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Nick Schäferhoff

Nick Schäferhoff is an entrepreneur, online marketer, and professional blogger from Germany. He found WordPress when he needed a website for his first business and instantly fell in love. When not building websites, creating content or helping his clients improve their online business, he can most often be found at the gym, the dojo or traveling the world with his wife. If you want to get in touch with him, you can do so via Twitter or through his website.

How to Protect Your WordPress Site from Brute Force Attacks

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July 1, 2020

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Brute force attacks are a real and very scary threat for WordPress users. If someone else manages to figure out your username and password, your site could be defaced or have all its content wiped overnight. And if you lose access to your email as well, you may not be able to get back into your account to recover your website. Though it can be terrifying when your website is the target of a brute force attack, you’re not left completely to the mercy of those trying to get in. There are multiple ways of putting your site on lockdown […]

Google BERT Explained: What It Means for Your Website

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June 24, 2020

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With the release of BERT, the largest upgrade to Google’s algorithm in years, search has seen a revolution. The update came out in fall 2019, and has already rolled out worldwide. It affects search results in dozens of languages. So, how will it impact your website? It’s important to keep up with Google’s algorithm updates so you can get the best results in the rankings. What did Google BERT change? How did it affect SEO optimization? Let’s go over Google’s latest update, how it uses machine learning to better understand queries, and what, if anything, you can do to optimize […]

Report from WordCamp Europe 2020: The Future of WordPress

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June 22, 2020

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Another year, another WordCamp. After 2016, 2017, and 2019, I am back with a report from WordCamp Europe 2020. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, this year, everything happened online. So, instead of some venue, this time around, the entire WordCamp experience happened on the official website. All of the sessions were online (you can find both track 1 and track 2 on YouTube) and the networking as well as the sponsor events happened in Zoom channels. You could even download designs to print your own swag. So, in case you didn’t attend, I sat down in my home office […]

Browser Developer Tools Tutorial: 10+ Tricks You Must Know

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June 17, 2020

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If you are not yet familiar with browser developer tools, they are one of the most useful things for anyone tinkering with websites – be it as an owner, enthusiast, ongoing developer, or else. Developer tools or dev tools can tell you a lot about any website, such as CSS markup and JavaScript errors. In addition, they allow you to test drive front-end changes, check you site’s responsive design, and even optimize its performance. Furthermore, they are completely free and built right into all major browsers. If you are ready to learn about their usefulness, this browser developer tools tutorial […]

How to Run a Successful Online Meeting: 6 Effective Strategies

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June 10, 2020

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With the current COVID-19 epidemic still ongoing, many businesses have gone remote. More employees than ever before work entirely from home, and that’s bound to be the case for some time yet. In times like these knowing how to run a successful online meeting is essential. Team communication is more important than ever to keep everyone on track. Video conference software allows you to meet up with your team and employees over the Internet and talk to them live. But if you’re the one in charge of hosting a virtual conference, and this is your first time dealing with it, […]

Twenty Twenty Theme Review: Features, Pros & Cons, And More

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June 4, 2020

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Twenty Twenty released last November, so a theme review is long overdue. While it’s nothing overly groundbreaking, it does bring quite a few interesting features to the table. Besides an appealing minimalistic design that is. If you’re thinking of making the switch to Twenty Twenty, you should know how it holds up against other themes, and whether it’s suitable for your purpose. While it makes a great default starter theme, it might not be the best for everyone. In the review below, you will find the major positive and negatives of the Twenty Twenty theme. Read over its features and […]

How to Use Local (By Flywheel) for WordPress Development

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May 28, 2020

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Working with a local development environment makes a lot of things easier. We have written about this before, using XAMPP. In this post, we want to present you with an alternative: Local, formerly known as Local by Flywheel. Like other solutions, the program enables you to run WordPress on your computer instead of a server. It’s also free and very easy to use, making it more beginner friendly than more technical solutions. If you are looking for another way to work with WordPress locally, this tool might be the right thing for you. Let’s find out together, shall we? Why […]

10 WordPress Developer Skills You Should Invest In (2020 Edition)

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May 26, 2020

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As a WordPress developer, it’s important to keep up with all the new tools and skills emerging in your industry. WordPress is constantly evolving, with other developers releasing new plugins, frameworks, and build tools to make it even more robust. Learning these is necessary to staying relevant against growing competition. Below are a mix of ten tools to try and skills to invest in this year. Some are basic life skills and others growing technical niches. Learning to master these will help you become a better developer and find more work as you bring something new to the table. Version […]

SEO Trends 2020: 6 Predictions to Inform Your Strategy This Year

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May 20, 2020

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If you run a website or online business, you likely already try to keep up with trends in web design, development, and marketing. But are you also up to date on the latest SEO trends of 2020? Do SEO tactics really change that often? The Google search algorithm actually updates every day! While the essentials remain relatively constant, keeping up with the trends can give you an edge on the thousands of websites only employing basic SEO tactics – or less. As search engines update their code and strategies emerge to take advantage of the new features, you’ll need to […]

9 Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Coronavirus Lockdown

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May 13, 2020

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Preserving your sanity during the coronavirus lockdown poses a challenge for many people. Staying inside for a prolonged amount of time can take a toll on your mental health. And why wouldn’t it? It has all the ingredients for that: Social isolation and lack of person-to-person interaction Loss of structure and routine Lack of exercise, sunshine, and basic necessities High levels of uncertainty about the present and future Access to doom-and-gloom news feeds and lots of time to read them I could go on but you get the picture. If you want to get through this and come out on […]

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