Now that site speed plays such an important role in SEO, I’ve had more and more customers ask me how to speed up their site. The sad news is that there aren’t too many easy ways. Most of the things you can do take significant time to make just a tenth of a second difference…
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My New Favorite Must-Have Plugin: Google Captcha
In the past, I have strongly recommended the Captcha plugin by BestWebSoft, as one of my few recommended plugins, but recently I became aware of Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA), also by BestWebSoft, and find it even easier to use. This is the plugin I will use on every site I create to help reduce spam and…
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CloudFlare HTTP/2 – Your Website Just Got Faster
This morning I got an email saying “Your Website Just Got Faster”. That’s the kind of email I love to get. I had been using Cloudflare for a while for it’s added security and speed. Since site speed helps your SEO, I was extra happy to get this news. I have a free account, so…
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180% Increase in Sites Getting Hacked
I was just reading this article from Google Webmaster Central: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2015/07/nohacked-how-to-avoid-being-target-of.html It states, “Google has noticed a 180% increase in the number of sites getting hacked.” I’ve seen it among my clients and you’ve probably heard it from friends and colleagues, too – more sites than ever are getting hacked. While this is a serious…
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Gravity Forms – Encrypting the Database
I recently created a form for a client who wanted to collect sensitive data from customers. While I don’t recommend that sensitive information be stored on your site, one way that I found to make this information more secure was using the Gravitate Encryption plugin to encrypt the database. (Please keep in mind that there…
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How to Protect Your Entire WordPress Site with One Password (Sort of)
by Laura Hartwig Recently I had a client who needed to protect their entire WordPress site with one password. While this seems like it should be an easy task, it isn’t. To my great surprise, there was no plugin out there that does this. You can, of course, protect individual pages or posts with the…
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WordPress Website Security Tips
by Laura Hartwig Last night I attended a wonderful lecture by D.K. Smith of WPSecurity.com. He did a wonderful job and gave me lots of great tips to help keep me and my clients sites more secure. Usually I don’t discuss security because it’s not my specialty, but I can’t emphasize enough how important it…
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