Plugin Update Failed: How To Fix WordPress Plugin and Theme Permission Errors December 6, 2019 - Recently, when attempting to update some plugins and themes on my WordPress installation, I can across two errors: Failure Updating Plugins An error occurred while updating <plugin name> And... Failure Deleting Plugins Plugin could not be deleted due to an error: Could not fully remove the plugin(s) my-plugin/my-plugin.php The root of the problem is that… Continue Reading
How My WordPress Website Got Hacked and How I Recovered November 26, 2019 - My WordPress website was hacked, and it was super embarrassing. Just when my recent blog post about why you shouldn't download nulled versions of BackupBuddy was starting to rank well for various keywords and gaining some decent traffic, my site began to redirect to another website. I couldn't log into my website at all. I… Continue Reading
Shared Web Hosting is Becoming More Expensive August 15, 2019 - If you've used shared web hosting for your website, most likely you've been using cPanel. This is a popular website management platform which allows web hosts to provide users with their own massive amount of features on one server. Recently, cPanel has announced new price increases. Some hosts like GoDaddy, HostGator, Blue Host, etc., have… Continue Reading
Link Building is Overrated August 8, 2019 - Link building used to be incredibly easy. I remember when I could submit hundreds of links using a directory submitter in the late 2000s and rank my sites in just a few weeks. Those days are long gone. Google has updated their algorithms consistently in order to figure out abusive link strategies, and reduce those… Continue Reading
Reasons Not to Download BackupBuddy Nulled August 1, 2019 - Nowadays, people tend to go for fake products to save some cash, including searching to download BackupBuddy nulled versions. The trend is growing adversely, and to keep things very simple: the source code has been nulled making the plugin unsafe.The biggest irony is using an unsupported and insecure plugin as a part of your websites… Continue Reading
Learning to Repair & Restore Guitars July 25, 2019 - In the last two years I began to play guitar again, but for nearly 20 years, I've only owned two guitars. A lightweight, highly inexpensive Jay Turser strat copy with a wood veneer, and a Carlos Robelli electric acoustic. Neither of these are valuable guitars, and I've honestly been ashamed of them for years. As… Continue Reading
How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress July 18, 2019 - Adding Google Analytics to WordPress can be as easy as installing and configuring a plugin, as efficient as customizing a theme, or as performance and scalable option using Google Tag Manager. WordPress continues to be one of the most recognized content management systems for website owners thanks to it’s easy-to-use publishing features, extensibility, and low-entry… Continue Reading
Yes, Google Does Read Text on Images July 11, 2019 - On a blog post on June 20th this year, I wrote a blog post wondering, "Can Google Read Images?" Well, it turns out they can. I found similar blog posts that have reported the same, but I wanted to try for myself in a small experiment. To complete this test, I created an image that… Continue Reading
FreeNAS: A Hero’s Journey July 5, 2019 - Building and maintaining a FreeNAS server in my home has been a rewarding experience that continues to provide me with value and an avenue to grow personally and professionally. It's an experience generally started with loss, some stability, neglect, some more loss, stress, and then eventually some stability and growth. Backstory I bought my Netgear… Continue Reading
Infinite Scroll is the Worst June 27, 2019 - I don't know when it started, but I hope it stops soon. Infinite scrolling on websites annoys me. Why? Because like the infinite scroll trend, I never know when a website's page it's going end. It just keeps going, without purpose. The Pros of Infinite Scroll Few. Feeds. I find infinite scroll in social media… Continue Reading
Can Google Read Images? June 20, 2019 - There's a good reason why this blog post's featured image says something very negative. I need it to be unquestionably unique because it's a test. Almost a year ago, I came across a Chrome extension called Project Naptha which allows you to highlight and extract text from an image. I was floored by the possibility.… Continue Reading
You Need a Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan June 15, 2019 - You'll never realize that a backup and and disaster recovery plan will help you sleep better at night if you run a website, even if you never have to recover your website. Recently, two hosting platforms and their users suffered missteps. a2 Hosting, a shared hosting provider I've been using since 2013, has had their… Continue Reading
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Read valuable insights about search engine optimization (SEO), WordPress, Google Analytics, and ideas about how to marketing your website. From time-to-time, I'll also publish articles about hobbies such as guitar, FreeNAS, or many other topics.