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Question from Oliver: I have a question about WordPress, Rick.
How long do you recommend that we wait before installing updates to WordPress and our themes and plugins?
I’ve seen different people make different recommendations.
Some say to install the updates ASAP right after they are released. Others say to wait a week or two to make sure there aren’t any bugs that could crash the blog.
What’s your opinion on this? [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, July 24, 2022
• Warning: Don’t share codes from text messages with anyone
• Q&A: Why are new computers slower than really old ones?
• Scam alert: Beware fake ads for concert and event tickets
• The awesome power of kindness and compassion
WordPress blogs are constantly being targeted by hackers, and the problem is getting worse all the time.
It seems that the miscreants of the world have nothing better to do than try to make the lives of others miserable while exploiting the hard work of legitimate bloggers to “earn” some ill-gotten cash for themselves.
Keeping a blog safe from hacking attempts gets more difficult every day as the hackers become ever more determined and sophisticated.
That being said, there are a number of things you can do to help keep your blog safe and secure from the miscreants of the world. Here are 10 tips that can help prevent your WordPress blog from getting hacked: [Read more…]
As I mentioned here and here, both Google and Bing now give mobile-friendly websites an extra boost in their search engine rankings.
That’s why I strongly recommend that you add a mobile-friendly theme to your blog if you haven’t done so already.
If you think your blog might already be optimized for mobile, you can find out for sure by typing your blog’s URL into Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test tool.
Do you own a blog or some other type of website?
If so, you should know that it’s a very dangerous practice to assign control of your domain name and/or website content to a third party.
If you allow someone else to take control of those vital assets, you just might have a very difficult time regaining control of them if your relationship with that person or company goes south.
In fact, it just might be impossible. [Read more…]