WordPress Made Easy

Keep the Bad Guys Out

Securing your WordPress installation is important because it can save you time and headaches later. A default installation of WordPress is relatively secure, but still has some holes. There are literally hundreds of simple and complex ways to secure your site. These are the simple things you can do to harden your WordPress installation. [...]

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Pretty Permalinks

Most people blog so that their words can be spread throughout the internet. Why would you blog and not want any one to read it? You might as well use a diary or journal instead of a blog. One biggie factor that will help your blog be found is the URL structure. Here are some [...]

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Get a Real Domain Name

I recently spent some time at a bloggers network meeting (how geeky is that, but I actually enjoyed it). There were about 20 bloggers who all made a living with their blogs. Several of the members make over a quarter million dollars a year! Some of these people have been blogging for over [...]

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Activate Akismet Plugin

If you haven’t already done so, log into your WordPress admin page and go through the process of activating the Akismet plugin. What is it? Think of it as a spam filter for the comments in your blog. The type of spam you will get will surprise you, as well as the amount you [...]

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