The Future of WordPress Site Ownership Replay
2017 is a year of major transition for WordPress site owners. Find out what you need to update, upgrade, or change on your site sooner rather than later.
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Plugins that Check Old Plugins on Your Site
Outdated plugins can introduce a serious security issue on your site. See easy ways to find outdated plugins and ones that have been removed from the WordPress Plugins Repository.
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Tips Tuesday – Plugin Challenge Kickoff, noreferrer Links, Pop Ups and SEO
Tips this week include:
• Kickoff of the Seriously Old Plugin Challenge
• More info on the new noreferrer value on links that open in a new tab/window
• Good news for those already on VaultPress
• Why you should test your backup
• New Webmaster tutorials
• Open Q&A with the head of Google Analytics Academy
• The difference in pop-ups, overlay, modals, and interstitials
• More on the Genesis 2.5 release and whether it’s safe to update -
Seriously Old Plugin Challenge
Let’s help each other!
Get your site ready for the move to PHP 7 plus get rid of major security issues by eliminating your seriously old plugins in this fun, free, and easy challenge for the month of May.
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Check Plugins for PHP 7 Compatibility
See how an easy way to test your WordPress plugins for PHP 7 compatibility in this quick MaAnna Minute video and tutorial.
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Check Plugins for Last Update
See the best way to check your plugins for the last time they were updated. There are some plugins so egregiously old that they are no longer even in the WordPress Plugins repository and some have serious security issues. You definitely want to get those off your site.
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Tips Tuesday – Chrome Ad Blocker, WordPress Bad SEO Code, Headway Dying
Tips this week include:
• Seriously old plugins challenge coming soon
• WordPress ending support for old versions of IE
• WordPress 4.7.4 added code that’s bad for SEO
• Headway Themes dying a slow death
• The new ad blocker coming to the Chrome browser -
Feedburner Finally Accepts HTTPS Feed Links
Thinking about converting your site to HTTPS and still using Feedburner to deliver your blog posts via RSS to email for free? Be sure to update that feed when you do. And seriously consider moving to a more stable provider to send your blog posts via RSS to email. Here’s why.