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What’s New In WordPress 4.9.6?

Post author By Skynet Solutions
Post date May 27, 2018

With the growing importance of privacy awareness as a result of the new GDPR law that was implemented in the EU on May 25, 2018, WordPress is encouraging its users to take advantage of the new privacy features that are available in their most recent core update. This enforced law ensures that websites and the businesses that run them remain transparent about the personal data that they store, use or share. To help accommodate this transition, WordPress 4.9.6 has been released as a Privacy and Maintenance release.

Tags GDPR, security, web development, website maintenance, wordpress, wordpress 4.9.6, wordpress update

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Google Now Monitors WordPress Version

Post author By Skynet Solutions
Post date May 17, 2018

If you are running an outdated version of WordPress you likely received a Google Search Console email recently recommending that you manually update your WordPress core file. Because WordPress powers nearly 60% of all websites on the internet, this shouldn’t be a surprise as Google continues to work towards improved internet security and an exceptional user experience. To ensure this, it appears Google now monitors your WordPress version and provides reminders when updates haven’t been completed for critical security flaws that haven’t been corrected.

Tags google, google search console, security, updates, wordpress

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How To Update WordPress

Post author By Skynet Solutions
Post date May 17, 2018

As you are likely aware, WordPress has quickly solidified its place as the top CMS used worldwide. Each month, WordPress issues Maintenance Updates that for FREE to not only improve the functionality of the Content Management System but provide critical security updates anytime vulnerabilities are identified. However, it is astonishing how many business owners don’t update WordPress regularly because they don’t know how or aren’t comfortable doing it without help.

Tags cms, diy, security, tutorial, update, wordpress

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Why Is Website Error Monitoring Important?

Post author By Skynet Solutions
Post date April 20, 2018

If your website doesn’t work as intended, you likely are experiencing high bounce rates that are hurting your search engine ranking position. Even worse, potential conversions or important sales could be slipping through the cracks as users struggle to make it past the errors your website gives them. For this reason, it is important to have website error monitoring in place to not only detect issues but fix them whenever they arise.

Tags error, error monitoring, plugin, site health, wordpress

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WordPress Adds Legal Compliance to Plugin Guidelines

Post author By Skynet Solutions
Post date April 13, 2018

While there are many plugins available through WordPress that can improve your website, no plugin is a silver bullet. In this day and age of increasingly required ADA and other compliances, it is very important to have a development team that understands and is capable of performing inside the guidelines set out by WordPress. As new plugins make their way into the WordPress Plugins database, the company has begun to crack down on claims of guaranteed legal compliance with a new amendment to their plugin guidelines.

Tags ada, legal compliance, plugins, security, wordpress

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