What is Robots.txt and How to Configure It

The Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) or simply called robots.txt is a text file which is created by bloggers and webmasters to instruct Search Engine robots on how to crawl and index their blog or its pages. A default robots.txt file is created by Content Management Systems (CMS) like WordPress or else users can manually create a robots.txt for their blog with any text editor, just be careful to make sure the text file is ASCII-encoded, … Read more

How to Change Default Username and Login Logo in WordPress

In my previous article about Security Tips for WordPress, I specified that changing the default username (admin) is really necessary for security reasons. As you know, your default WordPress username once chosen, cannot be changed from the Dashboard by default without a plugin.  But we could easily change it from phpMyAdmin which is the interface to your blog’s SQL database. Below are the steps to change the default (admin) WordPress username: Changing Default WordPress Admin … Read more

Security Measures to Keep your WordPress Blog Safe from Hackers

All blog owners want to secure their blog from hackers. The worst nightmare for any blogger is getting his/her blog hacked by someone. WordPress is one of the most used CMS, so it is a prime target for hackers. Hackers will delete the files and database of your site and steal personal information. So, we need to take some security measures to keep our WordPress blog safe from hackers. Below are some tips which can … Read more

Blogging Tip: How to Make Statcounter Statistics Public?

Statcounter is a free and fantastic website analytics service that gives you a lot more information about your blog or website visitors than say Google Analytics. While Google Analytics can be integrated with Adsense and Webmaster Tools to create a unique tracking service for bloggers and webmasters, Statcounter allows you to track and even label each unique visitor! You can label a particular IP-address with a name so as to track specific visitors, their visiting … Read more