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Why you should (almost) always login to WordPress using an ‘Editor’ account

Posted on April 11, 2024

Is your blog powered by WordPress? If so, you should know that you have a virtual target on your back.

More blogs run on WordPress than any other blogging platform, and that makes WordPress blogs a preferred target for the hackers of the world.

Unless you’ve taken steps to harden your blog against hacking attacks, it’s fairly easy for a skilled and determined hacker to either guess your WordPress login password or intercept it from the data stream that’s created when you log in to your WordPress Dashboard.

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Thursday, April 4, 2024 – Handling Two-Factor Authentication when switching phones – The best computer upgrade you can make for the money

Posted on April 4, 2024

Hello, and welcome…

Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, April 4, 2024

Topics covered in this issue…

• My bi-annual gadget cleaning and maintenance routine

• Q&A: What happens with Two-Factor Authentication if I switch phones?

• This is the best computer upgrade you can make for the money

• Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t? Are you kidding me???

• April’s Tech Tips Giveaway: Anker 521 300W Portable Power Station

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How to give a WordPress post an expiration date

Posted on March 31, 2024

If you write a blog, there are probably times when it would be nice to be able to give a blog post or page an expiration date.

For example, lets say you write a post featuring a special you’ll be running for a limited time.

Wouldn’t it be rather handy to have the post automatically expire (and disappear) at the same time the offer expires to ensure that it doesn’t keep extending an offer to readers that’s no longer valid? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I choose where an embedded YouTube video starts playing?

Posted on March 12, 2024

Question from Brandie: I recently started embedding YouTube videos in some of my blog posts and I have a question about it.

Sometimes I want a video to start playing at a specific place instead of at the beginning. I know you can do this because I’ve seen it.

How do I choose where the video starts playing? [Read more…]

Warning: Always maintain control of your website’s domain name

Posted on February 22, 2024

Do you own a blog or some other type of website?

If so, you should know that it’s a very dangerous practice to assign control of your domain name and/or website content to a third party.

If you allow someone else to take control of those vital assets, you just might have a very difficult time regaining control of them if your relationship with that person or company goes south.

In fact, it just might be impossible. [Read more…]