WordPress

As someone who’s worked with WordPress directly for over a decade, I can tell you that you’ll never stop learning about it. No matter how much you build or tweak or replace or repair,  a new surprise is just around the corner. Surprises can be delightful, but they’re generally not what you want when you’re …

How to Update and Get Support for Your WordPress Website Read More »

As we’ve covered so far, the WordPress ecosystem is better than ever. That means it’s relatively easy to choose high quality, reliable products and services. It also means you’ve got a lot of choices for every piece of the puzzle. Ideally, the combination of your paid services should be intentionally designed to maximize value for …

How to Maintain, Secure, and Monitor Your WordPress Website Read More »

Let’s start with some great news: there has never been a better ecosystem for WordPress hosting. Years ago, when we started Evermore (Website Concierge’s old brand), there were a handful of hosting options that were optimized for WordPress. Your choices for a small business or nonprofit were, basically: Countless budget, shared hosting companies for “everyone” …

How to Host Your WordPress Website (or How to Choose a Managed WordPress Host) Read More »

Taking proper care of a WordPress website has never been easier—but that still doesn’t make it easy. I’ve been working with WordPress sites for more than a decade, and my most important lessons have been trials by fire. Why is this server down? Why is the new site not showing up for everyone? Why do …

How to Manage Your Own WordPress Website Read More »

Your choice of which drag and drop WordPress page builder to use can have dramatically negative consequences for your site—if not immediately (without your knowledge), then certainly in the long run. Here’s why: the most important asset on your website is your content. If you choose the wrong page builder, that most important asset can …

Content Traps in Drag and Drop WordPress Page Builders Read More »

Building a WordPress website visually—using drag-and-drop tools—is a reality today. Over the last few years, the tools available have matured and gained a tremendous amount of traction in the market. People can now create and change any part of their website without any coding knowledge. As people obsessed with bringing a world-class experience to small …

Design Traps in Drag and Drop WordPress Page Builders Read More »

This post is part two of three in a series called “From Homebrew to Turnkey,” which covers WordPress’s climb up the value chain, and the trend of turnkey website packages that help people and businesses build platforms. If you haven’t read the first yet, go back and start there. Initially, this series was inspired by …

WordPress: From Homebrew to Turnkey (Part 2) Read More »

One of our clients recently recommended that I listen to a podcast by a guy named Ray Edwards, a business expert with a huge online following. I listened to it while I was running at the gym, and am glad I did, because what he said will affect people involved in WordPress—you and me. In …

WordPress: From Homebrew to Turnkey Read More »

On December 14, Sucuri (a leader in WordPress security) showed that 11,000 domains were blacklisted by Google due to a malware campaign targeted at a vulnerable plugin called “Slider Revolution”. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed, and so attacks were (and continue to be) waged on sites with the outdated plugin. Not only were site owners clueless …

ZDNet: “Unmanaged WordPress not usually worth the risk or trouble” Read More »

I was recently approached by a director at a successful local nonprofit that needed a great website—something far better than what they had already. Let’s call the director Phil. Phil started the conversation by sending me a few links sites that he liked. The sites were gorgeous and were obviously designed by agencies. In other …

The Principle of One-Time Gifts for Effective Nonprofit Websites Read More »