Website Security
How Websites Get Hacked: The Common Ways In
Most small business sites are not chosen, they are found by bots looking for known weaknesses. These are the usual ways in,…
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Website Security
Website Hacked? What to Do First (and What Not to Do)
The first hour after a hack is mostly about avoiding mistakes. Here is what to do first, in what order, and what…
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Website Security
Signs Your Website Has Been Hacked: What Owners Notice
Hacked sites rarely announce themselves. These are the symptoms visitors, Google, your host and your WordPress dashboard show first, and the problems…
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WordPress Guide
How to Log Out All Sessions in WordPress
How to end your own other logins, sign out one user, or log everyone out by changing the salts carefully, and what…
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WordPress Guide
How to Create a Custom User Role in WordPress
When Editor is too little and Administrator far too much, a custom role fills the gap. Here is how to build one…
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WordPress Guide
File Upload Forms in WordPress: Let Customers Send Files
Let customers send photos and documents with their enquiry without opening your server to harmful files or filling your mailbox.
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WordPress Guide
Expired WordPress Plugin Licence: What Stops, What to Do
When a premium plugin licence lapses, the plugin usually keeps working but its updates stop. Here is why that matters and what…
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WordPress Guide
WordPress Application Passwords: What They Are For
Application passwords let other tools connect to your site without your real password. Here is how to create them, review them and…
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WordPress Guide
How to Change Your WordPress Username When It’s Locked
The username box is greyed out for a reason. Here are the safe ways round it, and how to tell whether you…
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AI Chatbot
Chatbot Data Privacy: Where Your Visitors’ Messages Go
A website chat message passes through more companies than most owners realise. Here is how to map it, question vendors and collect…
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