WordPress is one of the most popular blogging software programs on the planet, but does that mean it is secure? The truth is, it may not be and if you don’t prepare yourself with these WordPress security tips then you might be on a crash course to disaster. Prepare yourself with some practical advice on how to harden your WordPress site and maximize your time management by preparation and prevention.

See also: Episode 41 – WordPress vs. WordPress

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Believe it or not, there are two types of WordPress.

In this episode, Scott Winterroth shares his knowledge of working with WordPress over the last 11 year and preps for a series of WordPress tips and tricks episodes coming out over the next few months.

If you’re brand new to WordPress or you’re a seasoned pro, this is still a good episode for you as I share some great ways for how to explain to other new users on the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org plus I share some history of how we got to WordPress today.

This episode is a continuation of my mini series on working with images and your blog. In the podcast, I discuss the tools I use to create great content from touching up photos to creating graphics and more. In the lesson video tutorial, I dive into showing you how the built-in WordPress media editor works and what you can do with it to save time and edit your photos on the fly. This is a great episode, I really share some of my best tips for blogging and content marketing. Please share!

Links to the tools mentioned in this episode, broken down into three categories of pro, accessible and smart.

PRO

Learn valuable skills:

Accessible

Use on the go!

Smart!

Outsource

Just for fun or great and easy tools for creating great things:

As I mentioned in the episode, here’s the simple e-book cover I created with Canva: 5 Signs that You’re Ready to Take On your Own WordPress Site

This is episode 2 of my back to basic series on working with images and your blog. In this episode, I share with you why I optimize my images before I upload them into my WordPress site and share some free and low cost resources for optimizing your images for delivery. This is a great episode regardless if you’re just getting started or you’ve been at it for a while as I feel everyone should optimize images regardless of what type of platform they blog on. Plus, be sure to check out my free cheat sheet for using Adobe Photoshop to save images for the web. (Optin below resources)

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Hey There! This is not a full episode rather it’s just an overview of what’s new in WordPress 5.1. This originated as a Facebook live video so to watch the video, rather than listen, click on the link below and be sure to join my free Facebook WordMentor Group for future updates like this.

WordPress 5.1 includes many enhancements and updates. Learn what they mean to content creators and every day WordPress users and how to go about updating your site to the new release.

Thanks for being a loyal listener.

Link to FB Live Video on WordMentor FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/swinterroth/videos/10106218477413519/

WordPress 5.1 Blog Post on WordPress.org

How to update WordPress post on Content Academy

Starting or growing a blog and trying to decide if you should copyright or trademark your blog’s name? In this episode, Blog You Want in the Time You Have™ host Scott Winterroth shares his opinions on how to approach copyrights and trademarks and what you should do to protect your blog’s intellectual property.

No portions of this episode should be considered legal advice, listeners should use this information at their own risk – seek an attorney for professional legal advice.

In this episode, I share a revelation I’ve had about a popular productivity hack called the daily 3. I’m reinventing how I plan my three to maximize areas in my life that are important to me, including blogging more in 2019.

This is a rather short, but personal episode but I hope you find it inspiring and actionable. Read more about My Guiding 3 on this blog post.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years is I’m much more of a creative person then I ever thought I was growing up.  For some reason, I thought creativity meant it was the ability to sketch or to play an instrument. But as I launch blogs and build my online businesses I realized that creativity comes in many shapes and sizes and it is something that can be learned and worked as a muscle – most importantly I’ve learned it’s highly valuable.  

Creativity is intelligence having fun – Albert Einstein

Prepare for your most Creative Year Ever™ in 2019! Download the CYE Workbook.

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