Yoast SEO Setup Wizard – What You Need to Know
The Yoast SEO plugin has a new setup wizard. Here’s what will happen if you use it in this BlogAid Today Tip
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Top WordPress Caching Plugins Head-to-Head Tests
I tested 7 of the top WordPress cache plugins. There were 3 clear winners. See which plugins came out on top and why. Plus, discover the 3 things you have to know about the test conditions to achieve similar results for your site.
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Revision Control Plugin Helps Keep Your Database Clean
WordPress radically cranked up how often it saves your post and page revisions as you create them. And they all pile up in your database.
The Revision Control plugin helps keep your database clean by limiting the number of revisions stored there. And that makes your site faster. See the configuration settings I use in this quick MaAnna Minute video.
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Get a Better WordPress Text Editor – TinyMCE Advanced
The native text editor that comes with WordPress sucks. That’s why I won’t do a site without the TinyMCE Advanced text editor plugin. It can be configured to suit and has way more options. Plus, it writes well-formatted code for a browser to read – and that’s what a text editor is supposed to do!! No more broken embed or iframe code either.
See all the features, plus how I configure mine to write better blog posts.
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What is a Robots.txt File and Why Do I Need One?
Bots crawl your site all the time. Some are good bots from search engines like Google. Some are bad bots, like link spammers and hackers. The robots.txt file allows you to give bots the direction those bots need to crawl your site in the most expedient way, and keep them out of areas where they have no business being.
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How to Set Login Lockdown to Stop Brute Force Attack
See how to configure my favorite brute force protection plugin, Login Lockdown. It is extremely lightweight and protects the front door of your site from hacker attacks.
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What’s Working for You? – BlogAid Live Ep 14 Replay
There’s a lot of great site advice only. There’s also a lot of really old and useless info too. And not every tactic will work on every site.
In this short show I cover specific examples of what’s working today, old ideas you need to drop, and new ideas you want to adopt.
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What is an .htaccess File and Why Do I Need One?
All websites have a master gatekeeper that provides the initial security for every type of site visitor, both human and bot. It also controls the redirection of traffic and tells browsers what to do with the data from your site. Discover all of the critical features in the .htaccess file and how having a good one improves your site security and performance.