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Plugin review: Redirection
Redirection by John Godley. I used to have one website for my writing projects — tylertork.com. Then I split it out into two — the…
Plugin review: Auto Upload Images
I set up this website to separate out my technical work from my fiction writing. Fiction on tylertork.com (it’s really excellent fiction BTW), nonfiction here….
Configure MailChimp to email blog updates
This article assumes you already have a MailChimp account and a subscriber list there (even if there is nobody in it yet). I’ll show how…
Plugin review: Stop User Enumeration
There are bots out there, roaming the Internet poking at websites, trying to break in. These aren’t ninja assassins coming after you in particular —…
Contact form that goes to different recipients based on selection
I use Contact Form 7, the most popular and versatile way to add a contact form to your site. If you’re not the only person…
Plugin review: Contact form 7
Your website needs a way for people to get in touch with you (or at least with your representative, if you’re too much a bigshot…
How to remove the credit line from a theme
Most themes have a bit of text and a link at the bottom to the maker of the theme. Especially for their free versions, there…
Plugin review: iThemes Security
WordPress is a secure platform. If you keep your themes and plugins up to date, and you have a good password, you’re most of the…
Plugin review: UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup and Restoration
It’s necessary to make automatic backups of your site. Many hosting providers will do this for you automatically and keep a few recent version on…
Plugin review: Yoast SEO
Another essential plugin: Yoast SEO from Team Yoast. This is the most popular plugin for managing SEO (search engine optimization) and related aspects of your…
The Obituary Collector by Gordon Bonnet. To find a wily serial killer in a psychiatric hospital, distinguished investigator Parsifal Snowe assembles an oddball team of psychics.