Fix WordPress Stuck in Maintenance Mode (2025 Quick Guide)
Learn how to fix WordPress maintenance mode issues in minutes. This guide shows you two simple methods to remove the .maintenance file and get your site back online quickly. Perfect for beginners and advanced users alike. Includes step-by-step instructions using FTP or File Manager.
13 Surprising Facts About WordPress Security, by Jim Walker
Key Takeaways Fact Number Key Takeaway 1 Rising data breaches highlight the need for heightened WordPress security. 2 WordPress’ ecosystem, while versatile, can be a significant security risk. 3 A holistic approach is required for adequate WordPress security. 4 Regular updates and backups are crucial in preventing WordPress cyber attacks. 5 Plugins and themes […]
Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue – Or Maybe Not…
One of the most common support requests I receive on a weekly basis have the subject “Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue”. These not so helpful email messages were introduced in the release of WordPress 5.2. While I’m sure the WordPress developers who added this feature thought it would be a great way to […]
About that “Weekly jQuery Migrate Status Update” email
We’ve received a good number of support requests about the “Weekly jQuery Migrate Status Update” emails from WordPress this past year. These mailers are a new feature of the “Enable jQuery Migrate Helper” plugin. With the update to WordPress 5.5, a migration tool known as jquery-migrate was disabled by default. This disabling of that function […]
About the HackGuard.com WordPress Updates and Security Service
What Can A Fella Do For $5ish a Month?” (or $14.95 without a bulk discount) I’m asked this question often enough that I feel the need to write a post I could link back to on the topic of, “What can you do for $5ish a month?” Well, quite a lot actually: – Prevent hackers […]
WordPress 4.9.3 – Going into the tunnel and never coming out…
In case you hadn’t heard, in early February 2018, WordPress did a double release of versions, from version 4.9.2 to 4.9.3, then 4.9.4 in a matter of two days. For some WordPress websites, this led to a collision of versions, the end result being it broke the auto-update mechanism, leaving potentially millions of websites stuck […]