April 2nd in Social Media, Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . Most of us love Pinterest. It is an addictive social network that could make you a whole lot less productive. Pinterest has the potential to drive you a ton of traffic if you implement the right strategy for it. There is nothing wrong with allowing certain photos on your site to get pinned by others on Pinterest. But what if you want to prevent some of your work from showing up on Pinterest? These 3 Pinterest Block plugins implement that option for you:
Pinterest Block: allows you to block Pinterest from certain sections of your site (e.g. pages, individual posts, blog homepage). It is simple but gets the job done. [click to continue…]
Continue Reading April 1st in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . In the past few weeks, we have been covering some of the ways you can use cloud-based storage services to store your backups and make your business more scalable. The Azure is a cloud-platform developed for established businesses. This may be an overkill for many bloggers. But you can use it to host your media or backup files. These 3 Azure plugins for WordPress let you do just that:
BackWPup: one of the most versatile backup plugins available for WordPress. It lets you automate backups and database maintenance on your site. It sends your backup files to Dropbox, S3, or Azure Blob storage. [click to continue…]
Continue Reading March 27th in Hack Prevention by Wordpress Jedi . Getting hacked is one of the worst experiences one can go through as a webmaster. Unfortunately, no matter how careful you are, there is always a chance that a smart hacker might get around your defenses. That does not mean you should just give up and do not do your best to protect your website against future hack attacks. Fixing a hacked website is not always difficult. In fact, it can be a very time consuming process.
Troubleshooting & Fixing Hacked WordPress Sites
In order to fix your website and get it back to its original condition, you first have to analyze what has happened. Sometimes all hackers do is deface sites and manipulate their .htaccess files. Those are not that hard to fix. Database and server hacks are a bit more consuming to get a handle on though.
Determine the method of hack
Fixing your website is important. But you also need to understand how you were hacked so you can avoid having to deal with the same issue in the future. There are commands you can run on your server to figure out how it was accessed and by whom.
If you are with a decent web host, chances are its team has a guide on how to deal with hacked sites. You do want to pay attention to the date the files on your sites were changed. That helps you identify which files you need to take care of first (I would delete everything though). If your database has been altered, you are better off using a clean backup to save yourself some time in the process. Of course, you can always go through your database and use commands such as this to find malicious content in it: [click to continue…]
Continue Reading March 26th in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . If you have visited sites such as NYTimes.com recently, you have probably noticed the content sliders they use at the bottom of their pages to get people to stay on for longer. There are plenty of plugins you can install to have similar features on your own site. Here are 3 WordPress plugins that add content sliders and flyout boxes to your website:
SimpleReach Slide: adds a cool related post box to the bottom of your page. It can keep your visitors on your site for longer. [click to continue…]
Continue Reading March 22nd in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . Skype is small businesses’ best friend. As a business owner, you can use this service to provide better support to your customers and turn your visitors into leads. Adding Skype to WordPress is not that difficult either. Here are 2 Skype plugins for WordPress that make integrating this service into your site easy:
Skype Online Status: lets you add Skype button to your sidebar, template, posts, and pages. The buttons are customizable. [click to continue…]
Continue Reading March 15th in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . The Amazon S3 service is one of the best cloud storage solutions around. It is not only cheap but very easy to use. If you happen to be an Amazon S3 customer, these 6 plugins can make your life using this service easier:
Backwpup: one of the best cloud backup plugins for WordPress. It lets you send your backup files to Amazon S3, Dropbox, and other cloud storage services. [click to continue…]
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