Todd Jones, Author at MainWP WordPress Management

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February Toolbox: Podcast tools, Local SEO, and Review Managment

It’s that time of month where we explore tools you can use and add to your toolbox. This month we are looking at podcasting tools, a Schema Markup Generator, citation management and a review management platform. Buckle up! Podcast: How to start your podcast on a budget. Robert Cairns – slide deck. Stunning Digital Marketing’s Rob Cairns attended the PodCamp in Toronto this past weekend. He presented “How to start your podcast on a budget.” How to start your podcast on a budget. How to start your podcast on a budget resource list PDF. This link is to his slide

Todd Jones February 27, 2023 No Comments

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3 Reasons: Writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business

Today we discuss 3 Reasons for writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business. In the 2022 edition of the MainWP Web Care Survey, when we asked about writing a consistent blog, only 10.7% of our respondents said yes. The other approximately 90% said No or that they are trying. And look, I understand. As a WordPress Web Care consultant, you are busy doing actual web care for your customers. There are definitely some challenges and time is probably at the top of your list. You can, of course, hire an agency like The BlogSmith to handle this part

Todd Jones February 18, 2023 No Comments

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The CLEAR Formula for Managing Customer Experience for WordPress Care Businesses

Customer experience is an absolutely critical piece of any business. And it feels like fewer companies understand this. If you are like me and millions of other shoppers, you are using self check out in your favorite stores in 2023. Amazingly, these companies do not invite us to their end of the year holiday parties. Go figure. Everywhere we turn, it seems like C-Suite executives cut customer service. Cutting customer service hurts the customer experience. They may blame it on the COVID-19 pandemic, but I believe it goes back before that. There is nothing more infuriating than trying to get

Todd Jones February 12, 2023 No Comments

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MainWP Roundup: Creating block patterns without code and more

Hey ya’ll, it’s time for another MainWP Roundup! This month we are going to talk about making block patterns without code, look at an interview, and notice a new acquisition. We are also going to talk about Google Web Stories, the difference between strategy and tactics and look at a few upcoming events. Are you ready? Let’s ride. Making Gutenberg Block Patterns With No Code! HeroPress Network In this WordPress tip by the HeroPress Network, Topher introduces us to block patterns. The WordPress repository has several already in its library and Topher shows you how to take advantage of those.

Todd Jones February 3, 2023 No Comments

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MainWP Features: Are you using these (newish) features?

Have you ever been caught off guard with a domain renewal? If you haven’t, has your client? We don’t think about domain renewals that much, perhaps once a year. And if we decide to renew for several years, we certainly don’t think about that domain again for a long time! Once we realize there is a renewal, then there becomes a mad scramble to get it renewed before there is “Downtime” for a client’s website. One of the nicest new features in the MainWP Dashboard is the Domain Monitor. The Domain Monitor made an appearance about a year ago and

Todd Jones January 29, 2023 No Comments

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WordPress Security Roundtable: Using backups and updates to keep sites secure

We are back with your WordPress Security Experts Roundtable. In this article, we will discuss backups and updates of your WordPress website. Remember, our first article with our WordPress Security Expert was “Preventing compromises for your WordPress website.” How often should I update? What should my process be to test after updates? Update a few sites first before updating them all? What is your advice? According to our experts, here are 6 important things to remember: Security updates ASAP. Automation to check sites. Update busy and problem sites first. Keep and test your updates. Use a staging site to update

Todd Jones January 22, 2023 No Comments

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WordPress Security Roundtable: Preventing compromises for your WordPress website

Over the next few weeks, we will engage a group of WordPress security experts in the WordPress space. They will help us sort through good and best practices. Our roundtable includes Robert Rowley of Patchstack, Chris Bourne of Website Managed and MainWP customer, Kathy Zant of Stellar WP, Edward O’Rourke of Jupiter Media, also a MainWP customer, and Erika Vainoras of Hostinger. We will discuss different areas of security, including plugins, hosts, updates, ecommerce, and preventing compromise. Our Roundtable WordPress Security Experts Robert Rowley, Patchstack www.patchstack.com “Robert is the Security Advocate for Patchstack and carries with him 2 decades of

Todd Jones January 16, 2023 No Comments

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January MainWP Roundup: WordPress themes and plugins

It is a new year and we will find new topics to chat about. This month’s MainWP Roundup includes WordPress plugins and themes, categorization of plugins and themes, healthcare data breaches and a few more. Get ready to ride ya’ll. The Most Popular WordPress Plugins Released in 2022 on WordPress.org Read the Article End of the year means we spend time looking at data and such. I Love WP does just that when it comes to WordPress plugins. Dumitru Brinzan pulled data from the repository to find the top plugins released in 2022. The data is from December 1st 2021

Todd Jones January 7, 2023 No Comments

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So this is Christmas and the movies we love

Every year during this time, I like to do something fun for the MainWP Blog. I did a parody of ‘Twas Night Before Christmas a couple years ago. Last year we did a Q&A with Santa. This year, I decided to talk about Christmas movies. So, in preparation, I peeked my head inside the MainWP Users Facebook Group and asked a question while hoping Ivica didn’t ban me. With that, I will tell you about the movies they mentioned and toss in some of my favorite holiday songs. Fred Claus the Movie One of our members mentioned this movie. I’ll

Todd Jones December 23, 2022 No Comments

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Web Care Survey 2022: The Results

Last year, I got the idea of running a Web Care Survey. Web Care Consultants are an invaluable part of the WordPress community. WordPress websites need someone to take care of them. MainWP is one of the top providers of Web Care tools and we have a whole community of Web Care Consultants. So I thought I would run a survey. In 2021, we received 131 submissions. This year, I was really hoping to double that. If not double, I really hoped to have 200 responses. See the results of the 2021 survey here. Unfortunately, we did not get 200

Todd Jones December 18, 2022 No Comments

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February Toolbox: Podcast tools, Local SEO, and Review Managment

3 Reasons: Writing a blog for your WordPress Web Care business

The CLEAR Formula for Managing Customer Experience for WordPress Care Businesses

MainWP Roundup: Creating block patterns without code and more

MainWP Features: Are you using these (newish) features?

WordPress Security Roundtable: Using backups and updates to keep sites secure

WordPress Security Roundtable: Preventing compromises for your WordPress website

January MainWP Roundup: WordPress themes and plugins

So this is Christmas and the movies we love

Web Care Survey 2022: The Results

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