Security
How NOT to lose your website
Have a website that you love? Have you ever considered that you could lose it on accident? How does one accidentally lose a website? It happens probably more than you...
The Ultimate WordPress Security Checklist for Pre-Launch
Launching a WordPress website is an exciting milestone. You've poured time and effort into creating a beautiful, informative platform. But before you hit that "go live" button, there's an important...
Is WordPress Secure? WordPress Security Myths Debunked
WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world, powering millions of websites. However, with any kind of popularity, you'll find naysayers and rumors, and one of...
Google Analytics showing a ton of visits from Poland?
If you have taken a look at your Google analytics in the last month, you might have a surprise in there. A huge uptick in traffic from... Poland? Here's a...
A Pretty Complete Guide to Securely Grant Access to your Online Accounts
If you are starting work with a new web design or development company, or a new designer, or a new marketing company, there will come a time when you need...
Why is SSL important for business websites?
The content of this post was entirely generated by ChatGPT, as introduced in the previous blog post titled What is ChatGPT and how can it help your business? Feel free...
Securing Your Social Media Accounts
Nobody ever thinks it will happen to them. But it's happened to many people, and I don't want it to happen to you. I'm talking about social media account hacking...
A New PayPal/GoDaddy Domain Scam
In the last couple of weeks, I've started receiving some scam invoices and I thought I'd share so people will know about this scam and what you need to do....
Brute Force Attacks: What you need to know.
If you've never been the victim of a Brute Force Attack, be grateful. And then take steps to prevent it from happening to you. As a person who has been...
A word about WordPress user levels
If you have a WordPress site, then you have at least one user: you. And there's a good chance that you're an administrator. WordPress actually has five different user levels,...
Should I run the updates for WordPress, my plugins and theme?
I was talking to the son of a client one day, a younger guy who is really into technology, does some web design as a side job, and he said...
Things you should know about security plugins
Hey look, I'm talking about site security again! It's a favorite topic of mine, but mostly because I really, really hate cleaning up a hacked site. Last week, I answered...
Is WordPress Secure?
WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world, now powering around 30% of all websites. To put that into perspective, the next biggest competitor, Joomla, has just...
Chrome’s “Not Secure” message is here
I've been harping on SSL for a long time now. I feel like in my tech circles, I'm probably known as the SSL Lady. Years ago, Google started giving a...
What website owners should know about GDPR
First and foremost, let me be abundantly clear: I am not a lawyer. Please do not take this blog post as legal advice. Nothing is guaranteed or a promise to...
Keeping your computer safe while you’re away
Everyone thinks about the ramifications of traveling and losing their laptop, whether that means leaving it on a plane, in an airport, or having it stolen in a coffee shop....
Should I get an SSL certificate for my website?
Yes. Google announced back in 2014 that they were going to start using SSL as a ranking factor for websites. Not everyone jumped on the bandwagon because SSLs were expensive,...
The Display Widgets plugin issue and how to fix it
If you aren't following WordPress or WordPress security, you may not have heard about the recent plugin fiasco. There's a plugin called Display Widgets. I would link to the plugin,...
WordPress updates matter
I'm a pretty big stickler about updates. Update your software, do it often - it's my number one hacking prevention tip. At least once a week I login and run updates for...
