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Launching a new WordPress website is exciting and fulfilling and if we’re honest, more than a bit stressful. Even with an easy to follow website pre-launch checklist . But the work is not yet over. Even if you have a top-notch quality control process, there are a few issues that are difficult to detect before launching a new website. Below are the 5 most common issues that occur on WordPress sites after the site goes live, and tips on how to fix them quickly. 1. Spam Submissions on Contact Forms It’s difficult to determine what level of spam protection is needed before a website goes live.  Spam – whether unwanted or downright harmful – is so widespread on the web these days that it can be hard to avoid completely, and it’s very common for a website owner to be inundated with spam form submissions shortly after launch. There are 2 common ways to battle spot bots: honeypots and captchas. Honeypots refers to the method of adding a field to a form that is hidden to users but … [Read more...] about 5 Common WordPress Post-Launch Issues

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The first step after launching a blog is to set up a theme that looks awesome and satisfying. Although WordPress has a large library of themes often I see people making the wrong theme picks that can hurt their overall business online. Most beginners end up picking a theme that just looks stunning without even aware of the fact that WordPress themes have something to do with SEO. I have a lot of friends who would never look back to the technical aspects of a theme rather than just a demo layout. Why Your Theme is an Important Part of SEO After working with SEO for years, I believe WordPress themes have a role in determining the SEO success of a website but not directly. It’s not something like installing a theme that could give you higher rankings or a specific theme that could hurt your SEO. If you’re closely monitoring the changes to the signals that determine SEO rankings, you could see UX signals are getting higher weightage in the overall SEO signals. But what does a … [Read more...] about How to Choose an SEO Friendly WordPress Theme?

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