01May 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

HELP Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund

News
Dear friends, On Saturday, April 25th, 2015 there was a massive earthquake hit Nepal , damaging many parts of the country and especially the Kathmandu valley. We are reaching out to you to ask for your support the victims of this natural disaster that has killed more then 4000 people. It will be quite tuff to restore normal life and we hope that you can keep Nepal in mind over the next few days and donate whatever you can. Any amount you spent buying our product will be helpful in this contribute 50% of this fund will support disaster recovery and relief efforts in response to the region of Nepal impacted by this earthquake. Thanks in advance for your support!
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23Apr 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

WordPress 4.1.2 Security Release & Severe Security issue with WordPress Plugins

Blog
There is a critical security issue has been detected recently with WordPress and WordPress team have released a new version. WordPress 4.1.2 is now available, so please update all your blogs immediately. All previous versions including 4.1.1 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable anonymous users to compromise a site. This was reported by Cedric Van Bockhaven and fixed by Gary Pendergast, Mike Adams, and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team. We appreciated the responsible disclosure of these issues directly to WordPress security team. For more information, see the release notes or consult the list of changes. Read Full Post
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

How to Display the Latest Sticky Posts in WordPress

Tutorials, WordPress
WordPress has this very cool feature called sticky posts. Think of sticky posts as featured posts for your blog. When you mark a post as sticky, it shows up above your new posts, but only if your theme permits it. In this tutorial we will show you how to display the latest sticky posts in WordPress. First thing you need to do is copy and paste this code snippet in your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin. 01 function wpb_latest_sticky() { 02 03 /* Get all sticky posts */ 04 $sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' ); 05 06 /* Sort the stickies with the newest ones at the top. 07 * Remove this if you want to display oldest posts first 08 */ 09 rsort( $sticky ); 10 11…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

14 Most Common WordPress Errors and How to Fix Them

Tutorials, Web Design & Programming, WordPress
WordPress is very easy to use but some common WordPress errors can cause panic among beginners. It is very possible that the error you are seeing on your site has been already reported and resolved by someone before you. At WPBeginner, we have covered and showed you how to fix several WordPress errors. In this article, we will take a look at 14 most common WordPress errors along with showing you how to fix all of these common WordPress errors. Important: Make sure that you have a complete backup of your WordPress site. We strongly recommend using an automated scheduled backup system like BackupBuddy. However, if you can not install plugins at this time, then check out how to manually create WordPress backup manually. In case you are unable to…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

How to Add SSL and HTTPS in WordPress

Tutorials, WordPress, wordpress plugins
What is HTTPS and SSL? Every day we share our personal information with different websites whether it’s making a purchase or simply logging in. In order to protect the data transfer, a secure connection needs to be created. That’s when SSL and HTTPS come in. HTTPS or Secure HTTP is an encryption method that secures the connection between users’ browser and your server. This makes it harder for hackers to eavesdrop on the connection. Each site is issued a unique SSL certificate for identification purposes. If a server is pretending to be on HTTPS, and it’s certificate doesn’t match, then most modern browsers will warn the user from connecting to the site. Now you are probably wondering, why would you ever need to move from HTTP to HTTPS and install…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

7 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared (Pros and Cons)

Tutorials, WordPress, wordpress plugins
Creating regular WordPress backups is the best thing you can do for your website. Backups give you a peace of mind and can save you in catastrophic situations when your site gets hacked or you accidentally lock yourself out. There are several free and paid backup plugins for WordPress, and most of them are fairly easy to use. In this article, we will show you the 7 best backup plugins for WordPress. Important: Many WordPress hosting providers offer limited backup services, but please remember that it is your responsibility to backup your website on your own. Do not rely solely on your hosting provider for backups. If you are not already backing up your site, then you should pick one of these 7 best WordPress bckup plugins and start using…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Top 10 Most Important Things To Do After Installing WordPress

Tips, Tutorials, WordPress
What do you do after installing WordPress? This is a common question asked by beginners. In this article, we will show you the top 10 most important things you must do after installing WordPress. 1. Change The Title, Tagline, Time zone, and Favicon The first three steps can be combined into one because you can quickly make those changes in the same area of your WordPress Admin Dashboard. To change these, go to your Settings in your dashboard and choose General. Change both your site title and tagline to something that relates to your site. Now scroll down the page to update your timezone. This functionality is important to show the most accurate date on your site, and it also helps with scheduling posts. Towards the middle of the page…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

6 Free Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

Tips, WordPress, wordpress plugins
Site speed plays a very important role in online business. It can increase or decrease the revenue of your online business, depending on how much time your site takes to load. There is a shocking relation between site speed and conversation rate, which is particularly true for e-commerce sites. There are a dozen of reasons to improve the site speed, but the two most important ones are search rankings and user experience. Search Rankings When Google first announced site speed in web search rankings, it played a minuscule part. But overtime it has become one of the main development factors Google takes into account for ranking websites. While page speed isn’t the only factor Google takes into account, pages that load faster and follow Google’s best practices for performance tend…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Google Blocks Thousands Of WordPress Sites Following Malware Attack

Internet and Media, News, Tips
Security firm Sucuri reports that Google has blacklisted over 11,000 malware-infected WordPress domains, and over 100,000 sites in total have been affected by a new malware campaign from SoakSoak.ru. By using a vulnerability found in the WordPress plugin RevSlider, SoakSoak modifies a file in a site’s WordPress installation and loads Javascript malware. RevSlider is often used in WordPress themes, so many site owners may not even know they’re using the plugin, let alone that they need to update it to prevent a malware attack. Moreover, it’s not a plugin that’s easily updated, as Sucuri’s Daniel Cid points out: “The biggest issue is that the RevSlider plugin is a premium plugin, it’s not something everyone can easily upgrade and that in itself becomes a disaster for website owner. Some website owners…
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