Do you struggle with getting it done? Has your to-do list grown its own to-do list? Are your plates spinning out of control? Did you get tired just thinking about the questions above? We live in a merry-go-round world of 24/7 constant go. Too often, we plan our…
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WordPress REST API: A Beginner’s Guide
The WordPress REST API is changing the way things get done on WordPress. While much of what’ s changing has gone unnoticed because it’ s “ under the hood, ” the implications of the WordPress REST API are shaping the future of WordPress. In fact, it’ s not an exaggeration to say that…
WordPress Vulnerability Report: May 2021, Part 1
Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. This report covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. Each vulnerability will have a severity rating of Low…
SQL Injection: A Guide for WordPress Users
If you’re serious about your website’s security, then it’s time to learn about the dangers of SQL injections and how you can combat them. The term SQL injection (also called SQLi) refers to a type of cyberattack technique that is a common way for hackers to compromise websites…
Monday Motivation: How are You Doing for Others?
Motivation Monday: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” – Martin Luther King Jr. Do you think about what you have done for them lately? How much of your day is invested in finding ways to be doing for others? Are you tangled…
Building Better Business: How to be Intentionally Invested in Others
Do you want to know the secret to business success? Building a successful requires resources, focus, and determination, but that’s not the secret. Building a profitable business requires a plan and steps to reach the plan (because you have to know where you want to go and then…
WordPress Javascript: A Beginner’s Guide
If you ask one million web developers what JavaScript is, you’ ll get one million different answers back. Pretty much everything interactive on the web is done using JavaScript. As a modern content management system (CMS), WordPress and many of its plugins partially rely on JavaScript to get the…
WordPress Vulnerability Report: April 2021, Part 4
Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. This report covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. The WordPress Vulnerability Roundup is divided into three different…
Remote Code Execution: A Guide For WordPress Users
If you’ re serious about your website’ s security, then it’ s time to learn about the dangers of remote code execution vulnerabilities and how you can combat them. The term remote code execution (RCE) refers to several different hacking techniques and cyberattacks, but they all have one major thing in…
Monday Motivation: What Holds You Back?
“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” – anonymous What holds you back from reaching your success? The answer to that question may be closer than you realize. The swimming events in the 2008 Summer Olympics were going to be epic. Michael Phelps…
How to Develop a Fearless Attitude
Does fear hold you back from living the life you want? Do you find fear creeping into your mind when you are trying to make a choice or take the next step? Have you put fear in the co-pilot seat, or worse, is fear flying your plane? To…
Domain vs URL: What’s the Difference?
Are you trying to determine the difference between a domain vs URL? You aren’t alone. Even veteran internet surfers will use the two terms interchangeably. If you’ve landed here, it may be you’re looking into starting your own website and you know that the first thing you need…
WordPress Vulnerability Report: April 2021, Part 3
Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. This post covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. The WordPress Vulnerability Roundup is divided into three different…
Cross-Site Scripting: A Guide for WordPress Users
If you’ re concerned about cross-site scripting and how it impacts your WordPress website, you’ re definitely not being paranoid. While the vulnerability of cross-site scripting, or XSS, is not exclusive to WordPress site owners, its potential negative impacts on WordPress sites are incredibly important to understand. In this guide, …
Motivation Monday: Embracing Your Unique Voice
Do you struggle to find your place in this world, or in your industry? Do you ever wonder if you have a place? It’s been said that there is nothing new under the sun, and for the most part that’s true. What is new under this sun is…
Keep Calm and Stay Focused
Are you tangled up in stress that keeps you from focusing on your tasks? Maybe the morning traffic started you off on the wrong foot (even if that traffic was just in the bathroom with everyone trying to get ready at the same time). Maybe your website crashed…
Hosting vs. Domain: What’s the Difference?
Almost every business in existence will eventually need to have its own website. But before you get to that point, it’ s first important to understand web hosting vs. domain and what the difference is between the two most important parts of having a website. To put it simply: …
WordPress Vulnerability Report: April 2021, Part 2
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second week of April. 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. The WordPress Vulnerability Roundup is divided…
How to Stop Bad Bots: A Guide For WordPress Users
If you run a WordPress site, no doubt you’ ve dealt with bots. They’ re seemingly everywhere in the online world, and not every one of them is bad. But when it’ s time to stop bots in WordPress, some approaches work better than others. Bad bots are more than a…
Monday Motivation – Change Your Attitude to Change Your World
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Zig Ziglar Do you see the problem, or do you see the possibility? Do you focus on the storm or seek out the silver lining? It’s not what happens that makes a difference, but how you choose…
