Website Backups 101: What They Are and Why You Need One

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Gabs Don

Picture this: Your business is five years old. Sales are in six-figures  for the third year in a row. Your dream is a reality. 

But then, an employee comes to you: Customers are saying that they see an “insecure” notice when they visit your site. They’re afraid to place orders. You rush to fix things as soon as possible, which requires contacting your web host over the phone and trying to untangle the mess. You need to revert back to a secure and functioning version of your website before your company’s reputation is damaged any further. Unfortunately, that’s going to take some time. Continue reading →Website Backups 101: What They Are and Why You Need OnePosted in Security | Tagged Backups, cloud, hackers, offsite backups | Leave a comment

Jetpack 8.3: New Blocks to Interact with Your Readers

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Gabs Don

Jetpack’s latest release comes with new Gutenberg blocks to help you interact with your readers. We’ve also improved the Map Block and Tiled Gallery blocks to give you even more display options to make your site just-so.

Here’s what’s new this month.Continue reading →Jetpack 8.3: New Blocks to Interact with Your ReadersPosted in Releases | Tagged 8.3, blocks, Google Calendar, gutenberg, maps, release, tiled galleries | Leave a comment

How FreshySites Uses Jetpack to Protect 1,200 WordPress Sites

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Gabs Don

FreshySites — a leading US-based WordPress design agency — uses Jetpack for the 1,000+ sites they actively manage. And thanks to the ways Jetpack helps them improve operational efficiency and customer service, they do it with a single person instead of the multi-person team it would normally take.Continue reading →How FreshySites Uses Jetpack to Protect 1,200 WordPress SitesPosted in Customer Stories | Tagged activity log, agencies, Backups, clients, Happiness, Manage, Stats, support | Leave a comment

Get WordPress Bundles for the Google Cloud Platform Through Bitnami

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Gabs Don

In August, developers’ lives got a lot easier when official WordPress images certified by Bitnami and Automattic became available on Amazon Web Services.  

Now, you can also find official WordPress images on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)! Automattic (the folks behind Jetpack, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and more) partnered with Bitnami to provide a straightforward, secure way to use WordPress and Jetpack on GCP.   Continue reading →Get WordPress Bundles for the Google Cloud Platform Through BitnamiPosted in Jetpack News | Tagged AMP, bitnami, cloud, developer, WordPress | 6 Comments