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Has your WordPress website been hacked? Will your current web host not assist in WordPress malware removal? Do you not have any backups? Don't panic just yet, there may still be an accurate archive available online or better yet, we may be able to clean the site without losing any data. You should also know that most attacks are not personal and merely done to use your server as an email spam engine. When this happens, your reputation is on the line and at risk for being flagged as unsafe…
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Are things not looking right on your tablet or smartphone? Buying a "responsive theme" doesn't mean your content is going to look perfect out of the box. In most cases a little bit of custom CSS is required for the best of all worlds. Bare in mind, like your car, you will need to bring it in for maintenance from time to time. Why? Well, every other year or so there are new tablets and smartphones that hit the market and your website needs to be updated…
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Is your current WordPress SEO expert telling you that you need more content? I personally believe in quality over quantity. In my opinion relevancy, credibility and clarity are more important than quantity. In fact you can dilute your relevancy by posting too many blogs. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as too much SEO... don't get caught in a rat race of pumping more and more content. That rule doesn't always apply; it's more applicable to websites that are a source for current news and…
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When it comes to WordPress security, your primary concern should be protecting your site from being hacked. You may not think anyone has any reason to hack your site but the truth is hackers are searching Google for vulnerable WordPress websites. So if you used one of those auto-install wizards your site is likely one of those vulnerable websites and on the hackers hit list. The hacker wants to spam hundreds of thousands of people using your name and then onto the next victim. It's nothing personal, it's just how they…
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Debugging WordPress can be easy or difficult. At a higher level we’ll need to enable debugging mode and look at your error logs. In most cases bugs come from scripts that have been modified from the original version (themes or plugins) or come from files that haven't been updated to remain compatible with the latest version of WordPress. Worst case scenario we’ll clone the website and run our tests on the dummy site. Once the issue is resolved we'll apply the fix to the live site and guarantee the…
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You may or may not already know that the grand majority of WordPress hacks begin with Google. You see hackers use search engines like Google to find vulnerable WordPress websites. If you do not apply the latest WordPress security standards, you may find your website is being indexed for such terms as "WordPress Dashboard" or worse yet, wp-content/plugins/vulnerable-plugin/ This is why it is critical that you hide your "WP Assets", as seen in the screenshot there are nearly 200,000 searches for WordPress vulnerabilities by hackers. Here is a template I use for the robots.txt file of every WordPress site I…
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Security on the web is ever-evolving but there are the basics that will never die. First and foremost be smart about your user names and passwords. Don't leave them lying around for prying eyes and don't make them easy to remember (that makes them easy to guess). Above and beyond that, I always use these 3 things; Read The Reference Guide on WordPress.org There's an article on WordPress.org called Hardening WordPress - this is where the latest standards are kept. This reference guide will walk you through all the various levels of security ranging from protecting yourself from hackers and…
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HISTORY My name is Christien Paul and I have been developing WordPress websites since 2007 which gives me more than 10 years experience as a freelance WordPress consultant. I started my business in my home town of Toronto, Canada and then expanded into the French market with partnerships in Montreal, Quebec. It wasn’t long after that I was getting referrals south of the border. I now have clients in Florida, New York, California, Colorado, North Carolina and it’s still growing. LIFESTYLE & MISSION In 2016 I…
