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15 of the Most Powerful WordPress Security Plugins for 2019
WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world. More than 409 million viewers browse over 20 billion pages every month. On the back end, there are over 55,000 plugins available to extend and customize the platform to fit your team’s needs. WordPress is an incredibly powerful and versatile tool for publishers; however, because it’s […]
5 Enormous Benefits of Using WordPress to Power Your Organization
You might already know that WordPress powers more than 30% of the web. It’s by far the most popular online publishing platform, and it hosts 70 million new posts per month. But why is it so ubiquitous? And what makes it so powerful and instinctive for users? Here, we break down five of the key […]
Friendly usernames for auto-created WordPress users
We originally published this piece in 2015. We’ve updated it with additional WordPress security advice in 2019. Our Google Apps Login Premium and Enterprise plugins allow all users with an email address in an organization’s Google Apps domain to log in to the WordPress site with one click. If the user doesn’t have an account […]
13 WordPress Facts and Stats That Will Impress You
Thought you knew WordPress? Think again. Even savvy WordPress users, who work with cutting-edge WordPress plugins, often don’t understand the full power of the platform. Check out these facts and stats below to get a full picture of the technology you’re working with — and discover ways to improve and optimize your site.
Avoid These 5 Common WordPress Attacks in 2019
Open source WordPress powers more than 30% of the World Wide Web. Users publish over 41 million new posts on 15.5 billion pages for 409 million viewers every month. This enormous surface area makes it a prime target for hackers. In 2018, 90% of all breached CMS sites came from WordPress according to a recent […]
Protect Your Google Apps Login From Phishing Attacks
Following a series of Google Apps login phishing attacks (specifically on Google Docs) in 2017, Google made several improvements. At the time, while we welcomed Google taking steps to address the phishing problems, it caused issues for WordPress plugins. Specifically, the updates made it challenging in cases where customer installation required individuals to create a […]
Set WordPress roles based on Organizational Unit Paths
[Image via Pexels] A popular feature of Google Apps Login Enterprise version has always been the ability to specify role mapping rules – so that members of different Google Groups can have different WordPress roles assigned to them. The only problem was that some companies didn’t have relevant Google Groups already set up (e.g., for […]
Team Drives now supported by Drive Embedder Enterprise
Google recently rolled out ‘Team Drives’ to their G Suite business customers. One big problem for enterprises using Drive is that there is always one ultimate owner of any files shared within Drive. So popular files can be shared by employees, but if the owner happens to leave the company, or decides to reorganize their […]
Google Apps & G Suite is now Google Workspace
Google has announced a new name for the Google Apps product – it’s now known as G Suite! The change was made on 29 September 2016, and you can find out more from Google here. There appear to be no major changes to the product. Google Apps has simply been renamed – in no way […]
How Green Dot used WPg plugins to build their Knowledge Sharing Platform
Green Dot Public Schools is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 to help transform public education in historically underserved communities in the USA. The U.S. Department of Education considers Green Dot to be a national leader in school turnarounds, and they are the only charter school operator to lead the successful turnaround of a 3,000-plus […]
