Google Search Console
Whatever you think about Google there is no denying it is the search engine most of the world are using (65% according to the link below). I use Firefox (3%) and DuckDuckGo (0.58%) https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share So if you want a quick way to...
WordPress – 43 percent of the Web
WordPress now powers more than 43 percent of the web. And currently more than 66% of all new websites use WordPress. The latest major release of WordPress has hugely improved accessibility out of the box. And if you want secure, reliable ecommerce up and running...
Bluesky (and Post and Mastodon)
Jack Dorsey's other social platform has been in the making for some years (2019) but is soon to go into beta testing. If of interest sign up here:https://bsky.app/ It's not a blockchain nor does it use a blockchain. Blockchain - leading the way in security and trust...
WordPress 6.1 is here
This is a major release and may need to be done manually by me. Major releases are now automatically made (optionally) in the Updates section. For those that have not been done automatically I will be doing that sometime this week. I'll check everything is ok with...
WordPress Vulnerability Reports
"Vulnerable plugins and themes are the number reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or...
History of WordPress
May be of interest. If there are any readers. But some useful resources on this website for the future is the idea. And now hopefully. I still use other platforms (.Net C# and Sql Server primarily) and there are things you can't do in WordPress. But it's what I mostly...
The Divi Visual Builder
If you are editing your own website and you use DIVI you may be using either the standard “Back-end Builder” or the front-end “Visual Builder.” Both are supported currently but when support for the Wordpress Classic Editor is withdrawn (not this year, possibly next)...
WordPress 6 is here
This is a major release and needs to be done manually (unless you are set up by your host for automatic major WP releases, use a plugin or have changed the wp-config file to do this). I will be updating your website sometime week commencing 6th June. I'll check...
WordPress Market Share
Wordpress websites are legion. Over 40% of all websites are now Wordpress. This deserves a detailed analysis on why that might be and there is plenty of that out there ; this link has some interesting statistics and some suggestions for Wordpress sucess. This is for...
Do you need a Privacy Policy?
Yes, almost certainly. If you are not collecting personal data you might not need one but visitors expect to see a policy. You can just state this in your privacy policy. Sundial can provide a simple privacy policy but you may prefer to get legal advice as it's a...
SSL Certificates
Your site needs an SSL certificate if only because search engines will penalise you if you don't have one and users will see the off-putting ' This site is not secure' message. A lot of other good...
Web Browsers, Market Share, Privacy
Google Chrome still has the lion's share so consider that for SEO of course but don't ignore the millions that use other browsers. And, separately, if you are concerned about trackers and privacy then consider Firefox with the DuckDuckGo extension. That's a good set...
WordPress 5.9 is here
This is a major release and needs to be done manually (unless you are set up by your host for automatic major WP releases, use a plugin or have changed the wp-config file to do this). I will be updating your website sometime week commencing 7th Feb. I'll check...