New WordPress plugin vulnerabilities have been disclosed this month. We divide the WordPress Vulnerability Roundup into four different categories: WordPress WordPress Plugins WordPress Themes Breaches From Around the Web We include breaches from around the web because it is essential to also be aware of vulnerabilities outside of…
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How to Make the Most of Your Workspace: 5 Questions to Ask
Marie Kondo has been cleaning up with her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and her Netflix series, where she encourages people to declutter their homes and find contentment through tidying up. But what about your workspace—does it spark joy? Our physical workspaces, computer setups, mobile…
WordPress Vulnerability Roundup – April 2019
Unfortunately, April 2019 was a busy month for WordPress vulnerabilities. You don’ t need to worry because our vulnerability roundup has you covered with what you need to know. We are going to cover what the exploits are and how they can affect you. We’ ve divided the vulnerabilities up…
Why Hiding Your WordPress Version Isn’t Enough
If you are a website owner currently using WordPress as your CMS, it’s likely that the exceptional security features baked into WordPress played a key role in this decision. After all, the platform is the biggest and most commonly used CMS solution on the internet, and has provided…
What is 2 Factor Authentication and How Can It Be Useful?
You may have heard how important 2 factor authentication (also known as two-factor authentication or 2FA) is for securing your online accounts. Don’ t be embarrassed if you find yourself asking “ What is 2 factor authentication?” Don’ t worry, not knowing puts you in a large group of users. By…
Veteran Freelancers: Dana James Mwangi Is Always Learning
We recently interviewed freelance rookies and now we want to talk to some freelance veterans. People who have been in the business for a while have learned some valuable lessons. We want to mine those lessons and share with the WordPress freelancer community. Today we talk with designer, …
Hosting Insights: Aaron Reimann
Hosting is what makes the web go round, but it doesn’t get a lot of attention. That can be OK, because hosting is just supposed to work. Unfortunately, that’s not always the way it goes. We recently started offering our own WordPress hosting solution, so we wanted to…
We’re Sunsetting iThemes Sales Accelerator
In August of 2017, we announced the release of our newest product, iThemes Sales Accelerator, and why we felt it was a good move to serve you better with a tool for WooCommerce reporting. Over the next year, we released several additional add-ons to iThemes Sales Accelerator, hoping…
12 Money Management Tips for Freelancers from an Accountant
Money management is one of those super important things freelancers would rather forget. Taxes and bookkeeping and spreadsheets—oh my! But it doesn’t have to be that bad. Getting your finances under control can free you up to focus on what you love while also saving you money. Now…
Veteran Freelancers: Tom McFarlin Keeps Climbing the Next Hill
We’ve heard from the freelance rookies, now it’s time for the veterans to step up. One of the best ways to learn is to talk to those who have walked the path before. Today we talk with freelance WordPress developer Tom McFarlin. He runs Pressware, …
How to Sell Web Design: It’s Not the Same as Development
A few years ago, Jennifer Bourn looked back on 10 years of creating websites and realized she had sold more than $1 million in extra web design projects. This was beyond her bread and butter work of website development. But more than a great headline about a million…
Local Search: 3 Steps to Get Found with Local SEO
With access to search and maps in everyone’s pocket, the question “where should we go?” is answered in moments with local search. If a business doesn’t show up in the results, nobody is going to find them. Local businesses need to be found, and that happens by optimizing…
Hosting Insights: Kim White Compares Hosting to Housing
Hosting is the invisible infrastructure that makes a website work. It’s not the first thing we see, but it determines if we see anything at all. Since launching iThemes Hosting, our WordPress hosting solution, we wanted to talk to some WordPress experts about the ins and outs of…
[Infographic] Is My Host’s Backup Enough? 10 Questions to Ask
![[Infographic] Is My Host’s Backup Enough? 10 Questions to Ask](https://wpnewshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/infographic-is-my-hosts-backup-enough-10-questions-to-ask.png "[Infographic] Is My Host’s Backup Enough? 10 Questions to Ask")
Many hosts offer website backups … but are they really enough? In this post, we cover 10 questions to ask before you rely on a host’ s backup alone. Why Backup Your WordPress Website? Why should you care about website backups? Just like insurance for your home or car, …
10 Tips for Securing a WordPress Website
How secure is your WordPress website? Is your site an easy target for hackers? With a few steps and by adopting a few WordPress security best practices, you can greatly reduce your vulnerability to attack. In this post, we’ ll cover a few tips for securing a WordPress website….
How to Set Up WordPress Backup Schedules in 7 Steps
With just a few clicks, you can set up customizable WordPress backup schedules so backups will run automatically. BackupBuddy, the WordPress backup plugin, makes “ set it and forget it” backups of your WordPress website an easy process. Why is it important to schedule WordPress backups? A WordPress backup…
WordPress Hosting Insights: An Interview with Bob Dunn
Website hosting is the foundation of the internet. Every website needs it, but we often spend more time talking about analytics, security and accessibility. Those things are important, but they don’t mean much if your hosting crashes. We’re now offering our own WordPress hosting solution, so we’ve been…
BackupBuddy Backup Location Explained
When you first install the BackupBuddy plugin, you may be wondering about the default BackupBuddy backup location. By default, your BackupBuddy backup location is in a directory on your website’ s server. The default BackupBuddy backup location is wp_content > uploads > backupbuddy_backups. To access your BackupBuddy backup…
What is Position Zero? How to Win at SEO with Featured Snippets
Being the top-ranked search result has been the search engine optimization (SEO) goldmine for a while. But now it’ s time for the top-ranked spot to move over: Position zero is the new top-ranked spot. Yeah, SEO has changed again. There are always new tactics and new technology, and…
Is My WordPress Site Hacked? 7 Signs of Infection
Finding yourself asking “ Is my WordPress site hacked? ” means you’ ll want some quick answers. In this post, we cover seven signs of infection and what to do if you discover you’ ve been hacked. The faster you notice the signs of a website breach, the quicker you…
WordPress Disaster Week Videos & Slides
WordPress Disaster Week just wrapped up with six full hours of WordPress security training. In this post, you’ ll get all three videos from the webinar replays plus the slides for each session. Day 1: Prevention Day 1 focused on WordPress Security 101, how to defend your site from…
How to Restore a Website with BackupBuddy and Manually Extracted Files
When you restore a WordPress website using BackupBuddy, ImportBuddy (the BackupBuddy restore script) will automatically unzip the backup zip file for you. There are two methods of unzipping that can be used: PclZip and Command Line Zip through the PHP exec function. But what happens if neither of these…
How to Restore a Website from an iThemes Security Database Backup
Having a database backup is one of the best ways to protect yourself from an attack. If something goes wrong, you can restore the database from a backup and replace the files with fresh ones. In this post, we’ ll cover how to restore a WordPress website from an…
What is the .htaccess File?
What is the.htaccess file? The.htaccess file is a powerful website file that controls high-level configuration of your website. On servers that run Apache (a web server software), the.htaccess file allows you to make changes to your website’ s configuration without having to edit server configuration files….
What is a 404 Page?
What is a 404 page? A 404 page is actually an error message that displays for pages that don’ t actually exist on a website. A 404 page usually reads “ Page Not Found” but you can also find examples of funny 404 pages that have been customized to give website…
What is phpMyAdmin?
What is phpMyAdmin? phpMyAdmin is a free software tool that allows you manage the MySQL database of your website. For WordPress websites specifically, the MySQL database stores all the data related to your posts, pages, comments, users, links and more. Occasionally, while managing your website, you may come…
5 Questions for Chasing Your Dreams and Finding Success
Jeff Goins is a successful writer and entrepreneur. But a few years ago he came to a point where building his business wasn’t working. Everyone thought he was successful: His company made seven figures and he managed a team of 15 people. But he was incredibly stressed….
What is SFTP?
What is SFTP? SFTP stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and is a method of secure file management for your website. In this tutorial, we’ll cover why SFTP is a useful website management tool that you need to know and understand to take control of your website….
The Difference Between Traditional BackupBuddy Backups & Stash Live
One question we often get in BackupBuddy support is the difference between “traditional” BackupBuddy backups and Stash Live, BackupBuddy’s real-time WordPress backup method. Both WordPress backup methods are ways BackupBuddy can backup your WordPress website and have pros and cons depending on your needs. Whether you use BackupBuddy’s…
10 Ways to Be More Confident as a Freelancer
Confidence can be a major challenge for freelancers. It’s easy to think freelancers are full of guts and bravado, stepping out on their own ready to be their own boss. But the reality is freelancers aren’t always so confident. A lack of confidence is one of the top…
