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The Problem With WordPress Security Solutions

The Problem With WordPress Security Solutions

There are so many people out here selling security products for WordPress. They all have one thing in common - they will give you the impression that their solution is the right one for your website. Products like WordFence, iThemes Security, AIOS, Malcare, Sucuri,...

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Advanced Image Optimization in WordPress

Advanced Image Optimization in WordPress

There are plenty of WordPress image optimization plugins out there that will shrink your images down by 5-10%, but what if you need more? Don't settle for marginal improvements. Here's how to cut your image sizes down dramatically with advanced WordPress image...

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Why We Switched From UptimeRobot to Site24x7

Why We Switched From UptimeRobot to Site24x7

Remember 2015? It seems like a lifetime ago, and yet, it's been less than five years since we launched Barrel Roll. As we researched the tools we would need to build our WordPress maintenance company, we already knew which one we would be using for uptime monitoring -...

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