Why Starting Securely Matters More Than Fixing Later Back when I created my very first WordPress website, I didn’t think twice about security. I grabbed free themes, installed random plugins,...
The Silent Danger Of Wrong File Permissions Back when I launched my first WordPress blog, I barely paid attention to file permissions. I figured if the site loaded fine, everything...
Why File Change Monitoring Matters Imagine this: you check your WordPress site one morning, and it's filled with weird redirects and popup ads. Panic sets in. How did this happen?...
The Speed Struggle I Faced With My WordPress Blog When I first built my WordPress blog, I assumed speed would take care of itself. I picked a popular theme, added...
The Day I Realized Mobile Users Were Abandoning My WordPress Site At first, I didn't think much about mobile users. My blog looked great on my laptop — so I...
Why Updating Old Content Matters More Than Publishing New Posts When I first started blogging, I focused all my energy on publishing new posts. Fresh content, fresh rankings, right? It...
Why Internal Linking Matters More Than You Think Back when I started blogging, I thought SEO was all about backlinks from other sites. I completely ignored internal linking. Big mistake!...
Why WordPress Maintenance Should Not Be Ignored When you are juggling blog writing, social media, and maybe even a full-time job, it is tempting to shove site maintenance to the...
The Chaos That Was My WordPress Media Library When I first started blogging, I uploaded images without a second thought. Every post had five versions of the same photo, plus...
The Wake-Up Call I Got From A WordPress Brute Force Attack It was a normal Monday morning. I logged into my hosting dashboard and saw hundreds of failed login attempts...
