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Are you looking for a way to keep track of your post ideas in WordPress? Anyone who has blogged for a while will tell you that sometimes best ideas occur when you are doing something totally irrelevant. You may forget those ideas by the time… Read More »
Having a fast website is very important. We work hard to keep our own websites as fast as possible because we understand that a slow website will lose traffic and hurt our business. Many things can slow down a website, such as cheap hosting, large… Read More »
One of the issues we started noticing on our site was a group of spammers were commenting using our registered user’s username and email. It’s fairly easy to find both specially if a person has exchanged emails with you. This allowed a random user to… Read More »
There are many tutorials out there that shows you how to password protect your website content. Many of those utilize complex membership plugins that require user registration. But what if you just want to password protect your site without user registration? Let’s say you have… Read More »
Want to keep your readers engaged and scrolling? Displaying an estimated reading time for your WordPress blog posts can make a big difference, in our opinion. Displaying an estimated reading time encourages users to read through to the end of a post since they know… Read More »
Allowing users to have weak passwords is like leaving your front door wide open. It’s an invitation for thieves and hackers to break in. Users will often choose the same short and insecure password everywhere. Unless you enforce strong passwords on your WordPress site, you… Read More »
One of our readers has asked if it’s possible to allow commenters to upload files, add YouTube links, embed a Tweet, or share images in the comment section. The answer is yes, and it’s actually a great way to make your comment section more engaging… Read More »
Do you want to add Google Authenticator 2-step verification to your WordPress site? Passwords alone aren’t enough to ward off hackers and unauthorized users. Luckily, using Google Authenticator 2-step verification can add an extra layer of security to your website. In this article, we will… Read More »
Have you noticed that when editing a post in WordPress if you hit “Save Draft”, then it reloads the page. Which also means that your scroll position is resetted and now you have to scroll all the way down. This is by far one of… Read More »
Providing someone with exclusive access to preview one of your unpublished WordPress posts can be tricky. Normally, you would have to create a user account for each viewer and grant them Editor-level or higher permissions. However, we’ve found a more straightforward way to achieve this… Read More »