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How to Update PHP (For WordPress)

Paul Ventura — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:57:40 +0000

Have you ever logged into your dashboard and seen this message prompting you to update your PHP version for your WordPress run site: As the message suggests, keeping your PHP version updated for your website helps close security liabilities which make it vulnerable to hacks. Thankfully, it’s a very simple process you can do yourself […]

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WordPress Caching Guide – How to Cache in WordPress

Paul Ventura — Mon, 17 May 2021 18:15:00 +0000

One of the best and easiest ways for how to speed up your website and even rank better in Google is to utilize caching on your website. One of the appeals of WordPress to run your website is that you don’t need to be familiar with coding or anything technical, and the same is true […]

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WordPress Jetpack Review – Is It Worth It?

Paul Ventura — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:01:00 +0000

Jetpack is a WordPress made multifunctional plugin which can take the place of multiple individual plugins. It launched in 2016 to mixed reviews and the reviews haven’t changed much in that time. Some folks love it, others avoid it like the plague with cries that it’s essentially bloatware and will slow down site loading speeds. […]

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How to Automatically Update WordPress Plugins

Paul Ventura — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:53:52 +0000

Starting in WordPress version 5.5, you can now set your plugins to automatically update. This is not only a big time saver, especially if you have a lot of sites which you oversee like myself, but it also helps to keep your site less vulnerable to backdoor hacks by way of out of date plugins. […]

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Best Free WordPress Plugins 2019

Paul Ventura — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:00:24 +0000

We’re in the new year, so it’s time to yet again take a look at the most essential and best free WordPree plugins for 2019 which you should have stocked for the new year. Again, these are all free plugins which will improve your site’s functionality for both you, your site’s visitors, and the search […]

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Must Have WordPress Plugins for 2016

Paul Ventura — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:10:24 +0000

2016 is upon us so I’ve put together this list for the top WordPress plugins for 2016 so that your website can be humming smoothly with all of the social, security, and site management tools which you need. Note that these are all free, as well, so there’s no need to touch your new budget […]

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An Explanation of User Roles in WordPress

Paul Ventura — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:42:46 +0000

While not to the level of detail which other CMS options such as Drupal provide, WordPress can be used to effectively identify and set which permissions different users of your site have at their disposal. This is useful when you have a content site where you have multiple authors and editors creating and curating the […]

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Drupal Vs WordPress – What’s Right For You?

Paul Ventura — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:46:42 +0000

Drupal and WordPress are two very powerful and free but different content management systems which make creating, storing, and in some cases, presenting content a lot easier. The ease to which you can upload new content and manage large amounts of content makes a CMS a better option for most websites, and Drupal and WordPress […]

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Brute Force Password Attack Safety Tips

Paul Ventura — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:24:59 +0000

As I related to in my WordPress security tips post awhile back, a couple of years ago one of my sites which I hadn’t touched in awhile was hacked. Unfortunately I hadn’t been backing it up, and while there wasn’t a lot of content on that site, I lost everything. I’ve since gotten a lot […]

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Protecting Yourself From the TimThumb Hack

Paul Ventura — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:57:34 +0000

Awhile back one of my sites was hacked and it was the infamous TimThumb hack which is a common vulnerability in outdated versions of WordPress or more specifically the TimThumb script which resizes images in WordPress. I was reminded of it when a friend of mine’s site was more recently hacked and sure enough it […]

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