordPress dashboard. Google Site Kit was in closed beta for a long time. But as of November 2019, it’s now publicly available to all WordPress users and listed for free at WordPress.org. What is Google Site Kit for WordPress? Google Site Kit helps you connect your...
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WordPress 5.3 introduces WordPress’ most refined user experience with the improved block editor

Chris Grant (he/him) November 13, 2019 0 Comments
With the release of WordPress 5.3 the software sees expansion and refinement of the block editor introduced in WordPress 5.0 with new blocks, more intuitive interactions and improved accessibility. New features in the editor increase design freedoms and provide additional layout options and style variations to allow designers complete control over the look of a site. This release also introduces...
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WordPress 5.2.4 Release Addresses Several Security Issues

Chris Grant (he/him) October 18, 2019 0 Comments
The core WordPress team released version 5.2.4 of WordPress on October 14th 2019. The release addresses six security issues that were all privately reported through WordPress’ responsible disclosure procedure. Like any security release, users should update immediately to the latest version to keep their sites secure. All major branches of WordPress from version 3.7 to 5.2 received the new...
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How do I switch from Wix, Squarespace or a website builder to WordPress?

Chris Grant (he/him) October 13, 2019 0 Comments
The short answer is, if you've outgrown the features or functionality of your current website builder services, such as Wix.com or Squarespace (or any number of services provided by website hosting companies) then you're going to need help making the move.Move from Wix.com or switch from SquarespaceWe've helped businesses of all sizes move from Wix.com, switch from Squarespace, and a whole host...
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Do you want to recruit staff via your website and ditch agency fees?

Chris Grant (he/him) October 07, 2019 0 Comments
Whether it's a single role, or recruiting staff for a new office, if you've got a WordPress website we can get your WordPress website set up so that you can recruit staff without having to pay listing or agency fees - just a single license fee for the WordPress plugin and until the end of October (2019) we'll install the plugin for free if you're an O'Brien Media website design or website hosting...
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Wordpress, SEO and All its Benefits

10 facts on the impact of WordPress

Chris Grant (he/him) October 04, 2019 0 Comments
We live in a world of content, masses, and masses of content. Every day, people are writing blog posts, creating and posting infographics, sharing case studies and customer testimonials, and launching businesses. Wordpress website development is at an all-time high. One of the most popular ways to get your content (whatever it may be) in front of an audience is to create a website. It can serve...
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Hackers infecting WordPress sites via defunct “Rich Reviews” plug-in

Chris Grant (he/him) September 27, 2019 0 Comments
If you’re a WordPress admin using a plug-in called Rich Reviews, you’ll want to uninstall it. Now. The now-defunct plug-in has a major vulnerability that allows malvertisers to infect sites running WordPress and redirect visitors to other sites. Rich Reviews was a WordPress plugin that lets sites manage reviews internally in WordPress, and also displays Google reviews for a business...
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WordPress plugins gone rogue – compromised plugins creating rogue administrator accounts

Chris Grant (he/him) September 05, 2019 0 Comments
A recent malvertising campaign targeting vulnerable plugins is now trying to backdoor sites by creating rogue admin accounts. Back in July when the campaign was first noticed it was attempting to hijack sites to push popup ads, tech support scams, and malicious Android apps. Plugins targeted in July included vulnerable versions of Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode, which followed attacks in...
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WordPress 5.3 will change how it blocks search engines from indexing content

Chris Grant (he/him) September 03, 2019 0 Comments
WordPress announced an important change to how it will block search engines from indexing websites. This change abandons the traditional Robots.txt solution in favor of the Robots Meta Tag approach. The change brings WordPress in line with the reason for blocking Google, which is to keep the blocked pages from showing in Google’s search results. This is the Robots Meta Tag that WordPress will...
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