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As a website owner, ensuring that your website is running smoothly and efficiently is crucial to its success. One of the best ways to ensure that your WordPress website is in its best shape is by investing in a WordPress monthly maintenance package. In this article, I...
Google Search Console (GSC), formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools, is a free service offered by Google that helps website owners monitor and improve the performance of their websites on Google Search. The benefits of using Google Search Console are many. GSC...
Adding your website to Google Search Console will give you valuable information that you can use to correct errors, measure performance, improve search rankings and enhance your website to drive more traffic and hopefully more sales your way.
When you find you’re ready to add new functionality and features to your website you’ll want to know how to select WordPress plugins that are reputable and safe. Follow these best practices as you look for and decide on the right plugin for your needs.
When someone else needs access to your WordPress website, it’s good for them to have their own login instead of using yours. Learn how to give access only the access needed to minimize unnecessary security risks.
A performance check for website speed gives you a clearer picture of what’s happening with your website and how it’s performing. Issues that might get overlooked otherwise can be detected sooner and before they become even bigger issues for your business.
Know your WordPress website backup plan and save yourself hours, money, anxiety and frustration. As for anything that is important and valuable like a business website, you need to have a plan in place for unexpected events and security threats.
Did you know that your site’s login page is one of the most common entry points for hackers? Taking action on some basic login security measures can help protect your website and ensure that you don’t have to start from square one if some hacker comes in and wipes out everything that you’ve created.
Google Analytics is a comprehensive web analytics tool that you can use to track your statistics and improve your website. It’s one of the most popular statistics tools around to help you keep track of activity on your site and help you get to know your visitors better.
Just because you are not using this data today, doesn’t mean you might not want to in the future. Protect your ability to use your historical data in the future by adjusting your data retention controls to “Do not automatically expire.” If you do nothing, the setting with default to 26 months leaving you only a little over two years of historical data to analyze at any time. Why risk it?
