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WordPress Optimizing Plugins Podcast

Plugins Worth Plug’n In! [PODCAST]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/pwpi_podcast/wordpress-optimizing-plugins-podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWordPress Optimizing Plugins Episode 4: Week of 08/15/2011 Welcome to Episode #4 of our podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” This week we focus on plugins to optimize your WordPress site.   There are 3 main areas of optimization that we’ll cover this week: Database Optimization Image Optimization JavaScript & CSS Optimization Some of these plugins may be ...…

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WordPress SEO Changes - Rank Higher in Search

The More SEO Changes, the More it Stays the Same

If you want your WordPress site to rank higher in search engine results, you’ll need to learn a new way of looking at your site’s SEO.  Why? Because search engines (like Google) are in the early stages of a massive change in how they rank search engine results.  At the same time, the search engines aren’t changing ...…

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How to Change A WordPress Theme

How to Change A WordPress Theme

Your WordPress site is up and running, then one day you take a look… and wonder how to change it.  The fastest way is to change your theme… so how do you do that? Ask yourself this first… Why do I want to change this WordPress theme? Do I want a slide show? Maybe a different header graphic? Am I ...…

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WordPress Caching Plugins Podcast

Plugins Worth Plug’n In! [PODCAST]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/pwpi_podcast/WordPress-caching-plugins-podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWordPress Caching Plugins Episode 3: Week of 08/08/2011 Welcome to Episode #3 of our podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” This week we focus on plugins to help speed up your WordPress site, in particular… Caching Plugins. If you haven’t installed a caching plugin, your WordPress site is running slower than it should be. ...…

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Why we don't use Facebook Comments on a Blog

Why We Don’t use Facebook Comments

The Facebook comments social plugin was a huge trend not too long ago.  We jumped on the bandwagon as well.  As with all tools, however, we should have been more selective in how we used them and where we used them. First, we started noticing that many great blogs aren’t using them.  In fact, they never ...…

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WordPress Zero Day Attack timthumb.php Vulnerability

WordPress Zero-Day Vulnerability and timthumb.php [VIDEO]

**** UPDATE Please note: timthumb.php is NOT a virus or malware.  It’s a useful file, used by many WordPress themes to handle image sizing.  It’s necessary and you shouldn’t delete it (unless you know what you are doing). If you are a developer, you can find the most recently updated timthumb.php file here.  For more details see the ...…

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WordPress Organizing Plugins Podcast

Plugins Worth Plug’n In! [PODCAST]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/pwpi_podcast/WordPress-organizing-plugins-podcast-Episode2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWordPress Organizing Plugins Episode 2: Week of 8/02/2011 Welcome to Episode #2 of our podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” This week we focus on plugins to help organize your WordPress site. If you have a ton of pages to keep track of or want a great way to display posts to your visitors… ...…

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WordPress Security Plugins Podcast

Plugsins Worth Plug’n In! [PODCAST]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/pwpi_podcast/WordPress-Security-Plugins-Podcast-Episode1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWordPress Security Plugins Episode 1: Week of 7/25/2011   Welcome to Episode #1 of our new podcast… “Plugins Worth Plug’n In!” Every week we’ll cover a few plugins that you may not have heard about.  This week we focus on Security plugins. (Watch “WordPress Security Plugins” on YouTube   Show Notes for: Episode 1: Week of ...…

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What's Better? Paid Themes vs. Free Themes

What’s better? Free vs. Paid Themes

This is the age-old debate!  Should you spend a few bucks and pay for a premium (paid) theme, or should you scrounge around looking for something free. What’s better for your WordPress site? The answer is… BOTH. Yeah, it sounds like a political way out of the argument, but let us state the case. Our journey with WordPress started because ...…

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Can not install a theme

Video Q&A: Why can’t I install my theme?

You’ve created your WordPress site and after browsing the internet have found the perfect theme.  Now it’s time to install it! You watched a few video tutorials, but something just isn’t right.  There doesn’t seem to be a way to actually install a theme on your WordPress site. Can this be? Believe it or not… it is possible. ...…

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