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WordPress Security Tips

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WordPress security tips:* Keep your WordPress installation and plugins up-to-date always and immediately. Many attackers try to take advantage of loopholes in outdated software. So, do not hesitate to upgrade WordPress fearing it would break custom made themes and plugins. Security should be the top priority. Use only trusted sources for WordPress themes and plugins. Please be aware that most of the pretty looking free WordPress themes may be having malware.* Use a strong, unique and different password each for WordPress admin user name, WordPress MySQL database, FTP user account and the web hosting control panel user name.These two steps are the most important WordPress security … [Read more...]

Slow WordPress?

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Is your WordPress site slow? Try these simple steps to increase  your page loading speed:1. Upgrade WordPress software, current theme and plugins to their latest versions.2. Use W3 Total Cache plugin. This will increase page speed for repeat visitors and non-bouncing visitors.3. Deactivate and delete as many unnecessary plugins you can. Even the WordPress founder Matt uses only two plugins :)I try to keep my plugins count below 10. With so many useful WordPress plugins, it is tempting to use them all. But they slow down your site. Especially, get rid of plugins which query your database. If you can implement a function by directly modifying the theme without using the … [Read more...]

WordPress Tips

WordPress tips which I personally found useful:* Bulk delete spam comments * How to fix if your stats plugin keeps showing zero visits? * WordPress page specific header images * To speed up WordPress, add the following to your wp-config.php:// Enable the WordPress Object Cache: define(ENABLE_CACHE, true); … [Read more...]

How to Troubleshoot WordPress?

Whenever you have a problem with your WordPress website,0. Don't Panic. So far as your WordPress database and wp-contents folder is fine, you are fine.1. Switch to the default WordPress template and deactivate all plugins. If you are fine now, switch to another trouble free template or activate the plugins one by one to find out the culprit.If you still have problem, it is possibly a WordPress problem. Then, there are few places to ask for WordPress help:* WP support forum for How-To and Troubleshooting. Check other WP help forums too. * Frequently asked questions for WP troubleshooting * WP documentation for troubleshooting. * Tweet your question with the hashtags … [Read more...]