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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

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WordPress was founded in 2003 and since then, a community of thousands of developers has created almost 55,000 plugins to expand its capability. Here’s a list of plugins that will help save you time, make your site more engaging and easier to use for staff and visitors; and is secure: Productivity and Workflow.

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6 Ways to Strengthen Your Nonprofit’s WordPress Security

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Once inside your site, a hacker can delete pages, plugins, and themes without anyone knowing. 1) Regularly update your plugins. One of the simplest ways to close back doors to hackers is by updating all of your WordPress plugins every month. Hackers use software that can scan your website and make a list of all of your plugins.

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Feel the Heat: The Best Firewall Plugins for Your WordPress Site

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But to really protect your website against hacks, brute force attacks and the dreaded “denial of service” quagmire, all site owners and administrators should look carefully into adding a firewall via a plugin. But unlike the previously mentioned plugins Wordfence works from your own server rather than a remote proxy.

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Save the Day: Knowing Which WordPress Files to Always Back Up

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And for those who thing doing so is a hassle, keep in mind that there are some great plugins—BackupBuddy is a great free choice, while a terrific paid option is VaultPress—that automatically do the work for you, synching current settings with any changes you’ve made and taking almost all the guesswork out of the process.

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Recovery Room: Quick Tips on Fixing Your Hacked Site

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And of course change your passwords immediately, before you begin to attempt any fixes. Then scan your site completely for any and all hacks using a free plugin such as Sucuri WordPress Auditing or Theme Authenticity Checker. Repeat this step for all theme files, plugins etc.

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Quick Fixes to Common WordPress Problems: Part 1

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From image display issues to creating automatic updates for plugins to working with shortcode, one day you’ll be stopped dead in your design tracks. You’re probably already aware that, each time you create a new post the WordPress core program files it into a built-in category called “Uncategorized.”

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Plugging In: Updating Your WordPress Utilities Safely and Securely

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1) Before you do anything else, backup your WordPress data and all site files. Indeed, there are even a nice handful of plugins that help you with backing up your site: UpdraftPlus, BackupBuddy and VaultPress are just a few. —or So it’s important to update those plugins before you do an update to the core.

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