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Now Supporting PHP Server Updates

Posted on March 12, 2021 | Updated October 16, 2021 by Tracey Rickard

Now Supporting PHP Server Updates That whole title probably sounds completely double dutch and I don’t mean to blind you with geek speak. PHP versions will come to mean something when you’ve had a WordPress site for a while –..

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WordPress.com vs WordPress.org

Posted on July 30, 2018 | Updated October 16, 2021 by Tracey Rickard

There are quite a few differences between the two but the biggest difference is in the hosting.  You can either host your website independently with WordPress.org through a hosting company like GoDaddy or WPEngine or you can get WordPress.com to..

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Is Your WordPress Website GDPR Ready?

Posted on May 15, 2018 | Updated May 15, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
GDPR

Update:  Here is a PDF file that tells you everything you need to do for your WooCommerce website to be GDPR compliant.  This also includes general rules on forms that can be applied to any website:  Make your WooCommerce store..

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I am loving the WordPress 4.8 update

Posted on June 9, 2017 | Updated October 18, 2021 by Tracey Rickard
Loving WordPress 4.8 update

WordPress call it “An Update with You in Mind” and it certainly is. This is such a great update because it will now be so much easier for people to add text, photos and video to their widget areas, sidebars..

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WordPress Update Highlights All in One Place

Posted on August 17, 2016 | Updated October 18, 2021 by Tracey Rickard
Loving WordPress 4.8 update

Here you will find all of the WordPress updates in one place. I have been building websites on the WordPress platform for 9 years now and in that time I have seen an awful lot of change. The thing that..

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Great page load speed relies on good hosting

Posted on June 15, 2016 | Updated October 18, 2021 by Tracey Rickard

There are many things that we should all be doing today as WordPress developers to ensure that pages load quickly to please our visitors and of course good old Google SEO. Optimise images, basically make their file sizes as small..

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Keeping your WordPress Website Updated

Posted on March 3, 2016 | Updated October 18, 2021 by Tracey Rickard

When the developers release security updates or enhance functionality, the WordPress platform and plugins will need to be updated. Outdated and vulnerable software is a security risk and one of the top reasons for WordPress websites getting hacked.  It is..

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WordPress Hosting – getting set up

Posted on October 22, 2015 | Updated October 18, 2021 by Tracey Rickard

If you are going to set up a WordPress CMS website, you will need to make sure that your hosting company can offer you the minimum required server specification for WordPress below. A MySQL database will need to be provisioned,..

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Keeping WordPress Safe from Intruders

Posted on June 4, 2015 | Updated October 18, 2021 by Tracey Rickard
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Taking care of your website Anyone with a WordPress website needs to take responsibility for it and take care of security. That means being super vigilant with passwords and ensuring that WordPress core and plugin updates are implemented as soon..

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WordPress who to call for backup

Posted on October 31, 2013 | Updated April 12, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
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WordPress as a platorm is open source and therefore free to install, however if you are going to care for your website properly you are going to need to pay out some money every year for backups and security. It..

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