We’re often asked where do we get WordPress plugins. Everyone knows you can search the WordPress Plugin directory (Admin) but the results are misleading and don’t always provide full results. Fine if you know the plugin, but if you want the “best” plugin, the reality is the best plugins cost money. The Lite version does […]
What happened to eBay Plugins: phpBay & phpZon?
We used phpBay and phpZon for many years and suddenly in 2020 discovered they were gone. A little research revealed phpBay and phpZon have been abandoned by its authors. phpZON vanished in 2018 and I suspect the final straw for phpBay was eBay withdrawing products feeds in September 2020. From what I hear Wade Wells […]
iThemes WordPress Security Webinar – Free
iThemes (free) WP security webinar to help you make sure you’ve locked down your website: Getting Started with WP Security for 2020. Getting Started with WP Security for 2020 Our friends at Cloudflare recently revealed that hacking and phishing attempts have been up by 37% and, on some days, they are blocking between four and […]
#1 WordPress Plugin: Cache Plugin
Of all the plugins recommended for WordPress, the Number #1 plugin at the top of the list is a Cache Plugin. For a minimal amount of work the benefits are massive to bothe website owner and the hosting server. Faster web pages Less drain on server Increase page rank on search engines What is caching? […]
Stop Contact Form 7 Spam in WordPress
After a flood of spam originating through our WordPress Contact forms with No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA, we needed a fix. This excellent article by barn2.co.uk shows 6 Ways to Stop Contact Form 7 Spam in WordPress The 2 we liked and are now trying are: 1. Quiz Simple quizzes are becoming a popular way to combat […]