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October Toolbox: Various ideas for video calls

Communication. It’s kind of important. I learned one time that communication is derived from the same word as a community. So, if you want community, there has to be good communication. I have a friend who played an FBI Analyst on the hit show NCIS New Orleans one time. Her role was during crunch time and she played someone trying to get a trace on a call with a kidnapper. Communication can be critical. That’s why in our industry, we often take video calls. Seeing someone face to face is important to building trust. Thanks to several different tools, we

Todd Jones October 29, 2021 No Comments

MainWP Updates

MainWP Dashboard 4.1.10 and Child 4.1.8 Update

The 4.1.10 update of the MainWP Dashboard continues where the 4.1.9 update left off, with this update also focusing on usability and cosmetic changes. The cosmetic changes are as follows, for a full rundown, check the changelog. The MainWP Child update to 4.1.8 consists of mostly bug fixes and a redesign of a notice for a rundown of those changes, check the changelog. Dashboard Visual Changes Manage Sites We removed the Screenshot view and made it into an Experimental Grid view for the Manage Sites page. This gives you two screen views from your Screen Options button, Table and Grid,

Dennis Dornon October 21, 2021 No Comments

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Q&A with new MainWP team member Mustaasam Saleem

MainWP welcomes new team member Mustaasam Saleem. Mustaasam joins the team as Growth Manager for MainWP. His job is to help MainWP grow using inbound and outbound marketing, affiliate marketing, organic, and paid channels. Mustaasam has an extensive background in WordPress including growing various communities and starting WPFounders and WPDiscounts. Today we visit with him to learn a little bit more about his role and who he is. Tell us a little about yourself For those who don’t know, I have been playing around with WordPress for more than 7 years and have worked for a WordPress cloud hosting platform

Todd Jones October 21, 2021 No Comments

Q&A with Birgit Pauli-Haack of Gutenberg Times

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Q&A with Birgit Pauli-Haack of Gutenberg Times

When Gutenberg started being a story in the WordPress community, I went searching for resources. One that I found early on was Gutenberg Times (GT). I found out that the person who ran GT was Birgit Pauli-Haack, and over time I struck up a conversation with her via Twitter DMs. She was very nice and very accommodating for any questions I had. Over time I have found her to be a rock in the WordPress space with lots of expertise, credibility, and a great human being. Today, I have the honor of publishing a Q&A article with Birgit asking questions

Todd Jones October 14, 2021 No Comments

Tips & Tricks

What information Does Jetpack Send to WordPress.com

Jetpack is a heavily used plugin that connects to a service that has over 5+ million active installs. If you are using Jetpack on your site then you should be aware of what information on your site it is sending out. Jetpack connects to WordPress.com in order to be able to provide a number of the modules for its features to function. You should be aware that the plugins, must-use plugins, the uploads directory size, and themes that are being used on the site are being sent over as a daily stats sync to WordPress.com. The Jetpack heartbeat will send

Sebastian Moran October 14, 2021 No Comments

WordPress Business

3 ways to use Audiograms + 5 apps to make them

One of the biggest mistakes we make when it comes to creating content is not distributing that content. Marketer Ross Simmonds says: “Many marketers will spend 20 hours to create a masterpiece and spend 20 minutes to promote it. Then they’re left wondering: “Hmm… Why didn’t that take off? “Distribution folks. Embrace it…” Source So, promotion is key and one way to promote is by using audiograms. Over the past few years, I’ve seen my share of audiograms online. Cool. I never really had a use for them, or so I thought. Then I started regularly creating podcasts, the Storyteller

Todd Jones October 8, 2021 No Comments

Tips & Tricks

How to Disable User Gravatar on Your Site

Gravatar is a hosted service from Automattic which allows you to create an avatar that is used on WordPress sites. If you need to disable user Gravatar on a site for performance reasons you can do so using a couple of free plugins. The first plugin is called Disable User Gravatar and once the plugin has been installed and activated you can disable Gravatar and use a locally uploaded image in the following settings; Settings > Discussion The Disable User Gravatar plugin will also work with a number of avatar plugins such as Avatar Manager. The second plugin is called

Sebastian Moran October 8, 2021 No Comments

Tips & Tricks

How to Limit Login Attempts on Your Site

One of the easiest ways to help prevent brute force attacks is by being able to limit login attempts. This is where variations of commonly used username and passwords are used to try to gain access to your site. If you are not already using a security plugin on your site such as iThemes Security Pro, Wordfence, Sucuri, or Shield then one of the simplest plugins to limit login attempts is WPS Limit Login. After you have installed and the WPS Limit Login plugin it will add a new admin menu; Settings > WPS Limit Login The plugin has a

Sebastian Moran October 4, 2021 No Comments

WordPress Business

October Roundup: HeroPress, Page Builder Summit, and Acquisitions

We have a lot to digest in the October version of the WordPress roundup. A lot. We are going to take a look at four conferences coming up, a new project by HeroPress, and a rash of acquisitions in the WordPress space. Hold on tight. WordCamp US Full confession. This slipped on me. I missed it until today (Thursday) while writing the article. If you want to attend WordCamp US, here’s your chance, and it’s free. And, you don’t have to leave your house! We’re back. We’re online. And we’re shaking things up a bit! So make a cup of

Todd Jones October 1, 2021 No Comments

MainWP Updates

Maintenance Extension: Some Cleaning Up

This update is to clean up the look of this Extension and bring it into line with the current MainWP design standards. 404 Email Alerts We Removed 404 Error Email alerts. Support was receiving too many complaints about the number of emails sent without resolving the 404 problem. So we turned this off for new users. If this is a feature you need, I recommend a plugin dedicated to the problem, such as 404 to 301. If you had the feature turned on before this release, you still have it available, but I would recommend also using a dedicated plugin.

Dennis Dornon September 30, 2021 No Comments

October Toolbox: Various ideas for video calls

MainWP Dashboard 4.1.10 and Child 4.1.8 Update

Q&A with new MainWP team member Mustaasam Saleem

Q&A with Birgit Pauli-Haack of Gutenberg Times

What information Does Jetpack Send to WordPress.com

3 ways to use Audiograms + 5 apps to make them

October Roundup: HeroPress, Page Builder Summit, and Acquisitions

Maintenance Extension: Some Cleaning Up

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