Video: How to Change the Gravatar Image Size in WordPress

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The WordPress megahack that wasn’t

Thanks to WordFence, a recently vulnerability in the WordPress update server was discovered and patched. Do you use WordFence on your WordPress website? If not, you should! https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/25/the-wordpress-megahack-that-wasnt/

The auto-update server had a flaw, now fixed, that would have let anyone add anything to websites, putting 27% of the entire web at risk.

Originally posted at The WP Guy - WordPress Web Design

WordPress 4.7 Release Candidate

The release candidate for WordPress 4.7 is now available.

RC means we think we’re done, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible we’ve missed something. We hope to ship WordPress 4.7 on Tuesday, December 6, but we need your help to get there. If you haven’t tested 4.7 yet, now is the time! To test WordPress 4.7, you can use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin or you can download the release candidate here (zip).

WordPress 4.7 is a jam-packed release, with a number of features focused on getting a theme set up for the first time. Highlights include a new default theme, video headers, custom CSS, customizer edit shortcuts, PDF thumbnail previews, user admin languages, REST API content endpoints, post type templates, and more.

We’ve made quite a few refinements since releasing Beta 4 a week ago, including usability and accessibility enhancements for video headers, media and page template support in starter content, and polishing of how custom CSS can be migrated to and extended by plugins and themes. The REST API endpoints saw a number of bugfixes and notably now have anonymous comment off by default.

Not sure where to start with testing? Try setting up a fresh site on a new installation with Twenty Seventeen (hint: head into customizing your site before touching any pages or widgets) and taking notes on what you enjoyed and what got you stuck. For more details about what’s new in version 4.7, check out the Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3, and Beta 4 blog posts.

Think you’ve found a bug? Please post to the Alpha/Beta support forum. If any known issues come up, you’ll be able to find them here.

Developers, please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 4.7 and update your plugin’s Tested up to version in the readme to 4.7. If you find compatibility problems please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release – we work hard to avoid breaking things. An in-depth field guide to developer-focused changes is coming soon on the core development blog.

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! And if you haven’t yet done so, now is a great time to take the Annual WordPress Survey and send it on to your friends.

Happy testing! And now for another Rami Abraham haiku break.

Select your language
Then let your users choose theirs
get_user_locale()

Theme authors rejoice
Any option may employ
Selective refresh

Custom header video
Make sure to add_theme_support
Bling above the fold

A new template dawns
A hierarchy member
Post-type templates live

PDF updates
Pack a parade of polish
Prettier previews

Template Post Type: New
Template Post Type: And Useful
Template Post Type: Thing

Let lists live lively
Laud wp_list_sort()
Less laconic lists

WordPress 4.7 Release Candidate was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2016/11/wordpress-4-7-release-candidate/

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Grass Valley Web Design Company Launches New Site for Aanestad Law

Grass Valley CA web design firm SierraHosts.net is pleased to announce the completion and launch of Aanestad Law's brand new SEO and marketing-optimized WordPress website at AanestadLaw.com

Prior to the launch, the Grass Valley-based estate planning firm was using a static HTML site based on the GoDaddy Website Builder. Because the site was not optimized for SEO, the firm was ranking poorly in local search results and therefore generating few leads from their website. Also problematic was there there was no analytics on the site, so trying to measure and quantify referral traffic was impossible.

SierraHosts's initial step was to install Google analytics on the old site immediately so they could begin gathering data about the traffic that was coming to their site.

The next step was to review Aanestad Law's current marketing initiatives and develop goals as to what they wanted their site to achieve.

Third, in-depth keyword research was done to get a handle on what queries related to Aanestad Law's primary services were being made by prospects located within the law firm's primary service area (Placer and Nevada Counties).

Fourth, competitor research was conducted to determine Aanestad Law's primary competitors and their strengths and weaknesses in regards to their website's SEO optimization.

Next, a focus was placed on improving the page copy throughout the entire site. Erik Aanestad put a lot of work into writing the copy for each page using the primary keywords we discovered during the keyword research phase.

Once the new SEO-optimized page copy was reviewed and polished, it was added to a fresh install of WordPress and the mobile-friendly theme was customized to match the firm's existing branding and color scheme. Page titles, URLs, and meta descriptions were optimized for each page. Custom email forms were built for each main service page to encourage visitors to take immediate action. A dynamic RSVP form was built so that Aanestad Law can now accept sign-ups for their free estate planning workshops right on their website. And of course, metrics about site visitors, page views, referrals, keyword CTR's, and more can now be fully analyzed thanks to the power of Google Analytics.

In a thank you note sent from Mr. Aanestad, he wrote:

Many thanks Paul for all your work with the website to grow our business - we really appreciate it!

We're glad to help, Erik! And it was a true pleasure working with you.

Ready to Improve Your Company's Website & Search Visibility?

Please get in touch to discuss how small business website design firm SierraHosts.net can help your company increase it's leads, conversions, sales and profits.

(530) 613-4181
SierraHosts.net

Grass Valley Web Design Company Launches New Site for Aanestad Law

Grass Valley CA web design firm SierraHosts.net is pleased to announce the completion and launch of Aanestad Law's brand new SEO and marketing-optimized WordPress website at AanestadLaw.com

Prior to the launch, the Grass Valley-based estate planning firm was using a static HTML site based on the GoDaddy Website Builder. Because the site was not optimized for SEO, the firm was ranking poorly in local search results and therefore generating few leads from their website. Also problematic was there there was no analytics on the site, so trying to measure and quantify referral traffic was impossible.

SierraHosts's initial step was to install Google analytics on the old site immediately so they could begin gathering data about the traffic that was coming to their site.

The next step was to review Aanestad Law's current marketing initiatives and develop goals as to what they wanted their site to achieve.

Third, in-depth keyword research was done to get a handle on what queries related to Aanestad Law's primary services were being made by prospects located within the law firm's primary service area (Placer and Nevada Counties).

Fourth, competitor research was conducted to determine Aanestad Law's primary competitors and their strengths and weaknesses in regards to their website's SEO optimization.

Next, a focus was placed on improving the page copy throughout the entire site. Erik Aanestad put a lot of work into writing the copy for each page using the primary keywords we discovered during the keyword research phase.

Once the new SEO-optimized page copy was reviewed and polished, it was added to a fresh install of WordPress and the mobile-friendly theme was customized to match the firm's existing branding and color scheme. Page titles, URLs, and meta descriptions were optimized for each page. Custom email forms were built for each main service page to encourage visitors to take immediate action. A dynamic RSVP form was built so that Aanestad Law can now accept sign-ups for their free estate planning workshops right on their website. And of course, metrics about site visitors, page views, referrals, keyword CTR's, and more can now be fully analyzed thanks to the power of Google Analytics.

In a thank you note sent from Mr. Aanestad, he wrote:

Many thanks Paul for all your work with the website to grow our business - we really appreciate it!

We're glad to help, Erik! And it was a true pleasure working with you.

Ready to Improve Your Company's Website & Search Visibility?

Please get in touch to discuss how small business website design firm SierraHosts.net can help your company increase it's leads, conversions, sales and profits.

(530) 613-4181
SierraHosts.net

Grass Valley SEO Firm Offers Free Website Audits On Google Algo Changes

Grass Valley SEO offers free website audits to small business owners

60% of all searches are done on a smartphone. Now, Google is taking a "mobile-first" approach to ranking websites in their search results.

The big question for small business owners is: is your website ready -- and more importantly -- are you leaving serious money on the table by not adapting to these Google algo changes accordingly?

In early November, news reports revealed that Google began experimenting with their "mobile-first indexing of the Web". This means they are now moving to indexing the mobile version of websites instead of the desktop version, as was their common practice in the past. The important take-away of this development is that Google will now analyze a site's mobile pages against ranking signals to determine how a site will rank in both mobile and desktop search results.

Soon, all the information about your mobile site (page speed, content, meta tags, structured data, etc.) will determine both your mobile and desktop rankings in Google.

Is your business website ready for this change?

Grass Valley CA SEO expert The SEO Guy is offering small businesses a FREE SEO Website Audit to find out if these new changes will affect their website's search rankings and how those rankings can be maintained or improved going forward.

 To find out more, visit:  http://theseoguy.biz

Reference:
Google begins mobile-first indexing, using mobile content for all search rankings

WordPress 4.7 Beta 4

WordPress 4.7 Beta 4 is now available!

This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4.7, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip).

For more information on what’s new in 4.7, check out the Beta 1, Beta 2, and Beta 3 blog posts, along with in-depth developer guides on make/core. We’ve made about 60 changes in the last few days for beta 4, including tweaks to Twenty Seventeen, custom CSS, and the REST API content endpoints.

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.

We are almost there
Please test your plugins and themes
RC coming soon

WordPress 4.7 Beta 4 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2016/11/wordpress-4-7-beta-4/

WordPress 4.7 Beta 3

WordPress 4.7 Beta 3 is now available!

This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4.7, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip).

For more information on what’s new in 4.7, check out the Beta 1 and Beta 2 blog posts, along with in-depth field guides on make/core. Some of the changes in Beta 3 include:

• REST API: The unfiltered_html capability is now respected and rest_base has been added to response objects of wp/v2/taxonomies and wp/v2/types, while get_allowed_query_vars() and the rest_get_post filter have been removed.
• Roles/Capabilities: Added meta-caps for comment, term, and user meta, which are currently only used in the REST API.
• I18N: Added the ability to change user’s locale back to site’s locale. (#38632)
• Custom CSS: Renamed the unfiltered_css meta capability to edit_css and added revisions support to the custom_css post type.
• Edit shortcuts: Theme authors should take a look at the developer guide to the customizer preview’s visible edit shortcuts and update their themes to take advantage of them if not already implementing selective refresh.
• Various bug fixes: We’ve made over 50 changes in the last week.

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.

Building the future
A global community
Stronger together

WordPress 4.7 Beta 3 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2016/11/wordpress-4-7-beta-3/

Video: How to Start a WordPress Blog - Free Beginners Guide (Step by Step)

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Video: How to Properly Add Your Business Address in WordPress

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WordPress 4.7 Beta 2

WordPress 4.7 Beta 2 is now available!

This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4.7, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip).

Notable changes since WordPress 4.7 Beta 1:

• Twenty Seventeen: The theme wasn’t being installed on upgrades – sorry about that! Now you should see it if you’re upgrading an existing site. There are also plenty of fixes, especially for the header and small screen views.
• Edit shortcuts: These are always visible while editing (hide them on bigger screens by collapsing the controls) and should now work properly in Firefox. (#27403 and #38532)
• REST API endpoints: There have been a number of changes over the past week; your attention is requested on the following:
  • The DELETE response format has changed and may need to be accounted for. (#38494)
  • Enabled querying by multiple post statuses. (#38420)
  • Return an error when JSON decoding fails. (#38547)
• More developer notes
  • Fine grained capabilities for taxonomy terms
  • WP_Taxonomy
  • wp_list_sort() and WP_List_Util
  • Post type templates
  • New post type labels
  • Attributes for resource hints
• Various bug fixes: We’ve made almost 150 changes in the last week.

For more of what’s new in version 4.7, check out the Beta 1 blog post.

If you want a more in-depth view of what major changes have made it into 4.7, check out posts tagged with 4.7 on the main development blog, or look at a list of everything that’s changed. There will be more developer notes to come, so keep an eye out for those as well.

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.

Happy testing!

Ya es la hora
Time for another beta
请您帮下忙!

WordPress 4.7 Beta 2 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2016/11/wordpress-4-7-beta-2/