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What do you do when you are commuting to a dead-end job an hour and half each way and you are tired and burned out? That was the question that Renee faced in 2008. It was exhausting. Geek in your Pocket logo As she says on her About page, “In 2008, I was travelling 90 minutes each way to work to a job I wasn’t all that excited about and I was running on automatic. I was tired. Tired of Continue reading the post...

Do you run a digital agency? Provide design or development to clients? Are you wondering whether to add WordPress maintenance to the mix or not? It may seem like a logical option. You have WordPress skills; you already offer some services, so why not add maintenance too? There are a few considerations to take into account before you jump in, and this article should help. We’ll discuss WordPress maintenance and the value it offers you and your clients. By the Continue reading the post...

With over 1 billion active users in 154 countries, TikTok has taken the Internet by storm, catching users’ attention with short videos of anything from dances to popular cleaning hacks. However, the popular social media platform has come under increased scrutiny and regulations for its privacy and security practices, with allegations ranging from exploiting children to sharing data with the Chinese government. While the platform has been banned from government-issued devices in certain countries, there are also calls to ban Continue reading the post...

Keeping an eye on your WordPress site’s database usage helps you optimize it when needed. The latest plugin developed by 99w allows users to obtain a thorough overview of their database usage and the option to view the size of individual database tables within their WordPress site’s database. The plugin is called Database Table Overview and Logs and when installed and activated, it will add a new menu in wp-admin, “Database Table Overview & Logs.” The free version of the Continue reading the post...

We Care Consultants should be charging more. Today we take a look at three reasons why you are selling yourself short. Did you know that 45% of businesses in the United States fail in the first five years? Crazy huh? 65% of businesses fail within ten years. Are you curious about your state in the US? What about other countries? Half of startups survive the first three years in the UK. In Australia, that number is 60% failure within three Continue reading the post...

WordPress 6.2, the next major release of WordPress core, is scheduled for March 28th. The new version of WordPress comes with many feature improvements and enhancements, but you may not want to use them. Here are some code snippets to disable certain features: 1) To disable the new Openverse category from showing in the new media tab in the block editor, you can use this code snippet. add_filter( 'block_editor_settings_all', function( $settings ) { $settings['enableOpenverseMediaCategory'] = false;return $settings; }, 10 ); Continue reading the post...

Today, I am thrilled to announce the release of MainWP 4.4.0.2, which introduces several new features designed to streamline your experience and make managing your website even more efficient. We’ve recently introduced several new features, including: Required Plugin Check Some of our Extensions require the installation of third-party plugins on your Child Sites to allow for direct management from your MainWP Dashboard. No more guesswork – when you click on an Extension from the Extensions page, the Dashboard will check Continue reading the post...

A commonly used spam protection plugin is Zero Spam which has over 30k active installations. To avoid conflicts when switching from the Zero Spam plugin, it’s recommended to remove any remaining data before installing, activating, and setting up the new spam protection solution. The Zero Spam plugin uses a couple of custom database tables for storage; wp_zerospam_blocked_ips Wp_zerospam_log Suppose the custom database tables from the Zero Spam plugin are not automatically deleted when you uninstall it. In that case, you Continue reading the post...

The Loginizer plugin is commonly used for brute force protection, failed login attempt logs, and IP control on your WordPress site. The custom database tables that the Loginizer plugin uses are; wp_loginizer_logs loginizer_csrf_promo_time loginizer_backuply_promo_time loginizer_promo_time loginizer_ins_time Loginizer_2fa_whitelist The plugin should remove all stored option values from the site’s database during uninstallation. To delete the database tables, get into your database administrator, such as phpMyAdmin, and look for; loginizer_ When you uninstall a plugin in WordPress, deleting the database tables it Continue reading the post...

In this edition of the MainWP Roundup, we look back at WordCamp Asia, what it is like to chat with Sydney, the perfect B2B website service page, and something a little fun. Are you ready to roll? Let’s go! WordCamp Asia recaps. Looking from the outside, WordCamp Asia seemed like a success. I saw lots of pictures and came close to having Fear of Missing Out, especially when I saw Mustaasam and Davinder take a picture. Glad to meet @MustaasamSaleem Continue reading the post...