WordPress

The New Spam That’s Trashing Your Analytics

Analytics Spam (ugh!) You might not even know you have it, but Analytics Spam (a.k.a. referral spam) is putting all kinds of crap in your stats. To see if you are a victim (and likely you are), just go to Acquisition > All Traffic > Referrals in your Google Analytics account. Once you see your…

Protect Your WordPress Site – Part 2

Previously, I talked about the 1 thing you absolutely MUST do to stop inviting hackers into your WordPress website. So hopefully, you’ve removed the welcome mat for the bad guys. But security doesn’t stop there. Don’t get me wrong, it is super-wonderful-fantastic that you are no longer making yourself an easy target. Here’s the next…

Someone is always trying to hack your WordPress website

WordPress Security – Part 1

Not a week goes by without some company making the headlines because their system has been compromised. There’s always a big name in the news: Equifax, Target, Sony, Harbor Freight, etc. But, what you don’t see reported are the other 29,997 sites that are hacked every day (via Forbes). [Tweet “FACT: If you put something…

WordPress Plugins for Advanced Functionality

When I sat down to share my list of plugins, I only intended to write one post. Well, one post turned into 3 (well, 4 if you count the one on plugin pricing models). Turns out there were more plugins on my list than I anticipated, so I ended up breaking it up into parts.…

WordPress Plugins for Additional Functionality

Previously I published my list of must-have plugins for every WordPress site that I work on. Continuing with my list of WordPress plugins, here’s the run down of my go-to plugins for specific functionality I need on a site. Sure, most sites will use many of them. However, I urge you to really evaluate what…

WordPress Plugin Pricing Models

In writing down all the various WordPress Plugins that I use and love, I realized that there are several different pricing models used by plugins. Some of them are pretty obvious, but some maybe aren’t. To make sure you know what to expect when it comes to paying for (or not paying for) plugins, here’s…

My Top 7 WordPress Plugins

Plugins are one of the main reasons that WordPress is such an amazingly powerful platform. There’s a plugin to do just about anything; they slice, they dice, they julienne fry. Seriously, there are nearly 36,000 plugins in the WordPress Plugin Directory. Which is great… but also completely overwhelming. It’s a hugely daunting task to try…

Got Content Creation ADD? WordPress 4.1 to the Rescue

WordPress 4.1 is slated to be released today, a Hanukkah gift, or early Christmas gift, from Automattic. One of the biggest features will help those that get easily distracted when creating their web content (oh, something shiny over there…) Here’s the rundown of new features available in WordPress 4.1 Improved “distraction-free” writing view In the…

Are You Making This Mistake With Video on Your Website?

Websites today are simply amazing. They are capable of so many different things: social media integration multi-media interactivity split testing and so much more. However, just because your website CAN do something, doesn’t mean that it SHOULD. This is especially true when it comes to video. Yes, your website is completely capable of hosting video…

ABC’s of Google Analytics for Your Website

If you have a website, there is no excuse why you shouldn’t be using Google Analytics to track your web traffic. Yes, there certainly are lots of other website traffic and analytics trackers out there. Google Analytics has risen to the top of the pack because it is free (and who doesn’t love free?) and…