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Dual factor authentication has become one of the most important security features in the last few years. Major websites like Google Mail, Outlook, Facebook are now protecting user accounts in a better way by allowing them to use a mobile device as their identity. To activate 2 step authentication, the service provider will ask you to install Google Authenticator app (or any of its alternative). Some websites will ask you to verify the mobile phone number so that the authentication service will send a 4 or 5 digit code when required. This code will be used for one-time verification, and it will be valid only for a few hours. ...

When it comes to website designing, the User Experience plays a crucial role. If a site is not user-friendly, the conversions and revenue will be flat unless most of your earnings come from Adsense or its alternative advertising platform. This applies to all websites. A good way to make sure that your website is effectively generating revenue and the user visits more than one pages of your site, you should add the call to action buttons. ...

Yoast is no doubt the best SEO plugin, but its version 3.0.x has disappointed a lot of WordPress users. The plugin is useful, but you cannot get support from Joost De Valk and his team unless you’re a premium user. Because of these two reasons, many people have switched from Yoast to its alternatives. A new plugin called the SEO framework is getting a good response from the WordPress community and it is emerging as an excellent alternative to Yoast. Is this plugin right for you? Check out the below review to know this. ...

Shortcodes Ultimate by Vladimir Anokhin is a top rated WordPress plugin with 700000+ downloads. It allows you to generate and use HTML shortcodes of various styles and colors. The plugin allows customization. The code created by this is responsive and clean. Thus, it will work with all types of plugins. WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate is compatible with other plugins as well. It supports multiple languages and RTL. The plugin supports extensions. For styling, it uses CSS3. ...

On many established blogs, you’ll find related or recommended articles in post content. The posts are embedded in a stylized , or and they attract visitor’s attention. They’re known as inline related posts (IRP). IRPs, when placed at the right position can reduce the bounce rate of a blog. They can also increase the page-views. Established websites have enough revenue to hire a WordPress developer who can write the code to insert content hyperlinks inline of the post automatically after the post has been published. ...

Email Optin forms are useful because they attract visitor’s attention. When a visitor signs up with the form, the website will have a new loyal reader. Newsletters will bring referral traffic to your blog. If your site is not ranked in search engines, you can still get free traffic provided that you send a newsletter to an email address or share blog posts on social media networks or the best bookmarking websites. ...

WordPress is claimed to be one of the most secure content management systems of the decade, but you need to take some precautions while using it. The login page is accessible to everyone using the Internet. To access the page, the user has to enter example.com/wp-login.php simply. If you’re using a weak password, then a software or a bot can easily hack your website. Some hackers will target your site with a DOS or DDOS attack. If your hosting provider has not set up a firewall for your account, your website and web server will be down. If the site has many visitors, you’ll lose some revenue. If the access to the wp-config file is not restricted, the hacker will get your database name and its password. ...

Yesterday, I felt the need to install a new third party plugin for inserting advertisements to my blog. My favorite plugin i.e. Quick Adsense has not been updated for over 1.5 years, and it has become unreliable because it has not been tested with latest WordPress versions. I searched the WordPress repository to find a reliable and frequently updated plugin for insert adverts. After a few minutes, I found Advanced ads. I was tempted to try out the plugin after going through its ratings and reviews shared by the real users. ...

Creating a backup of the database is practiced in all the top organisations. For webmasters who work online, it’s the most important thing to do. All websites are prone to hacking. Hackers are always in search of a security loophole in a website. When they find one, they’ll deface it by changing the index file. Hackers locate the site configuration file stored on the servers to find database password so that they can access the database. ...

Jetpack, one of an essential WordPress plugin now allows you to generate a sitemap to google search as well as google news. This new feature has been added to the latest version (v 3.9) of Jetpack A sitemap is an important element of a website (no matter what its niche is). It makes the search engine aware of the latest posts on your site. When Sitemap is submitted to Google, Yandex or Bing, your posts will be indexed faster. ...