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Making sure that your WordPress website is backed up every day is essential. Jetpack Backup plugin offers the best backup features for WordPress websites. Jetpack Backup Jetpack Backup is a WordPress plugin that is used to backup WordPress website media files, content, and database away from your hosting server. Jetpack Backup services are provided by Automattic, the same company behind WordPress. How Jetpack Backup Works Jetpack Backup does not need any special configurations. All that is required is: Go to Jetpack Backup Pay for the Backup Plan of your choice. Download and Install the Jetpack Backup plugin That is it,… Read More »

If you  run an eCommerce site that is powered by Woocommerce, then you might have come cross this  markup structured data error “The brand field is recommended. Please provide a value if available”. Below is how to remove the error. What is a brand in Schema? Brand in schema stands for the manufacturer or producer.  Toyota, Nokia, Samsung are examples of brands. Google and other search engines recommend that you include brand markup in your  structured data. How to Add Brand Structured Data Below is how to add brand structured data to eliminate the error: Download the plugin: Woocommerce Brand… Read More »

Learn how to change Woocommerce (WC Vendors) published products that have been edited by Seller to change status from published to pending Review. It is very vital to deny vendors permission to edit and update their products without admin permission. Updates should go through the same process as newly submitted products.   Some will suggest that you completely disable or lock editing but this is not a good idea. Their are honest sellers who would want to edit their product descriptions and therefore you will be denying them that opportunity. Why you should use Edited to Pending Feature This feature… Read More »

Yoast SEO plugin released version 11.0 on 16th April 2019 which comes with detailed schema structured data updates. The most affected pages are HomePage, Article and Knowledge Graph. HomePage Changes on Version 11.0 Below is how the homepage looked before Yoast SEO v11.0 update and after; Website and Organization have been moved to one block called Webpage with more details. This move favors Bing search that had issues with detecting home page description in some themes. Organization in Version 11.0 You will notice that after updating to Yoast SEO v11.0, the organization block has moved and is now part of… Read More »

This post digs deep into WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg update, Errors, Plugin breaks, its effects on SEO and solutions to some of the common problems you will encounter after update. What is WordPress Gutenberg? WordPress Gutenberg in simple terms is a new version of WordPress that  has evolved from the old (classic) WordPress editor to a modern WP editor which adds more layouts or blocks or builders.This means that it comes with a change on the editor interface thus affecting your Writing, editing and publishing experience. Should you update to WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg? As with all major wordpress updates, theme and… Read More »

Get to know of some of the best WordPress themes that will increase your Google Page Ranking. That is,  WP themes that are SEO friendly, mobile responsive, and load faster. Choosing a WordPress theme for better search ranking One of the most important decisions that a business, blogger, or professional who wants to create a website with WordPress has to make is deciding which kind of theme or template to use.  There are thousands of themes available and each developer says hers/his is the best. It therefore can be quite a daunting task to choose the perfect one. Let’s first… Read More »