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Easier Site Migrations: Avoiding DNS Problems with the hosts File
Over this past month, I’ve needed to migrate quite a few WordPress sites from one host to another. I can say with confidence: it’s still not my favorite process. There’s nothing that should be complex...
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MySQL Basics: Writing Custom SELECT Statements in phpMyAdmin
Here’s probably the oddest analogy I’ll write this month: for many WordPress developers, MySQL is a bit like our spinal column. How, you ask? Well… It’s a very crucial piece of infrastructure—very...
View ArticleHow to Use UpdraftPlus to Do a Free WordPress Backup
Backing up any data you care about is a super-important procedure. You just never know when your hard drive (or SSD) will suddenly stop working, either from normal failure or from a freak accident. And...
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Is There Free Web Hosting for WordPress?
Free web hosting for WordPress—it’s an appealing idea, regardless if you want a site for personal expression, a business, or something else. Who wouldn’t want free WordPress hosting? WordPress hosting...
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What is WordPress Hosting? Do I Have It? Or Need It?
Along the journey of understanding WordPress, most people start with a similar situation. They talk to a more tech-savvy person they know, that young lady tells them they need a “WordPress website.”...
View ArticleHow to Audit User Behavior with a WordPress Activity Log
In the Quick Guide we’ll use WP Security Audit Log to keep an activity log of what’s happening on our WordPress site. Activity logs are a chronological list of records of what logged in users did on...
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Top WordPress Hosting for Personal Websites
Both the traffic demands and the technology used to host personal websites differ. As you might guess from our site title, we mostly offer advice on WordPress specifically. If you’re newly looking into...
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Most Hosting Recommendations for WordPress Suck. Here’s Why.
When you need to choose a WordPress host, an obvious first step is a Google search. Searching for “best wordpress hosting” yields lots of hosting comparison articles. You can skim a few of them to get...
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How to Remove the Date from a WordPress Post URL
So, you want to remove the date from your WordPress post URLs? I get it. Those /2016/07/09/post-slug URLs that seemed pretty cool when you (or someone else) set it up get old. The primary reason: when...
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How to Migrate your Site with All-in-One WP Migration
Migrating WordPress sites is a common and annoying task. Whether that’s between two different remote web servers, between a development server and production, or from production to local, there are...
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Common WordPress Security Issues & How to Secure Your Site
Last night I was invited to speak at the Boulder WordPress meetup. My friend Angela drew a big crowd, and they listened intently to me talking a little too long about WordPress security vulnerabilities...
View ArticleMove a WordPress Site with the Duplicator Plugin
There are a lot of migration systems for WordPress. We’ve had lots of good experiences with All-in-One WP Migration. Some people swear by WP Migrate DB Pro. Others are partial to WP-CLI’s...
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How To Fix a WordPress Site Stuck in Maintenance Mode
This quick guide walks you through fixing a WordPress site that’s stuck in maintenance mode. This problem shows up as both the front-end and admin area of your site displaying nothing but “Briefly...
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SiteGround vs. Bluehost: Which Shared Host to Choose in 2019
If you’re trying to choose between SiteGround and Bluehost in 2019, this is going to be your easiest decision of the year:SiteGround is far better than Bluehost, and all the real performance and...
View ArticleHow to Use FTP to Deactivate a Plugin That’s Breaking Your WordPress Site
In this text and video Quick Guide, we’ll explain how to deactivate a WordPress plugin via FTP.When and Why to Use FTP to Disable a WordPress PluginWhy would you need to disable a WordPress plugin via...
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How to Change WordPress Password in phpMyAdmin (a cPanel tool)
How to Change WordPress Password in phpMyAdmin (a cPanel tool) →In this Quick Guide, we’ll walk you through how to change a WordPress user’s password using phpMyAdmin, a tool found in most webhosting...
View ArticleHow to Audit User Behavior with a WordPress Activity Log
In the Quick Guide we’ll use WP Security Audit Log to keep an activity log of what’s happening on our WordPress site. Activity logs are a chronological list of records of what logged in users did on...
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The Best WordPress Hosting in 2020: An Honest Guide
Looking for the best WordPress hosting for 2020? We’ve analyzed thousands of unbiased WordPress hosting reviews from real users, to bring you the up-to-date, definitive list of the best WordPress...
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Prevent Brute Force Attacks in WordPress with the Limit Login Attempts Plugin
If you’re interested in securing your WordPress site (and you should be!), then Limit Login Attempts is a small, efficient, perfect plugin. It does one single thing—prevent brute force attacks against...
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Top WordPress Hosting for Personal Websites
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