{"id":307,"date":"2018-07-21T07:55:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T11:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coolwebdev.com\/givecamp\/?p=307"},"modified":"2019-07-19T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:30:47","slug":"things-devs-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidicool.com\/givecamp\/2018\/07\/21\/things-devs-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Things your devs should know."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Backup Your Site<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/backwpup\/\">Backwpup<\/a> allows you to schedule regular backsups and save the files to a number of locations including Dropbox.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay Secure<\/h3>\n<p>Hackers will go after everyone. None of us is immune. Stay more secure by updating WordPress when required and by using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordfence\/\">Wordfence<\/a>. It can alert you to potential problems.<\/p>\n<h3>Keep Track of Your Visitors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\/analytics\/\">Google Analytics<\/a> offers oodles of tracking data. Learn how many visitors you get per day, where they came from, where they were referred from, what pages they visit and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/google-analytics-for-wordpress\/\">Google Analytics for WordPress<\/a>\u00a0 by Monster INsights is a good plugin for this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vidbox\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMwQN43fwoQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Search Engine Optimization<\/h3>\n<p>Make your site more findable via search. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/search\/yoast+seo\">Yoast SEO<\/a>. 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