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Do You Know How To Keep Your WordPress Site Safe?

July 30, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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WordPress has become one of the most popular CMS platforms and chances are you either have a WordPress site or are thinking about getting one. Unfortunately, because of its popularity, WordPress has become a target for hackers. The most important step in making sure your WordPress site is safe is educating yourself.

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Why You Need To Update Your Jetpack Plug-In Right Now

June 1, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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It is a warning to all WordPress users: update your Jetpack plug-in right now to protect your site from a huge security breach. CSO Online reports that the popular plug-in has a flaw that could make your site vulnerable to attacks.

Many are using Jetpack as a free tool for website optimization, management, and security features. With more than a million active installation, web security firm Sucuri is warning users about its findings. It claims to have found a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. All Jetpack released since 2012 are vulnerable and should be updated immediately. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: plug-in, WordPress

Celebrate WordPress’ 13th Birthday With These Interesting Facts

May 27, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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WordPress is one of the world’s most popular CMS platforms. As it celebrates its 13th year of operation, our friends at Dark Bear Web Solutions take an interesting look at the history, statistics and other facts about WordPress.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: WordPress

Many WordPress Site Hackings Caused To These Plugins

May 20, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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Security firm Sucuri says they have already  seen a large number of hacking attacks on the WordPress CMS platform. In its very first Website Hacked Report, compiled statistics of these hacking investigations. Most of these websites were running on the WordPress CMS platform for the past six years.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: hacking, plugins, WordPress

GoDaddy Company Now Hosts New Enterprise-Level Plans

May 18, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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Media Temple, a company owned GoDaddy has announced that they are now offering new enterprise-level WordPress hosting plans. On its official website, GoDaddy’s company explained its new business concept with two new plans and services. The base package starts around $2,500.

The enterprise web hosting solutions would be powered by WordPress and Amazon Web Services. The company explained that they hope this new strategy would attract more enterprise businesses. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: godaddy, WordPress

WordPress Acquires .Blog Domain For A Hefty Price

May 13, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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The owners of WordPress have scored a huge win for their blogging service. WordPress’ parent company, Automattic has acquired the .blog domain. While details are still being finalized, the company explained the deal in a recent post.

“Automattic — the parent company of WordPress.com — secured the rights to oversee and operate the sale and registration of .blog domains, a new and never-before available top-level domain. You’ll be able to purchase a .blog domain at WordPress.com or through our partner domain name registrars. And again, the .blog domain will be available to everyone, regardless of what kind of site you have or who hosts it.” [Read more…]

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WordPress Theme Seller, Templatic, Warns Users Of Hacking

May 2, 2016 by Meagan Freeman

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A popular WordPress theme company is warning customers after several of their files and databases were compromised by a recent hacking. Templatic wrote to customers yesterday that their website was the target of a hacking attack. It appears that whoever is responsible for the hacking is now demanding a ransom from the company’s owner.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: hack, templatic, WordPress

Setting up WordPress to Run a User-Driven Site

April 20, 2016 by The Blog Herald

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The most powerful thing about WordPress is its versatility. You can use it to create just about anything – even a user-driven content site. We’ll explain how.

There’s a reason WordPress is the leading content management system on the web – it’s powerful and versatile enough to do just about anything if you know how to use it. You could even create a site that’s entirely focused on user-driven content, like Reddit. That’s precisely what we’re going to discuss today.

See, even though WordPress can run such a site, it’s not technically designed to. We’re not going to let that stop us, of course. Instead, we’re going to forge ahead to create a user-driven site using WordPress. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guides Tagged With: blogging tips, how to make a website, WordPress

How to Use Instagram to Boost Your Blog Followers

February 26, 2016 by The Blog Herald

As a blogger, social media is probably the most effective channel for reaching a larger audience. Truth be told, optimising for search engine traffic is not the easiest and cheapest thing to do, especially for new blogs. Websites take weeks to be indexed for new search terms – let alone reach page one where all the traffic is. But through social media, you can dramatically increase your blog’s visibility and get significantly quicker results. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guides Tagged With: blogging & Instagram, Instagram, plugins, WordPress

Blogging From Your Tablet – The Ins and Outs

September 18, 2015 by The Blog Herald

Blogging is so easy, a caveman could do it! Okay, that might not be entirely true. There’s a certain amount of talent and drive needed to create a successful blog, and not everyone has it. However, it is true that starting a blog is extremely easy. So much so, that you can do it right from your personal tablet. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gadgets Tagged With: blogging from a tablet, Evernote, iPads, Tablets, tumblr, WordPress

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