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9 WordPress Plugins to Speed Up Productivity
WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world. In fact, it powers more than 32% of the entire web. But that doesn’t mean it comes fully optimized for you or your team. WordPress plugins exist so that you can tailor your work stream to the platform. From integrating with Google Apps to efficiently scheduling […]
12 Best WordPress PDF Viewer Plugins
WordPress PDF viewer plugins come in every shape and price point, but choosing the one that works for your unique use case is a decision worth careful consideration. PDFs are still one of the easiest methods for disseminating information in a convenient package that can be viewed, downloaded, and opened without a fuss on every […]
5 Widgets to Level Up Your WordPress Intranet
Most intranets fail because keeping them updated is a laborious chore. A good intranet should be much more than the digital equivalent of that filing cabinet nobody ever opens. A well-structured, regularly updated intranet is a vital resource for every level of employee, a repository of company knowledge that can guide your business through good […]
A Simple Guide to Embedding Google Drive in WordPress
If you’re struggling with redundant documents or an intranet that barely gets used, you might want to try embedding Google Drive in WordPress. If your company runs an intranet resource using WordPress, you’ve no doubt encountered the limitation of the WordPress media storage system. It’s slow to load, it doesn’t have a strong organizational architecture, […]
7 Sysadmin Certifications to Give You a Leg Up
Getting hired as a sysadmin is trickier than it’s ever been, but the right sysadmin certifications will keep you agile in a shifting marketplace. With cloud and hybrid services disrupting the traditional model (in-house servers maintained by an in-house sysadmin), it’s vital that current and future sysadmins never stop learning. And while most sysadmin jobs […]
6 Tips for Creating an Effective Knowledge Base
Jobs are requiring more tech-savvy workers and remote work is increasing: your company needs an effective knowledge base to operate long-term. A knowledge base keeps institutional knowledge from becoming “unspoken rules”; it helps train new employees, and it organizes all your useful information into one clean database. A knowledge base is a repository of useful […]
8 Features Your Internal Company Wiki Needs
An internal company wiki isn’t just a convenience — it qualifies and quantifies information that could easily become “institutionalized knowledge.” Your internal company wiki must embrace the philosophy that no note is too trivial. Your internal wiki is vital, and it must be concise, easily accessible, and frequently updated. Wikis are one of the best […]
Intranet vs. Extranet: What’s the Difference?
Intranet vs. Extranet differences is explained in the clearest terms. See what they’re used for, and strategies for setup and maintenance.
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 […]
Allowing only some employee Groups to access your WordPress intranet
[Image via Pexels] Many customers use our Google Apps Login Enterprise version to restrict access to their WordPress intranet so that not only should it be inaccessible to non-employees, but certain groups of employees should have different WordPress roles, and perhaps some employees should not have access at all. Why is this so important? In […]
