Anyone who’s used WordPress knows how easy it is to pick up the platform. It makes creating posts and pages remarkably simple, and there’s a plethora of themes to choose from to help shape the design of your site. However, even with WordPress’ built-in functionality, it can take a lot …

As the most popular Content Management System (CMS) available, WordPress draws its fair share of attention from attackers. To keep your website safe, you need to take active measures to secure it. Otherwise, you might fall prey to brute force attacks or other harmful exploits. The key to protecting your …

As a website owner, you’re probably already familiar with some of the issues brought about by spammers and bots. When left unchecked, they can bring down the quality of your site by abusing your comments sections, and even attack your contact forms. To this day, Completely Automated Public Turing Tests …

  In 2016, A2 Hosting became more involved in the WordPress community. A big portion of this initiative was to sponsor and personally attend a number of WordCamps. If you’ve ever attended a WordCamp before, you know that you’re bound to take home a huge amount of valuable information. Just …

Analytics are key to understanding why your visitors behave the way they do, and Google Analytics dominates the field in terms of popularity. There’s no denying it’s an excellent platform, but it also takes a lot of work to master, and it may be overkill for some users. Fortunately, Google …

WordPress – by all accounts – is a powerful and versatile platform, but there are some things it can’t do right out of the box. It can’t, for example, enable you to power an e-commerce store. While the popular Content Management System (CMS) doesn’t include e-commerce functions by default, you …

As a WooCommerce e-commerce store operator, you no doubt want to see your business reach its full potential. Speed and reliability are two key factors in ensuring that happens – your site needs to load quickly and reliably, regardless of traffic spikes or any other issues. To achieve this end, …

When it comes to communicating on the web, social media networks and blogs seemingly get all the glory. However, if you’re looking to create a community where like-minded people can gather at an online watercooler and discuss issues on specific topics, neither of these platforms are necessarily optimal. To create …

WooCommerce is a powerful e-commerce platform, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved upon. While the plugin packs enough functionality for most online stores, it also lacks several advanced features out of the box. Thankfully, WooCommerce comes with its own extension system, which works similarly to WordPress plugins. The …

If you are an A2 Hosting customer with one of our hosting products that includes the cPanel control panel, you will see a welcome sight the next time you log into your My A2 Hosting account. At the top, middle portion of the page is a brand new cPanel Quick …