The Only Beginner WordPress Cheat Sheet You’ll Ever Need
WordPress is one of the easiest and most powerful website content management system in existence today. More and more businesses are using WordPress for their websites than ever before and though its designed to be easy for the end-user, there is a LOT to know about WordPress help sheet. As a company offering WordPress maintenance services, we’re often asked by our many clients if we have a handy cheat sheet to help with the basics of WordPress. While there are numerous cheat sheets out there, we wanted to create an easy, concise cheat sheet that the average website owner will [...]
Achieve Blazing Fast Page Load Times for Your WordPress Site
I'd like to share something with you regarding the performance of your WordPress site. Many people that I talk to are shocked to find the degree to which something as seemingly trivial as page load speed can impact their business. But let's face it, the days of sitting and waiting seconds on end for websites to load are long gone. In this day and age, we won't even wait longer than a few seconds for our favorite sites to load. So, guess what? If surfers are unable to wait more than 4 or 5 seconds for their most loved sites [...]
How to Choose the Right Hosting Provider for Your WordPress WebSite
Building your own website today is now more possible and easier than ever before, even for a novice. You can start your own blog with the help of a popular content management system (CMS) called WordPress. Not only that, but the software will allow you to create and design your website for whatever purpose you see fit. All or most of it can even be done for free. However, there will be limitations when you choose a free hosting account. Continue reading as I explain both the limits and benefits associated with various hosting services. For beginners, it is [...]
WordPress.com Vs WordPress.org – What’s the Difference?
One of the most common questions that clients ask me about WordPress is, ‘Can you explain the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org?’ In fact, over the years I’ve found that just because a client doesn’t come right out and ask does not mean they’re familiar with the difference. For example, whenever a client asks me to give my opinion on a WordPress.com theme that they can use for their WordPress.org site, I know that I’ll need to explain how and why the two aren’t the same. Here’s what I tell them. WordPress, in general, is a modern content management [...]
A Complete Guide to Protecting Your WordPress Site from Hackers
Seldom does a week go by when I don’t get a call asking what to do with a hacked WordPress website. Sometimes after taking a closer look we learn that the site hasn’t been attacked. Sadly, not everyone is so fortunate. So, I’ve taken my responses and compiled them into a blog post on how to respond to a malicious WordPress attack. Whether you are a blogger or business owner, a hacked website is not the news you want your site administrator to give you. A hacked WordPress sites give criminal syndicates and lone scammers an opportunity to use [...]
Seven Common WordPress Problems and How to Fix Them
I’ve been using WordPress, as a developer since 2008 and as a WordPress support professional, since 2010, so it’s no exaggeration when I tell you that I’ve seen just about every recurring WordPress problem you could imagine. What follows are seven of the most common issues I’ve seen over the years. WordPress is a popular blogging tool used by business owners, celebrities, start-up companies, journalists, and many others. Indeed, it is one of the world’s most widely used website content management systems (CMS). What’s more is that you can reach millions of people online by utilizing this powerful tool. While [...]
Five Ways to Get More Out of Your WordPress Website
As a WP support professional, friends and clients often say to me, “Chris, I love WordPress but what can I do to get more productivity out of my WordPress site?” So this piece is meant to summarize many of the WordPress related tips that I’ve shared with others over the years. For starters, WordPress is an amazingly powerful website builder and content management system. It is even more robust if you know the information that I’m about to share with you. So here are five ways to make WP run even better than it’s already working for you. 1 - [...]
WordPress Support Services and Why Your Website Needs It
WordPress (WP) is a popular Content Management System (CMS) with a highly active community of e-commerce shop owners, online businesses, affiliate marketers, and developers. This open source CMS gives you the option to easily manage your websites, which you can host with the hosting company of your choice. That’s why many so many businesses use WordPress to power their websites, e-commerce platforms, online social communities and membership portals. Want to know how they’re able to maintain their websites? After all, nobody wants to be left behind. So, let’s start with a brief overview on WordPress before moving on to [...]
WPsitehelpers Founder Chris von Nieda Featured in ExpertHelp
In this day in age, it is rare for you to find even one person whose purchasing decisions haven't been influenced by at least one online review. And if you're like me you probably don't make any purchases without checking the review sites first. In fact, there are some who even take it a step further and approach staffing choices in a similar fashion. About ExpertHelp If this sounds remotely like you, then you may already be aware of ExpertHelp. However, if you aren't, it is a Plano, Texas-based company that offers an efficient and cost-effective way for users to [...]
Three Ways to Prevent Hackers from Breaching Your WordPress Website
You may think that just because you have not been targeted by hackers in the past or because your website doesn't get much traffic that the coast is clear. However, let me be the first to say that intruders can hack into your WordPress site at any time - without warning. Logging onto your WordPress site only to see a blank screen, or even worse malicious code or spammy marketing messages that you didn’t create is no fun. Yet, every day this happens to countless WordPress site owners who experience the misfortune of being hacked. Here’s what you can [...]
