Quite a few things in WordPress dropped this week. First up is s topic I’ve often wondered about lately- just how important are tags for SEO?
Arguably one of the most crucial aspects of on-page SEO is tags. But are they still as important and as effective in 2016 as they have been in the past? How Important are Tags in 2016 for SEO? by @ab80
One of the biggest decisions you have when choosing to use WordPress is choosing the right theme. WPBeginner shares some tips on how to choose a theme:
Selecting the Perfect Theme for WordPress is an essential step to your blog’s success. We have a created the ultimate guide that will help you select the perfect WordPress theme, install the theme in your WordPress along with the list of themes we suggest. The post Selecting the Perfect WordPress Theme – 9 Things You Should Consider appeared first on WPBeginner. Read More…
Interesting security news broken down by WordFence in how WordPress sites hosted ramsonware. As we mention often on these posts it’s important that you ensure your WordPress site is safe and secure:
In a rather unfortunate turn of events earlier this month, the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was infected with ransomware. Ransomware, if you’re unfamiliar with it, encrypts everything on your workstation and then tells you to pay an attacker to decrypt your system and regain access to your information. In the case of Presbyterian, they had to Read More…
With the release of 4.5 around the corner there are still discussions on what should be officially included. Here’s a discussion on the proposed addition of Theme Logo support. This would allow you to use the visual customizer to edit your themes logo:
It’s been proposed that we add Theme Logo Support to core for 4.5. This would allow themes to declare support for a logo, which would be customizable via … the customizer! Let’s walk through some background, and how this would work. Theme Logo Support was kindly ported over to core from Jetpack’s “Site Logo” feature by sir Read More…
Do you have the Jetpack plugin installed? Is it worth it? WPSuperstars discusses if Jetpack is a must have plugin:
Wondering whether Jetpack is really worth activating? The short answer is: it depends. One of the benefits of WordPress is actually something it’s missing: out-of-the-box features. The true strength of WordPress is in its flexibility via themes and plugins, which Read More…
One big change this year was the rush to get your site enabled for AMP pages. If you’ve implemented this change in your site but these changes aren’t showing up in the search console here’s why:
The short answer is because “abrupt changes take time to be visible in Search Console.”The post Google Search Console Not Showing Your AMP Pages? Here’s Why appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Read More…
