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Fact versus Fiction: A Q & A on WordPress Plugins

Byte Technology

When it comes to WordPress sites, designers and admins—when asked what is one of the most confusing aspects of the platform—will most likely put “plugins” somewhere on their list. Indeed, plugins are fantastic and, in many cases, a must-have when working on a WordPress site. Q: Can WordPress plugins really affect my sites load time?

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Working Together: Great Social Media Plugins for Your WordPress Site

Byte Technology

Thankfully there are some wonderful choices—so many so that it may be a bit overwhelming choosing one—for WordPress plugins that help your site become fully social media friendly. And those tools—in the form of style sheets, scripts etc.—have have the potential to slow down the operating speed of your site.

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Current Affair: The Importance of Keeping Your WordPress Site Updated

Byte Technology

But beyond the exciting new gadget and gizmos being folded in through regular updates, there are more crucial reasons to keep your programs and devices current: when an app, plugin or other program is created, it’s inevitable that there will be problems with performance, connectivity and, most importantly, with security.

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Safe by Design: How to Boost Your WordPress Site’s Security

Byte Technology

From adding features to plugging potential holes in plugins and themes to giving valuable advice on what not to do when choosing new features, a group of dedicated WordPress enthusiasts always have your back. So only download plugins from trusted sources. Enter a script within your “functions.php” file.

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Fixes for Six Common Issues with Google’s Core Web Vitals

Forum One

Instead, install a Drupal module or WordPress plugin that automatically creates a WebP version of all images and serves these new images to supporting browsers only. Render-blocking resources are scripts, cascading style sheets (CSS), and HTML imports that block or delay the browser from rendering page content to the screen.

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Datadog to acquire application security management platform Sqreen

TechCrunch

Sqreen also detects common attacks, such as credential stuffing attacks, cross-site scripting, etc. As your product evolves, you can enable different modules from the plugin marketplace. For instance, you can see blocked SQL injections, see where the injection attempts came from and act to prevent further attempts.

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WordPress 2.7

Judi Sohn

I’d also like to find a plug-in or Greasemonkey script which makes the font in the WYSIWYG editing window a little larger. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. WordPress 2.7’s ’s dashboard no longer shows that info, so I have extra clicks to see if there are posts I need to read/schedule.

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