BlogAid WordPress Tips Tuesday

• Theme case study is underway

• New speed tweaks I found for us

• Why the migration process is different for the new boutique hosting

• Why I’m looking outside the WP world for new opportunities for us

• What the only thing is that you really own in your online business

• A look at 40 WP milestones as it turns 18 years old

• Cool duotone image filters coming to Gutenberg

• Genesis discusses what making their framework free will look like

• The future of plugins

• 2 more big CMS block Google’s FLoC and what it means for WP and folks who run ads

Tips this week include:

• Why not to panic when goofy stuff happens with your site

• Why the sky won’t fall if you don’t get a post out on time

• How hosts are shooting you and themselves in the foot

• Why we are moving to boutique hosting

• Special invitations are coming to site audit clients soon

• 3 new and/or updated tutorials for webmasters

• Formal theme testing is underway

• My new summer office hours

• What’s up with the multiple plugin issues we’ve seen over the last 2 weeks

• Our Content SEO series of Workshops start this week in the DIY SEO course

• Why Google had to partner with Shopify

• Discover why videos are hot and why product videos are even hotter

• Video SEO Booster course Phase 2 launch is coming soon

• Why webmasters need to start testing WP 5.8 today

• Why it’s worth living through this messy WP revolution

• 8 powerful online graphic creation tools for you to check out

Tips this week include:

• A salute to one of my favorite bloggers

• DIY SEO Special Content Formatting Workshop this Thursday

• Video SEO Booster course beta testing is nearly complete

• New boutique hosting clients are moving into their new home

• Why you need paid migration help these days

• Reminder to site audit clients to get in the BB Hub

• WP 5.7.2 security release rolled out

• Why I’m so interested in Liquid Web’s purchase of GiveWP

• Why Genesis had to make their framework free

• Where we are with all theme revamps

• Why Block Patterns are the new page templates of the future

• Where to learn how to make your own landing pages

• Whether or not you need a theme designer now

• Why you should just say no to accessibility trickery

• Why designers need a legal statement about accessibilities compliance

• Whether or not you should have plugin auto updates on or not

• Recent issues with the Cloudflare plugin losing connectivity

• Clarifying the confusion about what the Cloudflare plugin does and doesn’t do

• How the new PHP Version Manager is breaking sites

• More info on the White Screen of Death when editing posts some folks are getting

• Why not to contact your host first for site fixes

• Confirmation of massive brute force attacks rolling globally

• Why to stop doing speed tests yourself

• Why I’m looking into more ways to block bad bots via Cloudflare

• Why I’m overjoyed with the release of the new schema markup validator

• The long-term catch in YouTube’s announcement to pay creators for making Shorts

Tips this week include:

• Content Silo live workshop this week

• Video SEO Booster course is in live beta

• How-To blocks and card tutorials are underway

• What I’ll be checking in the upcoming theme testing case study besides speed

• Why not to jump on a theme redesign for speed and Core Web Vitals fixes

• Why CLS issues are super hard to find sometimes, and the new methods I’m using

• First site owners are moving into the new boutique hosting

• A fix for buttons losing alignment since the WP 5.7 update

• CC Search is relaunching as OpenVerse by WP with Creative Commons images

• New CloudLinux PHP manager is goofing up sites, and the fixes

• How First Contentful Paint is handled by different browsers

• Google only cares about viewership on Chrome

• Yoast SEO plugin had a minor bug

• How to easily roll plugins updates back to the previous version

• Why we may need to add the Classic Widget plugin after WP 5.8 comes out

• Where to get step-by-step WP update instructions for major releases

Tips this week include:

• The new Video SEO Booster course is live – by private invitation for now

• New boutique hosting is going live this week

• Site Audit Client Perks and TOS has been sent

• Why you may not want to go it alone for Core Web Vitals fixes

• How you may be fixing the wrong things for better speed

• Why not to throw out the Genesis baby with the bath water

• Update on theme testing

• The new Core Web Vitals fixes we’ve found

• The huge number of sites that are not optimized for Core Web Vitals yet

• Why Google needs to get the log out of its own eye for speed

• More info about Full Site Editing that’s coming in WP 5.8

• Mailchimp introduces new Stores and Appointments features

• What I found interesting in the April Genesis Shapers meeting notes for speed

• Why you should keep posting to social sites that never send you direct traffic

Tips this week include:

• DIY SEO Workshop spring break

• Updates on progress with the Video SEO course, Gutenberg Ninja, theme testing, and boutique hosting

• The CLS issues me and my webmaster designers are chasing

• Why not to cut corners on getting your Core Web Vitals issues fixed

• Why it may not be your host’s fault that your site is down

• The scam emails flying around for host disk quota overages

• My experiment with a new way to deter comment spam

• A super podcast from the head of Shopify, including how to effectively use video there

• The growing frustration with all those pesky notifications at the top of your WP admin pages

• Full Site Editing is a go for the upcoming WP 5.8 release

• An update on whether WP will block Google’s FLoC tracking or not

Tips this week include:

• How Google’s Product Review Update will impact affiliate marketers

• Why you can’t ignore your site for long stretches

• The final tests we’re doing for the Video SEO course

• Why I’m tripling up on the testing and where else you’ll see the new tutorials

• New TOS for site audit clients on the way

• What was in the WP 5.7.1 security release

• More bugs reported for Reusable Blocks

• Why we need a better comment system

• The 2 plugins Genesis is deprecating

• Google shuts down Feedburner RSS to Email service

• Why Google changed the name of Core Web Vitals to Page Experience

• What’s in the Evolving CLS metric Calculation

• A welcome delay in the rollout of Google Page Experience

• New Core Web Vitals options from Mediavine

• New metrics in WebPage Test for CLS

• Will WordPress block Google’s FLoC tracking

Tips this week include:

• How Google’s Product Review Update will impact affiliate marketers

• Why you can’t ignore your site for long stretches

• The final tests we’re doing for the Video SEO course

• Why I’m tripling up on the testing and where else you’ll see the new tutorials

• New TOS for site audit clients on the way

• What was in the WP 5.7.1 security release

• More bugs reported for Reusable Blocks

• Why we need a better comment system

• The 2 plugins Genesis is deprecating

• Google shuts down Feedburner RSS to Email service

• Why Google changed the name of Core Web Vitals to Page Experience

• What’s in the Evolving CLS metric Calculation

• A welcome delay in the rollout of Google Page Experience

• New Core Web Vitals options from Mediavine

• New metrics in WebPage Test for CLS

• Will WordPress block Google’s FLoC tracking

Tips this week include:

• Ranking Factors Part 1 Workshop on Thursday

• Video embed speed case study is complete, and I have the fastest way to do

• What I found when testing the Yoast Video SEO plugin’s new speed feature

• Video schema markup testing is complete

• Update on the new boutique hosting for us

• Why the order of my site services wait list may flip

• The new TOS for site audit client perks I’m drawing up, and why

• Why you must get your site checkup every year now

• More on the new mastermind groups coming this summer

• How WP Fastest Cache and Cloudflare work together

• What Google’s calculation change to Cumulative Layout Shift means for your site

• What’s in the email Cloudflare sent out about IP changes

• Why I’m excited about Cloudflare’s revamped Web Application Firewall

• Update on Cloudflare’s new Super Bot Fight Mode and why we won’t be using it

• Why I’m looking into blocking some bots manually

• The new Rate Limit function I’m looking into at Cloudflare

• Why I’m not happy about iThemes acquiring Kadence Themes

• Will Full Site Editing be rolling into WP 5.8?

• The big split in Gutenberg and Classic we have now and why a bigger split is on the way

• What to do if a theme revamp project is on your horizon

• Why you need to jump on the Gutenberg train right now

Tips this week include:

• Ranking Factors Part 1 Workshop on Thursday

• Video embed speed case study is complete, and I have the fastest way to do

• What I found when testing the Yoast Video SEO plugin’s new speed feature

• Video schema markup testing is complete

• Update on the new boutique hosting for us

• Why the order of my site services wait list may flip

• The new TOS for site audit client perks I’m drawing up, and why

• Why you must get your site checkup every year now

• More on the new mastermind groups coming this summer

• How WP Fastest Cache and Cloudflare work together

• What Google’s calculation change to Cumulative Layout Shift means for your site

• What’s in the email Cloudflare sent out about IP changes

• Why I’m excited about Cloudflare’s revamped Web Application Firewall

• Update on Cloudflare’s new Super Bot Fight Mode and why we won’t be using it

• Why I’m looking into blocking some bots manually

• The new Rate Limit function I’m looking into at Cloudflare

• Why I’m not happy about iThemes acquiring Kadence Themes

• Will Full Site Editing be rolling into WP 5.8?

• The big split in Gutenberg and Classic we have now and why a bigger split is on the way

• What to do if a theme revamp project is on your horizon

• Why you need to jump on the Gutenberg train right now