This holiday season is a great time to consider how you are showing customer appreciation this year. A little bit of gratitude can go a long way for businesses that want to build lasting relationships with their customers. There’ s no denying that businesses aren’ t much without their customers….
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WordPress Vulnerability Roundup: November 2020, Part 2
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of November. 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…
The Best Black Friday & Cyber Monday WordPress Deals You Need
There are a number of really great deals, sales & promos for you around the WordPress community for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We’ve collected a few of our own, as well as those of some of our favorite tools. If you are in the market to add…
What is SEO? A Beginner’s Guide
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a term that describes all the techniques used to improve a website’s rank in search engines like Google. Why does SEO matter? A higher search ranking increases the chance users will see your website, making them more aware of your brand, your content, …
WordPress Plugins: The Ultimate Guide
WordPress Localhost: The Ultimate Guide
As a WordPress developer, you should have as many tools in your belt as possible, including knowledge of WordPress localhost. Knowing how to install WordPress locally so you can have a local WordPress development site can dramatically streamline your web develpment workflow. In this guide, we cover how…
iThemes Security Pro Feature Spotlight – Website Security Grade Report
In the Feature Spotlight posts, we will highlight a feature in the iThemes Security Pro plugin and share a bit about why we developed the feature, who the feature is for, and how to use the feature. Today we are going to cover the WordPress Security Grade Report, …
The WordPress wp-config.php File Explained
The WordPress wp-config.php file is one of the most important files in your WordPress installation. Without the wp-config file, your WordPress website simply couldn’ t function. In this post, we’ ll cover an overview of the contents of the wp-config.php file, how to edit wp-config.php and several advanced options supported….
WordPress Image Optimization: The Ultimate Guide
WordPress image optimization involves reducing or compressing the file sizes of the images on your WordPress site without negatively impacting the way the images appear on screens. When you make the effort to optimize images in WordPress, you’ ll speed up your website and page speeds, which ultimately helps…
WordPress Vulnerability Roundup: November 2020, Part 1
Quite a few new WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the first half of November. 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…
WordPress Backups: The Ultimate Guide
If you have a WordPress website, WordPress backups should be at the top of your priority list to protect your online work. The importance of a WordPress backup plan is one of the key things to understand as you create and grow your website. In this guide, we’ ll…
WordPress Optimization: The Essential Guide
WordPress optimization is a vital task to make sure your website is running as efficiently as possible. Optimizing WordPress involves caching, image compression, page speeds, cleaning the database and even website hosting. In this guide, we plan on sharing everything you need to know about WordPress optimization and…
WordPress Functions.php File Explained: The Essential Guide
The WordPress functions.php file is one of the most important operating files of WordPress. At a minimum, two functions.php files exist for every WordPress website: the functions file in WordPress core and an additional functions file in your WordPress theme. Additionally, a child theme will also have a…
WordPress Permalinks Explained: The Essential Guide
WordPress permalinks provide the full URL address of a post or page on your website. Permalinks are the “ permanent address” of where a specific piece of content is available on a WordPress website. The way your WordPress permalinks are formatted can have big implications on your SEO (search…
New! Site Audit Upgrades in iThemes Sync Pro
iThemes Sync Pro gives you the ability to audit the performance, SEO, web development best practices and accessibility of every website in your Sync Pro dashboard. Today, we are excited to announce that the Sync Pro Site Audit powered by Google Lighthouse just got an upgrade!…
iThemes Security Pro Feature Spotlight – WordPress Tweaks
In the Feature Spotlight posts, we will highlight a feature in the iThemes Security Pro plugin and share a bit about why we developed the feature, who the feature is for, and how to use the feature. Today we are going to cover WordPress Tweaks, a collection of tools…
Install WordPress: The Essential Guide
Wondering how to properly install WordPress? You just landed on the right article. In this guide, we’ ll dive into how the WordPress install process works, plus all of the different ways that WordPress can be installed on a server or even on your computer for development purposes. In…
WordPress 5.5.2 Forces Enrollment into Beta Program
WordPress 5.5.2 was released on October 29, 200. The release included several bug and security fixes. The 5.5.2 release also included a bug that is being fixed. WP 5.5.2 Beta Enrollment Bug Unfortunately, it seems that websites were enrolled in the WordPress beta program after updating to WordPress…
Download WordPress: The Essential Guide
If you’ re ready to download WordPress, this guide will walk you through all the things you need to know about how the WordPress download process works. Downloading WordPress is quick and easy, but you may have a few more questions about how to get your WordPress website up…
WordPress Vulnerability Roundup: October 2020, Part 2
Quite a few new WordPress plugin vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of October. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are running one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. The WordPress Vulnerability…
