For Good SEO, Give Your Visitors What They Want [Checklist]
People often feel overwhelmed and confused about SEO (search engine optimization). They think it's so complicated and scientific that they'd never be able to understand it. Although there are parts of...
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How to Secure WordPress Login & Admin Area
Do you lock the front door of your home? Do you have outdoor motion-sensitive lights? Do you have a home security system? Do you have a dog? My guess is that you answered yes to at least one of those...
View ArticleWordPress Security with Information Security Principles
I've written in the past about why you want your WordPress site to be secure. Today I want to share with you some security principles that will help you put that security into practice on your...
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Why We Love Flywheel, Managed WordPress Host
Just as your car's power is limited by its engine, your website's power is limited by the web host it runs on. We've worked with well over 20 hosts, and Flywheel has been our favorite for a long time....
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How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to WordPress and Other Accounts
Have you ever tried to use an ATM with just your ATM card and not your PIN? How about no ATM card and just your PIN? As I'm sure you know, you wouldn't be able to get your money. That's because your...
View ArticleHow to Rank in Google (Search Engine Ranking Factors)
Because Google is the most-used search engine in the US, it makes sense for businesses that market to US markets to concentrate their efforts on Google. Most of the changes you make for the sake of...
View ArticleWordPress Security Advice Straight from WordPress.org
The Internet is full of WordPress security advice; some good, some bad. What if you could get WordPress security advice straight from the developers of the WordPress software? You can, in the...
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How to Securely Send Passwords to Your Web Designer
So that your web designer can work on your website, you'll need to give them access to some of your online accounts. These could be accounts for your website, web host, domain registrar, email...
View ArticleMaking & Keeping WordPress Secure
Making & Keeping WordPress Secure Presentation Here's my "Making & Keeping WordPress Secure" presentation, which I presented to the WordPress Greenville meetup group. The rest of this blog...
View ArticleLessons Learned from the 2021 Mid-Year WordPress Security Report
In August, 2021, Wordfence and WPScan released their 2021 Mid-Year WordPress Security Report (PDF) which contained information from the first 6 months of 2021. By looking at this report, we can see...
View ArticleHow a Password Manager Can Help with Website Passwords
You need a password for your WordPress site, as well as for your web host, domain registrar, and dozens of other websites in your life. How can you remember them all? You don't need to if you use a...
View ArticleWith WordPress Security, Be Proactive, Not Reactive
"We're too small for hackers to target us. And if we have a problem, we'll take care of it then." I've heard responses like this many times over the years, when I ask clients about the security of...
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