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Important WordPress Maintenance Tasks: What to Do and How Often

If you want to keep your WordPress site running smoothly, there are some routine WordPress maintenance tasks you’ll need to undertake.

But…what are those tasks? Which tasks are actually important, and which are a waste of time? How often do you need to perform them?

To help you better understand how to effectively maintain your WordPress site, we’re going to take a deep dive into WordPress maintenance tasks and also break them down by the frequency you should perform them.

You’ll learn what you should do:

  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • Yearly

And that knowledge should help you keep your WordPress site healthy without wasting time on tasks that don’t matter.

Ready to go? Let’s start maintaining things!

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Castos Review: Is It The Best Podcast Hosting for WordPress? Other Options Compared

Looking for podcast hosting to share your content with listeners everywhere?

Podcast hosting can feel like this complicated thing, but it doesn’t have to be…

With the right tool in hand, creating and managing a podcast is just as simple as writing a WordPress blog post.

To that end, I’m going to show you how to create your own hosted podcast via WordPress using a tool called Castos. Then, after I show you how Castos works, I’ll also share some other options that you can use to get started with your podcast.

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PowerPack for Elementor Review – extend Elementor even further!

Let’s start this PowerPack for Elementor review by briefly talking about Elementor. We’ve always been big fans of Elementor since its early days (see our Elementor review here) and are using it as the page builder of choice in each of our Create and Code WordPress themes. It has moved page builders to a new level – using it seems natural and responsive. A big part of this was the ability to edit the page directly, what’s better than seeing your changes right away? But the other aspect was its interface. It got out of the away, and despite being extremely powerful always felt easy to use.

Another key reason for its continuing success (it now has over 2 million active installs) is that the Elementor team just keep on iterating and adding new features. If you’ve joined the mailing list you’ll see the regular updates from its CTO Ben Pines on the latest additions to both its free and pro versions. I’m not sure if I’ve seen a plugin develop at such a rapid pace before, it is extremely impressive.

Because of its continuing growth it has helped foster a rich eco-system of add-on plugins to add even further functionality to an already impressive product. One of these is the excellent PowerPack for Elementor plugin. This plugin adds a huge number of additional useful shortcodes to help build even more sophisticated sites.

So the next time a client asks, “Can we include a..” – this PowerPack for Elementor plugin might have the answer.

By the way, if Beaver Builder is your page builder of choice, they have a separate solution for that – but this review concentrates on the version for Elementor. Let’s dive in!

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MailOptin Review – The Smart Way to Grow and Engage Your Email List

In this MailOptin review, we take a closer look at this useful tool for promoting and growing your mailing list. The most reliable way to capture email addresses of your visitors is to use lead generation software. With the array of options available, one can get a little bit confused on which to adopt. As they do not come for free, you must be very sure about your final decision in other not to spend with regrets.

When it comes to building a profitable mailing list, MailOptin is one of the most powerful options you will find. It is built to solve problems that hinders the growth of your email list. The point is this, if you have tried without success in your growing your email list or you are attempting to build a list for the first time, you may need to settle for MailOptin WordPress Plugin to drive your list building process. Let’s start our MailOptin review by examining its features.

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