Keeping track of visitors to your blog is important. While there are many services and tools available for tracking visitors to your site, Google Analytics is often the service of choice. In this article I am going to provide you with a couple of plugins to view Google Analytics within your WordPress blog. Google Analytics Dashboard Widget The Google Analytics Dashboard Widget allows you to view...
Dropbox is one of our favorite pieces of software here at Techerator. Every day, people are coming up with new ways to use the free online file backup and syncing service. When used with other software, Dropbox can be utilized for just about anything. The Dropbox Upload Form plugin for WordPress is a small plugin that adds a file upload form to a WordPress Post or Page and adds the uploaded fi...
In the second part of our Essential WordPress Plugins series we will be taking a look at some plugins that are designed to make managing your WordPress site easier. WP-Database backup The WP-Database Backup plugin automates the database backup process and puts your mind to ease about the safety of your blog. WP-Database Backup can perform a manual backup, allowing you to save it to the server, dow...
As the popularity of the easy-to-use WordPress blogging software increases, developers and users continue to develop more creative ways to use it. Although WordPress comes as a basic content management system by default, users have developed an array of plugins that allow web developers vast amounts of control and options for their WordPress-based websites. In part one of my Essential WordPress Pl...
WordPress allows for contributors to be geographically separated but still able to work together in an online environment. At times, however, administrators need to log into their contributor’s accounts to troubleshoot and fix problems. Since most people aren’t comfortable telling you their private passwords, how can you login to a user’s account without having them log in fo...
As the popularity of content management systems such as WordPress increases, the number of security threats will also increase. Your first defense against intruders is the WordPress login page. By default, there is no limit to the number of times a user can attempt to login to WordPress. This makes your website vulnerable to brute force and dictionary attacks. Making sure you have selected a...
If you’re running a WordPress self-hosted website, you are probably aware that WordPress’s popularity has caused it to become a frequent target for hackers. Aside from keeping your WordPress software up-to-date (which is the most important step you can take to secure your website), it is critical to make sure your site’s folder permissions are correct. Folder permissions dictat...