Google AdSense is a popular channel for promoting an online business. In fact, over 38.3 million websites use it to spread the word about their products or services. However, spammers and bots have the potential to derail your advertising campaign, and perhaps even lead to the suspension of your AdSense account. Fortunately, it is possible to block fake AdSense clicks. By monitoring your site carefully, you can take decisive action against low-quality traffic and ensure that every click is a real customer who’s interested in purchasing your products or services. In this article, we’ll look at why fake AdSense clicks […]

Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]

Every year, web design trends subtly shift and 2021 is no exception. While there aren’t often radical changes on a year-to-year basis, 2020 ushered in plenty of new design trends to experiment with. Now it’s time to take a look at how they’ll evolve this time around. WordPress sites have followed close behind the popular trends, with a few unique ones to reflect its users’ interests. For example, you’ll be surprised to learn how the theme building community is changing. Look out for these popular trends, as they’re already in full effect or soon to come to many WordPress sites. […]

WordPress is one of the world’s most popular Content Management Systems (CMS). However, it’s also a favorite target among hackers, with 4.3 billion attempts to exploit vulnerabilities recorded in a single year. As a site owner, you may find this figure very worrying.  Thankfully, there are ways to make your site less susceptible to attacks. By becoming an expert in HTTP security headers, you can restrict the actions that servers and browsers can perform – even if your site contains a known vulnerability.  In this post, we’ll discuss what HTTP headers are, and why they’re an important tool in any […]

WordCamp Europe 2021 just happened (June 7-9) and I am here to report that it was dominated by one topic: full-site editing. This was my fifth WordCamp Europe overall (read my other reports from 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020) and the second one I attended online. The decision to run WCEU 2021 online again was made shortly after the successful debut last year. It turned out to be the right one. Something that was new this year was that there was a dedicated online conference space. So, while anyone could follow the event on YouTube (find all recordings here), only […]

Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]

As a busy website owner, it’s easy to fall behind on day-to-day maintenance. However, if you’re not creating regular backups, monitoring your site’s security, and performing other essential tasks, then you may be heading towards disaster.  If you’re buckling under the weight of your to-do list, then a managed hosting plan might be the answer. By opting for managed hosting, you can be confident that all of these time-consuming tasks are being handled by a professional. In this post, we’ll discuss what managed WordPress hosting is, and why it’s different from other web hosting plans. We’ll then share five reasons […]

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life in quarantine. This week’s guests are Matt and Devin from GiveWP. GiveWP was recently acquired by Liquid Web so we’ll talk about what that means for the future of the project. Join us next Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for the next episode of the Torque Social Hour with Jim and Simon from LoginID.