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Safe by Design: How to Boost Your WordPress Site’s Security

Byte Technology

Thanks to the popularity of the WordPress platform, the associated community of designers and supporters are always coming up with new ways to beef up the security of the content management system for all users. So only download plugins from trusted sources. Enter a script within your “functions.php” file.

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Current Affair: The Importance of Keeping Your WordPress Site Updated

Byte Technology

But beyond the exciting new gadget and gizmos being folded in through regular updates, there are more crucial reasons to keep your programs and devices current: when an app, plugin or other program is created, it’s inevitable that there will be problems with performance, connectivity and, most importantly, with security.

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Cybersecurity strategies for nonprofit websites

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A WAF protects against cross-site forgery, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection attacks. Software used on your website, including the content management system, modules, and plugins, should continually be updated with the latest security patches. Back up your website. Keep software up-to-date.

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Pipe Up: How to Get More Comments on Your WordPress Posts

Byte Technology

One of the hallmarks of the WordPress content management system is the ability to engage a user audience and create a back-and-forth conversation of sorts in the virtual world. WordPress experts will tell you that a website comment section can strain internal resources, especially for your web hosting server.

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Understanding the Importance of XML Sitemaps for Website SEO

Byte Technology

It’s great to have a stellar and attractive website, one that was professionally designed to utilize the most current design trends with state-of-the-art plugins and all the accompanying bells and whistles. All search engines—Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com etc.—use

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How to Choose the Best WordPress Host for Your Needs

Byte Technology

When it comes to designing, launching and running a WordPress site, there are so many critical elements to consider for achieving success, from stellar content to an easy-to-navigate theme and templates to keeping track of updates to plugins. Will your customer’s information be protected from hackers?

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Navigating Your Upgrade from Drupal 7

Forum One

As Drupal 7 aims to sunset in 2023, the latest version of Drupal 9 ships with new features including a built-in media library and content workflows, as well as a new layout builder. These tools enable content creators to robustly manage large volumes of content and easily create pages with flexible layouts that connect with target audiences.

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