As your WordPress site grows, managing who can access what becomes crucial for maintaining security and efficiency. Understanding WordPress user roles and permissions helps you control how team members interact with your site without granting excessive access. With the proper setup, contributors can create content, editors can polish…
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WooCommerce memberships and subscriptions – the complete guide
In this article we look at how to combine WooCommerce memberships and subscriptions plugins in order to create recurring membership plans. Using subscriptions on your WooCommerce membership site allows you to offer recurring membership plans. Recurring payments are an excellent way of ensuring the long-term health of your…
Transform Simple Conversations into Powerful Formulas
Let me ask you something that might make you uncomfortable: How many hours have you spent trying to create the perfect calculation formula in your forms? Finding the right calculation solution for your forms can be hard. Believe me, I know. I have looked high and low throughout…
What’s Included in a Comprehensive WordPress Maintenance Plan?
If you’re running a WordPress website, one of the smartest decisions you can make is investing in a comprehensive WordPress maintenance plan. Too often, business owners assume their website will just keep running smoothly on its own — but the truth is, regular maintenance is essential to keeping…
Comprehensive Analysis of Best AI Operator Agents in 2025
Executive Summary Looking to level up your customer service with AI? You’ re in the right place! We’ ve analyzed the top AI operator agents of 2025, examining everything from features to pricing. Our research shows Intercom’ s Fin and Zendesk’ s Answer Bot leading for enterprise needs, while Tidio’ s Lyro offers…
How to Limit Login Attempts in WordPress (Step-by-Step)
WordPress sites are often easy targets for cybercriminals because they allow unlimited login attempts by default. This vulnerability opens the door to brute force attacks, where hackers can repeatedly attempt to guess passwords, potentially compromising your site and sensitive data. This is a pressing concern for WordPress site…
WordPress Vulnerability Report — March 12, 2025
In this report, 143 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 86 of these plugins and themes are available now, so run those updates as soon as possible. If you’ re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool may have already warned you and updated these…
Building WordPress Custom Themes From The Ground Up
Key points: Modern WordPress theme development encompasses classic PHP themes, hybrid approaches, and block-based full-site editing. WordPress relies on a structured template hierarchy to determine content display, enabling granular control through templates. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) enhances themes by enabling custom fields, modular blocks, and flexible content layouts, improving…
ACF Chat Fridays: March Open Forum
ACF Chat Fridays serve as a monthly gathering point for the Advanced Custom Fields community, offering an open platform where users, developers, and the ACF team converge to explore the plugin’s evolving ecosystem. These sessions bridge technical deep dives with practical workflows, covering topics like upcoming features, recent…
Defender Pro v5.1 — Taking the “Weak” Out of WordPress Passwords
If you’ re running a WordPress site, you already know security is a constant battle. And let’ s face it—most users are terrible at choosing passwords. That’ s why the latest version of Defender comes with powerful new tools to help you enforce stronger passwords across your entire site. Instead of…
To Boldly Go Where No Newsletter Has Gone Before…
Read to the end to see a pooch who has snuggling down to an art. In today’s edition: Testers Wanted: 6.8 is ready for you to poke, prod and play with. The folks at Wordfence want you to start a bug-hunting streak. Are you ready? Good news! International…
How to Add a Favicon in WordPress: 4 Easy Methods
Looking to add that professional touch to your WordPress site? A favicon might seem small, but it packs a powerful branding punch! That tiny icon appearing in browser tabs and bookmarks helps visitors instantly recognize your site among their open windows. WordPress offers multiple ways to add a…
Episode 41: How Restored316 Uses Kadence to Build a Thriving Design Business
In Episode 41 of The Kadence Beat we sit down with Lauren from Restored316 to talk about her journey into web design and entrepreneurship. She shares how she turned her passion for design into a thriving business, her approach to crafting beautiful and functional themes, and tips for…
How to Put WordPress in Maintenance Mode: 4 Simple Methods
Tired of holding your breath every time you update your WordPress site, hoping visitors don’ t see something broken? We get it! There’ s nothing worse than knowing that potential customers might encounter error messages or half-finished pages during your work. Maintenance mode creates a professional buffer, displaying a friendly…
88 Web Design Terms You Should Know
When you visit a website—whether it’s a sleek online store or a personal blog—every image, button, text box, and interactive section you see is more than just a piece of the whole; it’ s an element with a purpose and a name. Knowing these web design terms not only…
Survey Giveaway Results—Check Your Inbox to See If You Won!
Check your inbox! If you took part in our annual survey, you could be one of the lucky winners. We’ve officially sent out emails to our 10 winners receiving free forever agency memberships and 5 winners getting $2, 000 in hosting credits. If you see a message from us, …
What Is Headless WordPress? Benefits & How It Works
Have you ever wished you could break free from the limits of WordPress themes while still enjoying the ease of its content management system? That’s exactly what headless WordPress offers. Instead of relying on WordPress to handle both content and design, a headless setup separates the backend (where…
Increase Trust: Enable Star Ratings on WooCommerce Products
Almost every shopper (seriously, 99.75% of them) looks for reviews before buying. And when your store has a solid rating system in place, you’ ll see your sales more than double. That’ s not just a number we’ve pulled out of thin air; stores actually report a 108.3% increase in…
Delicious Brain Bytes: DE{CODE} 2025 and ACF’s New Guides
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we look into DE{CODE} 2025, discuss the release of the first beta for WordPress, and much more! Registration Open for DE{CODE} 2025 DE{CODE} 2025—WP Engine’s sixth annual virtual conference for WordPress professionals—is now open for registration. Building on last year’s record-breaking…
Cascading Redirects: Unmasking a Multi-Site JavaScript Malware Campaign
During a recent website security investigation, we uncovered a malicious JavaScript injection affecting a WordPress website. The infection was responsible for redirecting visitors to unwanted third-party domains, ultimately harming the site’ s reputation and potentially exposing users to further malicious activity. What was discovered? A customer reached out to…
