If you have an online store based on the most popular WordPress e-commerce solution, you probably have your own stories of updating WooCommerce. This post describes my own experience, how I’ve come to terms with major WooCommerce updates, and how to avoid (or at least minimize) significant problems after updating. If you’ve been running a WordPress website […]
Continue readingFor most small business people, day-to-day work life is busy and sometimes confusing. The online world is even busier and more confusing. It’s easy for busy people to be tricked by misleading online marketing campaigns. Online scams vs. misleading online marketing Some scams are more obvious than others. If you get an email from someone […]
Continue readingThis past week I learned a valuable lesson about security when I had to delete a WordPress user. Here’s what happened. Through my security monitoring plugin, I was alerted that someone had unsuccessfully attempted to login to one of the websites I maintain. Not a big deal, really. If you have a WordPress website, you […]
Continue readingWhy Add Security Monitoring WordPress is one of the most popular web platforms on the Internet today. With millions of web page views every month, it’s simply too popular for hackers to resist. They work hard to find vulnerabilities in WordPress, servers, plugins, and in themes. Most of your security measures will be effective (even the […]
Continue readingIf you search the web for website backup, you will find dozens of backup programs, tools, tips, and tutorials. But you won’t find many articles about WHY backup is important. Perhaps there is a good reason for this: There are very few reasons to backup your WordPress website. The fact is… You really only need one reason to backup […]
Continue readingNot for the technically faint of heart Each of us is in business to do what we do best. Some are more technically-oriented. Others are self-professed “technophobes.” You might skim through these WordPress security measures and decide they are beyond your comfort zone. I totally appreciate that. You might prefer to simply use security plugins. Or […]
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