All sites have some risk of hacking, but WordPress sites are especially prone to hacking because they are all, by default, organized the same way so crooks can write software to explore the site, mine its data and plant malicious code. That’s a problem because, right now, your site may be at risk. But you can make your site an exception, making it hard to hack by not using the default behaviors, instead changing your site in ways hackers aren’t prepared for. WP Total Audit not only shows you how to harden your site, it also includes a WordPress plugin you can install to automate most... [...]

The WordPress Plugins page features 50,706 plugins. Many bloggers publish list of great plugins for various categories. These plugins make your blogging journey smooth and fruitful. AWeber’ Sam Hollis has shared a list of seventeen WordPress plugins that help marketers improve their email marketing efforts. Hollis says, “If WordPress is your Content Management System (CMS), there are a ton of ways you can use the tool to level up your marketing and achieve greater success. With WordPress plugins, you can do things like supercharge your list building efforts, make your website more... [...]

At 10 AM EDT today, Tantan Hilyatana announces his company’s latest software: WP DigiPro. This is a WordPress plugin to handle sales and delivery of digital products; • Payment gateways integration (most importantly, Paypal, but also 2Checkout) • Automatic product delivery • Email notification • Member access • Autoresponder integration • Download link protection from theft • And much more. WP DigiPro can support sale of your digital products, whatever they are, for example: ■ Software ■ Web Developer services ■ An Online Course ■ A Membership Site ■ Graphic Design... [...]

The Ultimate Banner Plugin lets you create professional looking banners. When people click on these banners, you can send the traffic wherever you choose or show pop up with an opt-in form or, for that matter, display any HTML you choose. Now, you can create banners for any activity, event, service or product (your own or an affiliate products) you want to promote. This software lets you build your banners in seconds, and customize them quickly from the extensive template collection that is included. You can manage all this capability in one convenient admin area inside your WordPress dashboard. You... [...]

Sonia Simone says, “If you want to build a software business, there are a lot of advantages to the world of WordPress plugins. To begin with, you have a built-in audience of committed users. That audience is massive — around a quarter of the planet’s websites use WordPress. And that number is growing every day. But we all know that “Build it and they will come” is a myth — for software or any other business. There are tens of thousands of plugins with just a few downloads, and a few successful standouts. Here’s how to put your awesome plugin in the second category.”. 7 Keys... [...]

IM NewsWatch had server problems a couple of weeks ago. We were down for a week. It was a miserable 10 days. Why the long delay in getting it back running after the break-down? Well, we had out data backed up, but our software that runs the site had not been backed up and it it had to be re-built. We learned our lesson. Your whole site needs to be backed up. If you are one of the 76% of WordPress users who don’t back up your site, you are courting disaster. There are many ways your site can fail: • Hard disks fail. • Your site can get hacked. • You can install incompatible... [...]

Cindy Donovan Bettye has been hard at work, turning out useful software for people and companies who market their goods and services online. One of her latest and best is StickyPost. This is a new WordPress plugin that any person can use. It lets you pull into your posts, graphics that will illustrate them, making them more attractive, more “sticky”. In summary, StickyPost lets you turn any post into an image-rich, fully monetized slideshow divided into compelling bite-sized mini-posts. Three steps: 1. Write your post 2. Decide how many sections you would like it divided into 3. Click... [...]

Brian Clark says, “A business powered by digital products is ideal. It’s still hard work (naturally), but you don’t have the particular headaches of dealing with clients or shipping physical goods. If you’re considering building a digital business (or adding to your existing one), the premium WordPress market is definitely something you should consider. WordPress powers more than 25 percent of the websites in the world, and there’s a constant demand for themes, plugins, hosted solutions, and more. The key to success is avoiding the common mistakes that entrepreneurs commit when entering... [...]

The new social media site Periscope is full of opportunity for marketers, but most marketers haven’t caught on to it yet. This new site adds 10 years of content every day, and virtually all is free for you to use for your own marketing. Not only that, people watch 40 years of the historic content every day. This is a big deal, if only you could exploit that bounty of content in your marketing. Cindy Donovan Bettye saw the potential, studied how to take advantage of it and produced a training program that shows you all she learned (and software to implement it.) She calls this package WP Scope... [...]

A moving “ticker tape” style message, scrolling across your home page; what a way to attract people’s attention to something important. Ken Reno has a new WordPress plugin, ScrollTabs WordPress Plugin, that will do just that. In fact, it will add a scrolling message, not just to WordPress sites, but also to HTML pages And not only do you get the right to use this feature on your own sites. You also can sell the plugin.. You can even sell the right to sell the plugin. For less than $10, you can use it yourself on all your sites. And you can earn money from your subscribers by... [...]