Posts Tagged ‘wordpress’
How to Install WordPress
WordPress is by far the most popular software for creating websites, whether you wish to create your own WordPress site or have someone develop a WordPress site for you. It is user friendly, has a ton of functionality, is endlessly extensible (meaning you can install plugins to add just about anything you can imagine to your…
Read MoreHow to transfer a website from wordpress.com to self-hosted WordPress
This guide will show you how to transfer a website build on wordpress.com to a self hosted WordPress install. Transferring sites from wordpress.com isn’t 100% smooth, in that a bunch of features are considered part of wordpress.com only and don’t transfer, but usually it only takes a bit of tweaking after to fix that kind…
Read MoreWhy choose WordPress to build your website?
In our more than 15 years of web hosting, we’ve encountered just about every content management system out there, from Mambo to Joomla, WordPress to Drupal, ModX to Magento. We’ve worked with them all! During each project we determine the best tools for the job based on the needs and wants of the client and,…
Read MoreHow to avoid timeouts when importing a WordPress export XML file
WordPress provides a great mechanism for exporting and importing data simply by using Tools > Export or Import. However when used on large datasets, as well as media files that take time to import, you’re bound to run into timeout issues. Obtaining an XML export from the source If you’re exporting from another self-hosted WordPress…
Read MoreAdding select2 to WP Forms
Select2 is a great jQuery library that allows for dynamic and live-searchable selection of elements in a long drop down menu. This guide will show you how to easily add support for Select2 to WP Forms. Note that this refers specifically to the WP Forms plugin, and not general forms for WordPress. Begin by adding…
Read MoreJanuary 2017 WordPress Botnet Bruteforce Attacks
Although we haven’t seen any major reporting on it yet, as of 2017 our servers have detected a massive botnet attacking WordPress installations in an attempt to exploit weak passwords. Our typical firewall rules are configured to allow at most 15 login attempts prior to immediately blocking the IP at the network level. This works…
Read MoreWhat is “WordPress Optimized” hosting?
As of Jan 2021, WordPress is now used by over 39% of all websites on the Internet, and more than 64% of websites powered by content management systems. Because of this large market share, there’s a vast array of companies offering dedicated services targeted specifically for WordPress, such as WordPress optimized hosting or Managed WordPress…
Read MoreWordPress Plugin: Category Checklist Tree
The Category Checklist Tree plugin may sound pretty boring but in reality it’s an extremely simple and useful plugin! If you’ve ever found yourself perplexed by the behaviour of the Categories lists in WordPress, this is the plugin for you. How might I be annoyed by the WordPress categories list you ask? Well it all has…
Read MoreWooCommerce shortcodes not showing all products
I believe this issue should now be resolved in core WooCommerce. We love WooCommerce around here, but occasionally we run into a bug that hasn’t yet been merged into the core codebase. We set up a storefront many months ago for Lemon Dogs Tacos and Lemonade wherein they change their stock quite regularly. Because of…
Read MoreKeep your plugins updated!
It has been brought to our attention that the popular “All-In-One SEO” plugin for WordPress leaves your website open to what is called a cross-site scripting attack. This means both your website and your visitor’s computers could be vulnerable when visiting your website! Please be sure to login to your WordPress install and update the…
Read MoreHow to Clone Your Website
If you’d like to move your website from another provider to Websavers or from another hosting account to your own, this is called a migration. You can learn how to migrate your website here. Or you can let us take care of it for you! Check out our SiteMigrator service here. Requirements Steps to clone…
Read MoreUsing WP Approve User Plugin with WooCommerce
As the WP Approve User plugin appears to not have been maintained for 3 years, I’ve written a new guide to integrate WooComm with the New User Approve plugin instead, which is somewhat better maintained. WooCommerce is the newest and arguably the best E-Commerce solution available for WordPress. If you aren’t considering using it for…
Read MoreNeed an image in your sidebar? Grab the Image Widget plugin!
Not that keen on coding, but need to add an image to your WordPress sidebar? The image widget plugin was made for you. By default, the best you can do with a standard WordPress installation is add a text widget to your sidebar and throw in the code to insert the image. This means using…
Read MoreHow to solve problems with broken links on your website
Broken Link Checker is a great little plugin that keeps track of all the links on your site and ensures that the pages they link to are all up and running and responding as they should be. It’s one of those little essentials that we often forget about, at least until we login and it…
Read MoreWhy we love Canvas by WooThemes
This article is now depreciated. We haven’t worked with the Canvas theme in many years, having replaced it with the BeaverBuilder theme or GeneratePress. This WordPress Wednesday post is just a quick overview of the Canvas Theme and Framework from Woothemes. We’ve been following (and using) WooThemes since early late 2009. There are several framework…
Read MoreTop 9 Must Have WordPress Plugins
This article is now out of date. Since many of the plugins below are no longer maintained, we cannot recommend their use any longer. We’ve written a new article to replace it: Top 5 WordPress plugins. We spend a lot of time in the back end of a WordPress system. Whether we are helping clients…
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