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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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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. Configuration Files.

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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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Top 4 Web Hosting Providers for Your Nonprofit’s WordPress Website

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WP Engine’s one-click staging for testing plugins or new features. Key benefits of using WP Engine : Daily Backups – full copies of your site’s important files are automatically made every day off-site saving you a lot of time. Three “staging” environments are included, along with one-click staging for need basic plugin testing.

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Don’t Panic: Common WordPress Errors and How to Fix Them (Part Two)

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Often this occurs because a firewall is messing with your Internet connection, and some of the tools for the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are not allowing files to load properly. If this doesn’t work try upgrading any plugins that were installed specifically for the admin menu. This happens because the program inserts a file named “.maintenance”

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

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From adding features to plugging potential holes in plugins and themes to giving valuable advice on what not to do when choosing new features, a group of dedicated WordPress enthusiasts always have your back. So only download plugins from trusted sources. htaccess” file a line that reads “Options All – Indexes.”

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