Users can browse through the Wordpress directories from browser. You can prevent this access from .htaccess using a simple line of code. So, anyone can access the files and attacks against possible vulnerabilities in the plug-ins are possible if Wordpress directory access from browser is not prevented. It is not funny to show all the things you have in your server. Prevent Wordpress … [Read more...]
Wordpress Weblogs tips
Great tips and tricks for fellow bloggers, either using Google Blogger or WordPress Blog. Search Engine Optimization is advised by Google to rightly focus Unique Content.
Live Chat in WordPress blog : Create a Chat Page using Windows Live
A Live Chat box in your blog can be funny or very useful according to your need. For example, if you run a business, it is useful keep in touch with your clients using a Live Chat box or if it is personal blog, a live chat can be funny way to communicate with your online friends. Unlike many paid Flash based Live Chat utilities, this method has some extra advantages: This Live Chat box … [Read more...]
Speed up page loading speed of WordPress blog through wp config file
Page loading speed is not only important for good ranking in Google, but also page loading speed is an important for better conversion rate, reduced bounce rate etc. Also, not every visitor is using a high speed broadband Internet connection, here is where the importance to speed up page loading time is. Previously, we wrote a series of article to speed up the page loading time; this time we … [Read more...]
URL Hijack by Spam Trackback through 302 Redirection in WordPress
URL Hijack by Spam Trackbacks through 302 Redirection in Wordpress is getting a very popular method nowadays again. The major target are blogs with >80 % traffic from Google Search Engines. What is this URL Hijack is? People will arrive to your webpage by any means (suppose from the Google Search Result pages); after few seconds will be redirected to the spammer / hacker's own … [Read more...]
8 tips for guaranteed Retweets of your blog post
Twitter is a very popular tool among bloggers and its value to make any post appear in the Google search engine in real time can not be ignored. Obviously, a Retweet works better than your manual or automated tweet for the blog. Also, a good post which deserves sharing is nicely shared by retweets. When we started the blog, no one retweeted! Today, after every publication of a post number of … [Read more...]
Comment on other’s blog : What bloggers should avoid
Comments on others blog can attract more visitors, even if not any backlink is gained. However, while making comment on others' blog; as a blogger we must be aware of some points. Many bloggers use the comment function only to get a free backlink to his blog. This is the wrong use of this great communication tool. As a blogger you must also provide qualitative input through the comment, because … [Read more...]
Spam from Non-existing URLs
We are not sure if it happens to all; but it is happening with us. We are getting some spam trackbacks from non-existing URLs! Below is an example of such spam from a non-existing url: Frankly, we have no idea about the motive of this kind of spams. The I.P. address are varied and so are the URLs. Is keyword dilution is the target of these type of spam or the domain will be … [Read more...]
Levels of permission of users in WordPress
Not all levels of user profiles have the same Levels of permission to access the core area of Administration panel in Wordpress. Understand the permission of users role can access which part in Wordpress. Any administrator of a blog is very anxious, particular at the beginning; about which level of user actually has which permission to do in his / Wordpress blog. User Profiles of … [Read more...]
Finding the right web host for WordPress
As we have said ago; page speed is very important for SEO now and to facilitate the speed, we need a better web host. We, the Worpress users generally seek the web host which at least have these factors: Better uptime (all web hosts claims uptime of >99% time, but obviously it is not true!) Good cost-benefit ratio; in other word, the web host must not make us feel like ripped off Good … [Read more...]
WordPress Header optimization
Optimization of Wordpress header is another important point of SEO. Most often optimizing the header of Wordpress is ignored by the beginners. Previously, we wrote an article on how to optimize the footer of wordpress blog for SEO purpose. You might be interested to read that post as well. Introduction to WordPress Header optimization We are not going to say you how your Wordpress … [Read more...]
Exclude a category in WordPress RSS feed
A regular visitor asked us how he can exclude a category posts appearing in Feedburner feed. To exclude a category posts appearing in Feedburner, we can not tweak from Feedburner settings, we have to control the source : that is the Wordpress blog feed. Follow these instructions to exclude a category posts appearing in the Feed: Write down the category ID you want to exclude from the feed. … [Read more...]