Why I Yanked W3 Total Cache Off My Recommended Plugins List
That’s it. I’ve had it with the W3TC plugin. See why I won’t use it again and advise you don’t either.
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Tips Tuesday – SiteGround Anti-Bot Protection, SEO Ranking Factor Quiz, Future of Site Ownership Replay
Tips this week include:
• The Future of WordPress Site Ownership webinar replay going public
• An update on the Seriously Old Plugin Challenge and how you can benefit by participating
• How to find where plugins are used on your site
• Wrapping up the SEO Workshop and how to get advance notice on the next one
• What new tutorials and bonuses are coming for the DIY SEO course
• Who I have to thank for my awesome new SlideShare
• My chat with fellow ex WordPress trainer Bob Dunn and what he’s up to now
• What’s coming in WordPress 4.8 and projected release dates
• SiteGround’s new awesome anti-bot protection
• How my trial on Pressable hosting went
• What’s new in Yoast SEO 4.7 that you need to be doing all the time
• What I think of the Yoast SEO for Google News add on
• A fun quiz to see if you can spot the lie in a 10 SEO Ranking Factors list
• Whether or not you should use a page or theme builder -
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Outdated plugins can introduce a serious security issue on your site. See easy ways to find outdated plugins and ones that have been removed from the WordPress Plugins Repository.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.