MainWP Blog - 2024

Recently I said, on social media mind you, that there would be no year in review for me. I’m just not into it this year. There isn’t a lot to celebrate, but I really should take stock of some of my wins, which I kindly forget as I focus on the losses. But one thing I am proud of is the eBook we did at MainWP. Have you downloaded the eBook yet? Click the link below. Maximizing Profit with MainWP: Continue reading the post...

This article explores the security landscape for the year 2025. Three WordPress community-recognized web security experts will share their insights and predictions to help us anticipate and address upcoming security challenges. Our team of experts include Rob Cairns of Stunning Digital Marketing, Oliver Sild of Patchstack, and Kathy Zant, experienced security consultant.  Kathy wrote and published her own article about cyber security trends on her website – see here, while Oliver Sild wrote and published his predictions at The Admin Continue reading the post...

Add festive fun to your WordPress login screen with the holidays upon us. This is also an example of how WordPress has filters, hooks, and actions that make customization of the site possible without adding extra plugins for customizations. For this example, use an image found on OpenVerse when searching for a snowman. Resize the image from 150 by 150 to 100 by 100 pixels and then save it as a PNG file and upload it to the site’s media Continue reading the post...

Five predictions for B2B Businesses in 2025 Recently, someone on LinkedIn said that we shouldn’t do prediction articles. They thought we were better served by doing recaps with lessons learned for the year. Of course, as a marketer, we are always thinking of ways to share “lessons” we have learned. I still think there is a place for predictions. I’m not afraid to be wrong. So with that, I am giving you 5 B2B Business predictions for 2025 (and beyond). Continue reading the post...

We have finally reached the last month of the year. You know, the time of holidays, cheer, family, traditions, parties, Grinches and ole Saint Nick?  It is also the time of the year we start thinking about accomplishments, milestones, year-end reports, memories, and gratitude. What is your flow at the end of the year? Do you take time off with your family? Do you create year-end reports or blog posts? In December’s MainWP Roundup, we are going to take a Continue reading the post...

The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO is a commonly used SEO plugin for WordPress sites. At the time this article was written, it had over 100,000 active installations.   If you notice that the Squirrly SEO plugin adds additional assets that load on the front of the site when testing in GTmetrix or WebPageTest, the plugin provides some advanced settings that can be used to reduce those from loading.   You may need to change to SEO expert. You may Continue reading the post...

A few years ago, someone DM’d me on Twitter asking if I could write threads for them. While I had been creating Twitter threads myself, I was mostly learning through trial and error—just reverse engineering what worked. Many people were using Twitter threads and seeing positive results. Research showed that threads typically generated higher engagement than regular tweets. I believe Twitter threads remain effective for engagement—which is crucial now more than ever in our saturated content landscape. In today’s content-saturated Continue reading the post...

EU Cyber Resilience Act: What you need to know  How many connected or “smart” devices do you have in your home? From Amazon Alexa to the Ring doorbell, to smart refrigerators, to smart lightbulbs, connected devices don’t just help us manage our households, they also introduce serious cybersecurity risks. In fact, there were over 112 million Internet of Things (IoT) cyber attacks worldwide in 2022. These attacks can range from the hacking of baby monitors to watch a mother breastfeed Continue reading the post...

Over the years, I’ve created a few eBooks that have done well. One example is “How to Never Struggle with Blog Posts Again.” Even though I haven’t promoted it heavily, it’s been downloaded 60 times since 2021. It’s hosted on my website using Easy Digital Downloads, but I haven’t optimized it with follow-up emails or added people to my list. Still, the title grabs attention and gets downloads. Another eBook download I have is “Write More Compelling Website Copy for Continue reading the post...

The Action Scheduler is a task runner in plugins such as WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscriptions, MailPoet, and WP Mail SMTP. Many other plugins also use the Action Scheduler as an integrated task runner instead of maintaining other solutions..   If you have many actions running on your site, stored data can accumulate over time for the actions run and actions logged. It is not uncommon to find the actions or logs database table in the 10-20 GB range, which can go Continue reading the post...