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When I started running a multi-author WordPress blog, I learned something important: readers develop favorite writers. But when they type an author’s name into your WordPress search box, nothing shows up, even if that author has published many posts. This happens because the default WordPress search feature does not include author names. Even if the […]

I’ve been using Mailchimp for the WPExplorer.com newsletter for many years. While it’s a powerful email marketing platform, it’s also gotten very expensive over time and includes countless features I’ve never needed or used. Because of that, I paused the newsletter for about a year while searching for a simpler, more affordable solution. Recently, I

What are we likely to see when the WordPress 5.3 release gets to be a reality? And now you can start looking forward on it. The official release date of the WordPress core was allocated on November 12, 2019. Earlier today, the beta version was discharged. You are able to test on the beta version

“Never trust, always verify” is a useful principle. On bare metal servers, it’s also an implementation challenge that most hosting guides skip over. The zero trust model was developed to address the failure of perimeter-based security — the assumption that anything inside the network boundary is trustworthy. That assumption breaks down in every real infrastructure…

If you’ve been blogging for a while, you probably have dozens (or even hundreds) of posts sitting on your site. You may not realize that all the content you’ve already created could become a book that demonstrates your expertise and generates extra income. The challenge is figuring out how to actually make it happen without

While many people are looking forward to a shorter work week, football games, parades, and time with friends or family, there is another reason to get excited, especially if you are a WordPress enthusiast like me. This week is one of the best times of the year to score amazing deals on themes, plugins, hosting

Lots and lots of people, including myself, have been extolling the virtues of using WordPress and Blockchain together, instead of a traditional PHP templating frameworks. WordPress has already been creating a buzz irrespective of the field, whether it’s of development or security. In addition to this, developers are able to find out ways to find