Last week CLEF announced that they are stopping supporting their product. I have used the CLEF Wordpress plugin on many sites, and recommended it to clients for an extra layer of security. It also made logging into multiple sites so much easier. I have been looking...
Some times you forget the core Wordpress settings are there, we get so used to coding or adding plugins and doing all the fancy things. A client wanted to limit the amount of comments showing on a post (it has 500+) causing the page to load slower and also the parts...
After the news that 123 reg had accidentally deleted some/lots/many (they haven't said how many) of their customers websites, it is a stark reminder that just letting your host do back ups is not the way to go. You should also do a back up of your site that you keep...
So your website designer has just handed over your new perfect WordPress site to you. What do you need to know in order to keep your site running, secure and up to date?
*******Updated March 2017 ******* CLEF has announced they are stopping support from June 2017 for their products. I now recommend the Duo plugin for Two-factor Authentication. See the link for instructions on using it on your Wordpress site....
I like cookies, mainly ones that dunk well in coffee. But a cookie annoyance I have is the cookie consent pop ups. The thing is, they don't mean anything anymore (I should again add a big IMO.) All the happens is they get in the way, people click whatever will make...
To make sure that Google is aware of your site there are a few steps to do It is easier to print this page out and have it next to you as you go through the stages Log into your Wordpress site and add the Yoast SEO plugin & activate it (leave the tab open) In a...
The plugins I am using on sites at the moment.
What I am going to write here is what I did when one of the sites I work with got hacked. What you learn very fast when dealing with hacked websites is that there is no easy 1 solution fits all way of sorting things. But there are many things that you can do yourself...
There are a few basic things that you need to do in order to maintain your WordPress website and keep it running efficiently and safety.
Once of the most important things is
Do your updates
*UPDATED June 2025* Clients often ask me when making them a business site, 'can you make the site show up at the top of Google?' So I thought I would write about how I answer this. What you can and can't do, and even if you spend a lot of time and money, does it make...
On one of my sites hosted by a different company than I usually use the client informed me that images were not uploading as they should. Either through add media in a new post or via add media in the dashboard. Images seemed to upload but then were not there (in...
When building a Wordpress website and adding a telephone number on iOS devices it often automatically adds a link so you can click it on your iPhone and call. But I realised recently that this does not work for android devices so easily. It is possible to add HTML...
People are often asking me on the free social media icons for different sizes for their sites.
I decided to write up this easy tutorial of how you can resize any image or photo really quickly.
