MainWP Blog - Todd Jones

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 Continue reading the post...

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 Continue reading the post...

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 Continue reading the post...

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. Lets Ride! The Most Popular WordPress Plugins Released in 2022 on WordPress.org Read the Article Screenshot: https://www.ilovewp.com/wordpress-themes-released-in-2022-on-wordpress-org/ End of the year means we spend time looking at data and such. I Love WP does just that when it comes to Continue reading the post...

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 Continue reading the post...

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 Continue reading the post...

In June 2016 (yikes!), I wrote my first article for MainWP. It has been quite a ride. I have enjoyed it and enjoy the freedom to write articles I like to write. One of those types of articles are Q&A articles. I first learned to write these when I was a Startup & Tech writer for a statewide publication in Arkansas. I took the idea and created my own spin on it and I can often be found calling them Continue reading the post...

So here we are, at the end of the year, in the last month. This is the month of holidays, reflection, celebrations, family, and parties. So much happens in December. But today, we take one last look at our WordPress Roundup. We talk about games, certifications, a decade of publishing and a few upcoming events. The Jerry Lawson Google Doodle If you visited Google on December 1, 2022, you may have noticed the Google Doodle. It was in honor of Continue reading the post...

In this month’s Toolbox, we are going to talk about how you can help your clients and generate extra revenue. Gather around friends. I’m going to help you earn money during the month of December. December is typically a slow month for many people in the WordPress Web Care business. You likely aren’t building any new websites and you are spending most of your time taking care of your client websites using MainWP. But I have an idea. You can Continue reading the post...

In this month’s Q&A, we visit with Kathy Zant, a long time geek who started creating websites with Active Server Pages. Kathy is the Director of Marketing at StellarWP. When she isn’t wrangling WordPress products, she loves hanging out with her husband, her dog, and fosters kittens. What is your WordPress origin story? I actually started developing data-driven sites before it was cool to do so. Active Server Pages and SQL Server, but moved to PHP/MySQL around 2000 for my Continue reading the post...