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How to Integrate WordPress and Facebook with Plugins

WordPress’ adoption numbers are quite high with over 145 million downloads and powering 16.7% of the entire Web! As a cornerstone of the blogging and CMS world, it is natural that it must eventually meet head on with another online platform that has met meteoric success, Facebook. The social media giant’s ubiquity is not particularly [...]
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Showdown: Tumblr vs. WordPress

WordPress and Tumblr can both work well for a business site. By looking at the advantages and drawbacks of each platform, you can decide which one is better for your particular business. In a comparison of WordPress vs. Tumblr, the key differences are in the areas of power and ease of use. Tumblr is a [...]
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Five ways Blogger.com is Trying to Catch Up with WordPress

Originally launched by Pyra Labs in 1999, Blogger was one of the first free blogging solutions offered to the general public. Since then, their assets have changed hands many times, and the company has seen its share of the market dwindle to competitors. Since Google acquired the service, however, Blogger has added many features in [...]
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[Important] Secure Your WordPress Password Immediately – Global WordPress Brute Force Attack

It is highly recommended that you ensure your WordPress login password is a secure password comprising of at least 8 characters and includes special characters (@#$%^&*), a variation of upper and lower case letters, and numbers. Common Password Example: secretword123 Secure Password Example: Z4Tn@V^oes
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Why the New WordPress “WordFence” Plugin May be the Greatest Security Tool Out There!

Even though websites are crucial to businesses and a major source of income, many website or blog owners don’t give much thought to website security, especially when it comes to WordPress websites. In most cases WordPress is secure; still some hackers target WordPress because many fail to update the application or plugins. To prevent this [...]
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Five Ways to Backup a WordPress Website

Your WordPress database has every post, every banner ad, comment and link you have ever made. This could be years worth of work and you want to keep it as safe as possible. Generally, WordPress is a very stable CMS system and has a lot of helpful resources for your data. Still, you want to [...]
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Five Must-Have WordPress Plugins for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

WordPress is one of the easiest and most flexible publishing environments that bloggers use for content sharing and setting up e-commerce sites for small businesses. One of the reasons why it is so popular is the prevalence of plugins for site customization, including SEO. Here are five great plugins that help you move up the [...]
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How to Deal with the WordPress Security Warning: “Pingback Vulnerability & Temporary Fix”

The WordPress pingback vulnerability is a security issue that could affect any WordPress website where pingbacks and trackbacks are used to notify the site owner of links back to their posts. This vulnerability causes the site to be at risk of a denial-of-service attack (DDoS). Currently, all WordPress versions are vulnerable including version 3.5. The [...]
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Top 10 WordPress Plugins for Internet Startups

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) with a market share of over 50%. Most online publishers and entrepreneurs prefer this blogging platform because of the well-known ability to extend features through a huge collection of cheap (mostly free) plugins. “WordPress is used by 17.2% of all the websites, that is [...]
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Benefits of Responsive WordPress Design or Themes

Smartphones and tablets are becoming popular devices for consuming web content hosted on professional hosting platforms. Consequently, small businesses should consider deploying responsive WordPress website designs that display correctly on smaller devices and open up new avenues to acquire traffic, leads and customers. “Sales of consumer electronics on the web are growing smartly. Online sales [...]
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