Pay Attention: Global Brute Force WordPress Attack

WordPress Brute Force Attac

If your site is on WordPress -- pay attention! I Tweeted about this yesterday which produced a flood of questions about what was going on and "what to do". The Basics... This month there has been a concentrated effort to go after WordPress sites with a brute force bot attack. One of my … [Read more...]

7 Plugins Every New WordPress Site Needs

7 Starter Plugins for New WordPress Sites

The amount of WordPress Plugins available is overwhelming and tempting! I've actually seen site owners add 20 plugins right out of the gate as they get intoxicated by all the possibilities. Many times not adding the most important plugins that every new WordPress site should start with! When … [Read more...]

Does Your WordPress Site Use FeedBurner?

RSS WordPress to FeedBurner

One of the reasons I've been able to survive in this business for almost 18 years is the ability to be flexible, open to change -- and ahead of the curve. Another part is my gut -- you know what I'm talking about. You see things around you changing or evolving, or you have to make an important … [Read more...]

Jetpack Plugin for WordPress

WordPress JetPack Tool Kit

Having a speedy feature rich WordPress site is important to your site visitors and your search engine rankings. Now you have one more tool to make all that a bit easier to tackle! Jetpack by WordPress.com is a WordPress plugin that supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome … [Read more...]

Use Elegant ShortCodes Anywhere!

ET Shortcodes Plugin

On their Blog this week Elegant Themes announced a new shortcode plugin that allows you to use their extensive list of short codes on any site -- even if it isn't an Elegant Theme! What are shortcodes? Shortcodes are basically little snippets of text in brackets that tell WordPress to do certain … [Read more...]

How to Troubleshoot and Recover Your Broken WordPress Site

Troubleshooting a broken WordPress site...

The steps to troubleshoot and then if required restore a broken WordPress site depend on why you need to restore in the first place. First we'll do some trouble-shooting... Is Your Theme Compatible? When WordPress updates there are no guarantees that all the independently developed themes and … [Read more...]