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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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Step By Step: How to Update Your WordPress Plugins

Byte Technology

WordPress experts and designers constantly harp on just how important it is to keep your plugins updated all the time. First, keeping your plugins updated and running on the most current versions ensures that any changes the third-party developer makes to them—changes that may increase performance, add exciting new features etc.—are

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

Byte Technology

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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Running on Autopilot: How to Set Up Seamless Updating for your WordPress Plugins

Byte Technology

Running a unique and stand-out WordPress site often requires some crucial elements in the form of multiple plugins. But unfortunately, having all those plugins come at a price, and that price is a seemingly endless barrage of alerts and notices telling you need to update the individual programs. Here’s how.

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On the Move: Great Drag-and-Drop Plugins for Easy Site Customization

Byte Technology

WordPress plugin developers have thankfully embraced the ease of drag and drop, and have built some wonderful programs that utilize it for page customizing. The Elementor plugin is first and foremost built for speed, a nice feature for those who want to edit as quickly as their minds work and creative ideas take hold.

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6 Ways to Strengthen Your Nonprofit’s WordPress Security

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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A Guide to Facebook Social Plugins for Nonprofits

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You might have read about the recent changes Facebook made. Or maybe you’ve seen changes appearing on one of the sites you frequently visit - there are over 100,000 of them out there. Facebook did a nice job making their social plugins simple to implement, but understanding the practical uses for each of the plugins can be confusing.

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