Load Screen for Slow Sites Google recently announced plans to start “shaming” slow websites by labeling them as slow in their Chrome browser, using either a “badge” or a load screen that specifically warns the visitor that the site loads slowly. Even if, like me, you [Read more..]

If you have this plugin installed, even if it’s not active, delete it immediately! Yuzo Related Posts Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild by Dan Moen, Wordfence.com April 10, 2019 The Yuzo Related Posts plugin, which is installed on over 60,000 websites, was removed from the [Read more..]

Grammarly Adds Junk Code to WordPress Posts and Pages By Kris Gunnars, SearchFacts.com April 4, 2019 When you enable the Grammarly extension in your browser, it scans the text that you type for spelling and grammar errors and underlines them. This is what your text looks like if you have spelling [Read more..]

I have been seeing more contact form spam in the past month or so from my own WordPress sites and clients are reporting the same. I assumed this was human spam and that little could be done to prevent it using the usual automated measures against spambots. However, while making changes on one of [Read more..]

Not everyone is happy about the new WordPress Gutenberg editor. Here’s a good summary about how to use it and how to avoid it (for now anyway) if you don’t want to use it: Official Resources for the Gutenberg Block Editor by Jeff Starr, DigWP.com December 14th, 2018 Just a quick post to [Read more..]

I recently started a test drive of a neat WordPress widget plugin called the Google Reviews Widget by RichPlugins. I’m using the free version at the moment which you can download from WordPress.org here. The plugin boasts the following features: Display up to 5 Google business reviews per [Read more..]

WordPress 4.9.8 Released by Jeff Chandler, WordPress Tavern August 3, 2018 WordPress 4.9.8 is available for download and is a maintenance release. Headlining this version is the “Try Gutenberg” callout. Note that not everyone will see the callout. Its visibility is determined based on certain [Read more..]

In a previous post from April 2018, Testing WordPress Performance and Site Speed, I discussed an article describing five online tools for testing the page load speeds for your website. Google PageSpeed Insights Pingdom GTmetrix WebPagetest YSlow Browser Plugin Most of these simply test a webpage [Read more..]

The new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): What is it? Does it apply to you? What do you have to do to be in compliance with GDPR? Web Privacy And WordPress GDPR Compliance – The Definitive Guide Gone are the wild cowboy days of rustling websites. To avoid heavy fines, your [Read more..]

The new Gutenberg editor is coming soon to WordPress. Some welcome this change. Some disparage it. Whichever camp you fall into, if you manage client sites you may want to disable it temporarily (or permanently) for client sites, either site-wide or for certain types of posts. The good news is you [Read more..]