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Tips Speedup WordPress Website
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Sebastian Moran

Rev Up Your WordPress: Top Techniques for Speed Optimization

WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that powers millions of websites worldwide. However, even the best-designed WordPress site can need faster loading times. This can be frustrating for users and impact your search engine ranking. If you’re concerned that your WordPress site is slow, there are a few things you can do to identify and fix the problem. Use a performance testing tool: Many performance testing tools are available that can help you identify the areas of your site that are slowing it down. Google’s PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix are free tools that you can use to test

Sebastian Moran August 16, 2023 No Comments
Delete iThemes Security Log Database Table
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Optimizing the iThemes Security Plugin Log Database Table

The iThemes Security plugin is a powerful plugin for protecting your WordPress website. However, the plugin’s log database table can grow over time, slowing your website. There are a few things you can do to optimize the iThemes Security plugin log database table: Delete old logs. By default, the iThemes Security plugin keeps logs for 30 days. You can delete older logs to free up space in your database. Reduce the log retention period. You can reduce the number of days that the iThemes Security plugin keeps logs by going to Security > Settings > Configure > Global Settings and

Sebastian Moran August 9, 2023 No Comments
WordPress Under Attack - Identify and Security Tips
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Unmasking the Intruder: Uncovering Hacks in Your WordPress Site

WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that powers millions of websites worldwide. Unfortunately, its popularity also makes it a target for hackers. If you think your WordPress site has been hacked, there are a few things you can do to check. Here are some of the signs that your WordPress site might have been hacked: Your site is redirecting to another site. If you try to access your site and it redirects you to a different site, it indicates that your site has been hacked. You see strange content on your site. If you see any content you

Sebastian Moran August 3, 2023 No Comments
WordPress Database Optimization Tips
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Streamline Your WordPress Site’s Database for Improved Performance

As your WordPress site grows and evolves, so does its database. This can lead to performance issues as the database becomes more cluttered and inefficient. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to streamline your WordPress database and improve its performance. This article discusses the most effective ways to optimize your WordPress database. We’ll cover everything from removing unnecessary data to optimizing database queries. By following these tips, you can ensure that your WordPress site remains fast and responsive even as it grows in size and complexity. Importance of Database Optimization The database is the backbone of a WordPress

Sebastian Moran July 27, 2023 No Comments
Remove Smush Plugin Data - WordPress
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove the Smush Plugin Data on Your WordPress

If you’re using the Smush image optimization plugin for WordPress but want to switch to another plugin, you can remove the previous Smush plugin data from your website’s database. To ensure the deletion of Smush plugin data upon uninstallation, from your WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to: Smush > Settings > Data & Settings Here’s the custom database table that the Smush plugin uses; wp_smush_dir_images If you want to manually delete the Smush database table, you can use the WP-Optimize plugin to search for the Smush database table and remove it. Furthermore, many hosting providers offer a user-friendly database management application,

Sebastian Moran July 19, 2023 No Comments
ShortPixel - Remove Data Completely
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove ShortPixel Image Optimizer Plugin Data on Your WordPress Site

If you’re using the ShortPixel Image Optimizer plugin and want to switch to a different plugin, you should first delete all of the data that ShortPixel is currently using. This will help ensure your new plugin works correctly without conflicting with the old data. To quickly delete all of the ShortPixel data, you will need to be in wp-admin of the site with the ShortPixel plugin still active; Settings > ShortPixel > Tools Original images before optimization are stored in the following folder on your website’s server; wp-content/uploads/shortpixelBackups You can delete the original image backups from the plugin’s settings screen

Sebastian Moran July 14, 2023 No Comments
WooCommerce Vs. Prestashop
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Sebastian Moran

WooCommerce vs PrestaShop: Exploring the Best E-commerce Solutions for Your Business

WooCommerce and PrestaShop are two of the most popular e-commerce platforms. Both platforms offer a wide range of features and functionality, making them suitable for businesses of all sizes. However, some critical differences between the platforms may make one a better fit for your needs. WooCommerce is a free plugin that can be installed on any WordPress website. This makes it an accessible e-commerce platform for beginners, as WordPress is one of the world’s most popular content management systems (CMS). WooCommerce also has a large and active community of developers and users, which means a wide range of plugins and

Sebastian Moran July 6, 2023 No Comments
NIST - Helping Privacy Policy
Privacy
Donata Stroink-Skillrud

How the Nist Privacy Framework Can Help You Comply With Privacy Laws

Since more than a dozen privacy laws can apply to a business website, many business owners have been looking for ways to standardize their Privacy Programs. Standardizing your Privacy Program can help you quickly identify the privacy laws that apply to you, evaluate their requirements, determine the steps you need to take, and, crucially, avoid duplicate work. In addition, a standardized Privacy Program can help you integrate new technologies and evaluate and mitigate risks. So how do you standardize a Privacy Program? Thankfully, you do not have to start from scratch and can instead work off of the National Institute

Donata Stroink-Skillrud July 3, 2023 No Comments
What is Zero, One, and Few Shot in Generative AI
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

What are Zero, One and Few Shot Learning in Generative AI

Three types of prompt learning can be used in Generative AI: zero-shot, one-shot, and few-shot. 1. Zero-shot learning Zero-shot learning is a type of machine learning where the model can make predictions about new classes without being explicitly trained on those classes. This is done by using the model’s knowledge of other, similar classes to make inferences about the new classes. For example, a model trained on a dataset of dogs and cats could be used to predict new animals, such as lions and tigers, without being explicitly trained on those animals. This is because the model knows that dogs

Sebastian Moran June 28, 2023 No Comments
WordPress Security - Essential Tips
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Easy Security Hardening Tips for Your WordPress Site

WordPress powers over 40% of the websites on the internet. Because of its popularity, WordPress is a favorite target for hackers. However, there are many easy security hardening changes that you can make to your WordPress site to improve its security. Set strong passwords One of the most important things you can do to secure your WordPress site is to set strong passwords for all your accounts, including your WordPress admin account, FTP account, and email account. Strong passwords should be at least 16 characters long and include a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Use a

Sebastian Moran June 21, 2023 2 Comments

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