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Advice On Backing Up, Security & Optimizing WordPress Performance

Updated: June 20, 2019 | Reader Disclosure

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We published an article on security and why you should regularly update your WordPress themes and plugins on the Photocrati blog.

In the article we offer some advice and then answer common questions that make their way into support conversations.

We cover:

Backup: Files & Database
Database Optimizing
Security: Monitor & Fix
Security: Admin Accounts
Hosting: Good, Better, Best

and more.

You can check out the full article by clicking here.

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