All posts by Colin Newcomer

Weekly WordPress News: Vulnerability in Site Kit Plugin

2020, Security, Site Kit by Google

Hey WordPress friends, this week, Wordfence released news of a vulnerability that they found in the official Google Site Kit plugin back in April. The vulnerability doesn’t give people access to WordPress, but it does give them access to your site’s Search Console dashboard, from which malicious actors could wreak havoc. Make sure to update ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: Vulnerability in Site Kit Plugin

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Cheap WordPress Hosting Providers (The 6 Best From $2.50/Month)

Cloudways, DigitalOcean, Hosting, SiteGround, wordpress hosting

Searching for the best cheap WordPress hosting? Sometimes you need to host a WordPress site on a budget. But don’t you worry – there are plenty of quality hosting providers that offer hosting in the $5-10 per month range (or even lower). In this post, we’ve collected our favorite options. We’ve tried to strike a ... Read more Cheap WordPress Hosting Providers (The 6 Best From $2.50/Month)

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6 Best WordPress Contest Plugins for Raffles and Giveaways

Contest, Giveaway, Marketing

Searching for the best WordPress contest plugin to run some giveaways on your website? Implemented well, giveaways can help you grow your email list, boost your social following, and just generally promote your website. But if you want to achieve that “implemented well” part, you need the help of a contest plugin to help you ... Read more 6 Best WordPress Contest Plugins for Raffles and Giveaways

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Hosting WordPress With GridPane Review/Tutorial: From a Non-Developer’s Perspective

DigitalOcean, GridPane, Hosting, SpinupWP, wordpress hosting

Interested in using GridPane to host WordPress on DigitalOcean, Vultr, or other cloud hosting providers? If you’re not a developer, the idea of hosting WordPress yourself definitely sounds intimidating (as it should be – there are major consequences to getting things wrong!). But at the same time, cloud VPS hosting gives you a chance to ... Read more Hosting WordPress With GridPane Review/Tutorial: From a Non-Developer’s Perspective

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WP TikTok Feed Review: Display TikTok Videos on WordPress

Social, TikTok

In late 2019, the TikTok app officially hit 1.5 billion downloads, with over one billion active users. Those numbers put TikTok firmly in competition with other big social apps like Instagram. And that fact might have you wanting to add TikTok to WordPress. In this WP TikTok Feed review, I’m going to take a look ... Read more WP TikTok Feed Review: Display TikTok Videos on WordPress

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6 Tips for Working From Home From a Full-Time WordPress Freelancer

productivity, WordPress Tips & Tutorials

If you’re like a lot of people in the WordPress community, you’re probably stuck working at home for the foreseeable future. Going from working full-time in an office to working at home can be a shock, especially when you’re supposed to be just as productive working at home as you are from an office. As ... Read more 6 Tips for Working From Home From a Full-Time WordPress Freelancer

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Link Whisper Review: Easy Internal Link WordPress Plugin

Internal Links, Links, seo

If you want to boost your SEO rankings and better engage your visitors, adding more internal links to your content is a great strategy. Internal links help you spread that SEO link juice around, while also drawing your visitors further into your site, which decreases your bounce rate and improves your time on site. But ... Read more Link Whisper Review: Easy Internal Link WordPress Plugin

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How to Create a Custom WordPress 404 Page (No Code Required)

404, Elementor, Technical

If visitors try to load a page on your site that doesn’t exist, they’re going to encounter a 404 page. This could be because they followed a broken link or mistyped a URL. Either way, it’s a frustrating experience for them, and your WordPress theme’s default 404 page design isn’t always optimized to help you ... Read more How to Create a Custom WordPress 404 Page (No Code Required)

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Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe 2020 Moves Online

2020, jetpack, WordCamp

Hey WordPress friends, if you were saddened by the cancellation of WordCamp Europe 2020, I have good news – the event will officially be moving online. It’s not quite the same, but it will at least give you a chance to learn and connect virtually. Beyond that, Jetpack split its Search feature into a separate ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe 2020 Moves Online

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