WordPress’ plugin team has publsihed a statement regarding plugins making changes to users’ update services: Unless your plugin has the purpose of managing updates, you must not change the defaults of WordPress’ update settings. You may offer a feature to auto-update, but it has to honor the core settings. This means if someone has…
The Wordfence 2020 WordPress Threat Report
Over the course of 2020, and in the process of protecting over 4 million WordPress customers, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team gathered a massive amount of raw data from attacks targeting WordPress and infection trends, in addition to the malware samples gathered by our Site Cleaning team. Attacks…
WordPress Vulnerability Roundup: January 2021, Part 2
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of January. This post covers the recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. This weeks WordPress Vulnerability Roundup is…
New Linux Server Vulnerability
Security researchers at Qualys discovered a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Linux program sudo. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to increase the privileges and take over the server. How does this server vulnerability affect WordPress websites? The majority of the web runs on Linux, so the vulnerability…
How to set up a local WordPress development environment with DevKinsta
DevKinsta makes spinning up a local WordPress development environment a breeze. Code offline, no network latency, and debugging made easy! Read more → The post How to set up a local WordPress development environment with DevKinsta appeared first on woorkup.
How to Host a Website
Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Everything is ready. You’ve decided your niche, thought of blog topics—perhaps even developed it—and have started optimizing the content you plan publishing to drive organic traffic….
Content Marketing in 2021 and Beyond
Let’s talk about content marketing. How’s it doing in 2021? Where might it be headed this year and next? Is it still the king? Content marketing continues to flourish for one very simple reason: it’s what the people want. They don’t want intrusive banners, ads, and popups. They…
The Holy Grail Layout with CSS Grid
A reader wrote in asking specifically how to build this layout in CSS Flexbox: My answer: That’s not really a layout for CSS Flexbox. You could pull it off if you had to, but you’d need some kind of conceit, like grouping the nav and article together…
Get a FREE Blog Post Template for Divi’s Painter Layout Pack
Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. This time around we’ re building upon the Painter Layout Pack with a brand new blog post template that matches the rest of…
What is a WooCommerce Cart Abandonment?
If you run an online store, you are probably familiar with the cart abandonment issue. Many people enter your site, add items to their cart, and give up buying in the last second. According to some research, every 7 out of 10 customers leave the cart before finalizing…
WordPress User Privacy: How to Make User Data Safety a Priority
User privacy has become an increasing concern for WordPress website owners and their visitors. Users want to ensure their private information is safe. In addition, many laws have recently come into effect that require the disclosure of the data collected on websites as well as what happens with…
How to Cloak Affiliate Links in WordPress for More Sales
Do you want to learn how to cloak affiliate links in WordPress? Affiliate marketing can be an excellent way to earn passive income from your website. Whether it’s your main business or a nice way to create profits on the side, affiliate marketing is a great option for…
21 Day Digital Marketing Challenge
How confident do you feel about your digital marketing strategy? If you aren’ t seeing the results you hoped for, this guide will walk you through a 21 day digital marketing challenge that will help you reach your digital marketing goals. A Digital Marketing 21 Day Challenge Whether you…
Coming soon: Understanding structured data course!
There’ s a new Yoast SEO academy course on its way: the Understanding structured data course! Are you ready to take a deep dive into the theory of structured data? After completing this course, you’ ll understand the concepts and terms related to structured data in detail. And, implementing this…
Divi E-commerce WordPress Theme
🛠️ Divi Builder drag & drop page builder for WP Divi is a powerful framework that lets you build and customize your website via drag and drop. Thanks to Divi E-commerce, you can turn your website into an online shop to sell all kinds of products with…
10 Best PayPal Integrations for Small Business Websites
Are you wanting to take payments on your website and wondering what the best PayPal integrations are? Many small businesses take online payments with PayPal. So, finding tools to connect to the popular payment provider can help free up a ton of your time. So in this post, …
Social Commerce: a Simple Guide for Beginners
Social Commerce is one of the most popular and fastest-growing trends in the world of online sales. Although the principles are similar, it’s different from traditional eCommerce. As we’ll see, there are lots of reasons to pay attention to Social Commerce. In this simple guide for beginners we’ll…
Nelio Unlocker Review: Convert Any Content to Gutenberg or Elementor
Ever built your website using a certain page builder or website builder, only to later regret your choice and wish you could ditch the dedicated tool and just go back to the regular WordPress block editor (AKA Gutenberg)? Or, maybe you started with one page builder, but now…
Should You Become a Web Designer in 2021?
If you’re here, then you’re thinking about becoming a web designer and wondering if it’s a smart move. Honestly, it’s not uncommon to be plagued by doubts and what-ifs when making a big career change, and that’s especially so right now, what with all the uncertainty we’ve faced…
Create a Custom RSS Feed in WordPress: Beginner’s Guide
An RSS feed is an excellent blogging tool that can help grow your audience. By default, WordPress comes with standard RSS feed functionality, which is sufficient for most users. However, if you’d like to deliver specific content or add post thumbnails to your feeds, you will need to…
