Email port 25 – This is the standard outgoing email port. 99% of the time it will be fine and set in your email program by default. Email port 26 – This is simply an alternative to port 25 and works the same. It exists because some ISPs do not allow outgoing email which we…
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Using Google Public DNS
What is Google public DNS? In basic terms, Google Public DNS is a service provided by Google that helps your computer or device find and access websites on the internet. When you type a website address (like www.webhostpro.com) into your browser, your device needs to convert that human-readable address into an IP address (a series…
Secure your WordPress website now
The Internet has seen many more attacks than normal at WordPress based websites this year. It’s more important than ever to make sure your WordPress website is safe and secure. Here is 6 steps that are all important, and should be done right away to secure your WordPress. 1. Update everything in your WordPress. 2….
Why you should upgrade your website’s PHP version today!
PHP is now on version 7.3 with 7.4 coming around the corner in November of 2019. 7.0 has been the shining light that kept PHP alive. Several alternatives threatened to make PHP 5.6 obsolete and with version 6 being skipped these alternatives almost did. But PHP came back strong with version 7. Improving virtually every…
Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting: What’s The Difference?
Web hosting is one of the core components of your digital arsenal since it is where you store all the files needed for visitors to access your site. However, due to the various needs that websites have, not all web hosting is the same. Because of this, web hosts offer various types of plans which…
MySQL 5.5 is officially dying this week
cPanel announced yesterday that it will block all updates to the server if it still uses MySQL 5.5. This means if you have been putting off upgrading your MySQL server wide, now is the time to do it. Not getting updates mean security and performance issues will soon follow. If you have a password warning…
Good online user experience wanted
Having a website is a great thing, it’s really a must have now a days for most businesses as well. But just having a website is rarely good enough to tap into it’s full potential. You also need to provide a good user experience. It’s becoming more and more common that your website is your…
Top 5 WordPress membership plugins 2018
Are you in search of creating a membership site in WordPress? Do you desire to know the best membership plugin in WordPress? Making the right choice of membership plugins is essential for your business in as much that more significant growth opportunity is as a result of better business platform. The comparison for the 5…