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There are some self-hosted analytics solutions for your WordPress website, and one of the most recent plugins is Burst Statistics. It is a privacy-friendly solution as it is designed to store data on your WordPress website, which is not shared with any third party. Its user-friendly features allow for quick setup and convenient viewing of your website visitors. You can consider it as a partial alternative to Google Analytics. After the successful installation and activation of the Burst Statistics plugin, Continue reading the post...

As we ring in 2023, we may think about goals such as making more sales, organizing the garage, and spending more time with family. One slightly less exciting but essential goal in 2023 will be compliance with the six new privacy laws going into effect this year. Regarding privacy compliance requirements, it is important to know that privacy laws protect consumers and thus are not based on where your business is located. In addition, privacy laws can impose very high Continue reading the post...

The WP Statistics is a widely used plugin with over 600k active installations and is used as a self-hosted solution to track analytics. The WP Statistics plugin uses the following custom database tables for data storage; wp_statistics_exclusions wp_statistics_historical wp_statistics_pages wp_statistics_search wp_statistics_useronline wp_statistics_visit wp_statistics_visitor wp_statistics_visitor_relationships The plugin does not have a built-in way to clean or delete the custom database tables other than manually deleting the custom tables using an application such as phpMyAdmin, or a plugin such as WP-Optimize. If 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...

If you notice many hits in your site’s analytics that have the following query string showing in the URL on your site; /?wordfence_lh=1 Then the query string is added by the live traffic feature in the Wordfence plugin. The real-time live traffic feature in Wordfence adds a query string to URLs on the site to track those. To disable live traffic in Wordfence, you can set the Live Traffic Options to “Security Only”. From your wp-admin, navigate to: Wordfence > 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...

If you are looking for a well-built, performance-based security plugin for your site, then FluentAuth is a plugin that you should look at. FluentAuth includes the following features to secure your WordPress site; Two-Factor Authentication for Login Magic Login via Email Social Login / Register Limit Login Attempts Dynamic Login Redirects Detailed Audit Logs Core Security Enhancement Security Email Notifications After you have installed and activated the FluentAuth plugin, it will add a new admin menu in wp-admin; FluentAuth WordPress 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...

YITH provides many limited free plugins on WordPress.org and premium versions of those plugins. The YITH WooCommerce Wishlist plugin has a constant which would need to be added to the site wp-config.php file that can be used to delete that plugins data; define( 'YITH_WCWL_REMOVE_ALL_DATA', true ); YITH plugins will use YITH or YIT in the options database table. Example names to look for: yith-wcqv-enable yith-wcqv-enable-mobile yith-wcqv-button-label yith-wcqv-background-modal yith-wcqv-close-color yith-wcqv-close-color-hover yit_plugin_fw_panel_wc_default_options_set yith_plugin_fw_promo_2019_bis yith_system_info yith_wcmg_slider_direction yith_wcmg_enable_plugin yith_wcmg_enable_mobile yith_wcmg_force_sizes yith_wcmg_zoom_width yith_wcmg_zoom_height yith_wcmg_zoom_position yith_wcmg_zoom_mobile_position 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...