Save Time and Trouble With Free WordPress Updates
Here’s the quickest way to get in trouble with your WordPress Blog.
Don’t bother to keep the core WordPress Software, Plugins and Themes current and up to date. It’s sad really.
All it takes is a quick check every day.
Run the built in WordPress Updater and then confirm that everything’s working they way it was before you updated.
It only takes a couple of minutes when you’re using well coded and supported themes and plugins. If you using fringe non standard plugins and themes ANY changes can affect how the site works or doesn’t work at all so double check after any update and be prepared to get technical.
The Cost of Not Updating?
Getting hacked is the big issue. Take a look at the stats for this site above. It’s just asking for trouble!
21 Plugins and/or WordPress Themes are out of date. Many of them have been updated multiple times.
Bug fixes, Security Fixes, Increased functionality are just a couple of the reasons that you want to make sure your site is ALWAYS up to date.
Not updating your WordPress plugins is the biggest security risk and it doesn’t matter how popular the plugins you are running on your site are. In the last 30 days there have been security fixes for such popular plugins as:
- Yoast SEO
- All In One SEO,
- EWWW Image Optimizer
- JetPack
… Even the WordPress Core software itself!
Getting hacked is a royal pain and time waster that can easily be avoided. The first line of defense is always keeping your WordPress site maintained and up to date.
It’s part of blogging that has to be done. You can spend your time doing it but remember forgetting can have major consequences!
