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How can you use the WordPress platform to develop a full-featured eCommerce site, without the help of an agency or professional developers?

You can find/install WordPress plugins to get the features you want. Check out tutorials online. It is a lot easier to to just use UltimateWB - no plugins needed, it has a lot of built-in apps in that are very customizable, no experience needed. The UltimateWB built-in e-commerce app has lots of features, including coupon codes, and adding “Related Items” and “People who purchased this also purchased” sections. Plus, UltimateWB has a built-in styles manager so you can design your

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If I wanted to get a website up, should I consider WordPress as my first choice?

For a website, I would choose UltimateWB instead. It has a lot of features built-in and is very customizable and easy to use. You can build any type of website with it. WIth WordPress for a website, you have to find/install plugins to get the same kind of features - the more plugins you install, the more security risk, possible slower page load speeds, and risk to your website functions breaking after upgrading due to plugin incompatibilities. With UltimateWB you

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Is WordPress considered the best and the fastest content management system?

I don’t think it is. I use WordPress for blogging, but UltimateWB for websites. With WordPress you would have to install a bunch of plugins - which can cause very slow page load speeds, increase security risk, and may break your website functionalities when you have to upgrade - to get the same kind of features as with UltimateWB. Especially for more advanced and interactive websites.

Got a techy/website question? Whether it’s about UltimateWB or another website builder, web hosting,

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What are the most important things to consider when setting up security for your website?

Keep your website builder/platform upgraded, have SSL on your web hosting, have strong passwords. I also like to avoid using third party plugins - you can do that easily without being a coder by using UltimateWB. UltimateWB has a lot of built-in apps that are very customizable; you can build any type of website with it.

Got a techy/website question? Whether it’s about UltimateWB or another website builder, web hosting, or other aspects of websites, just send in your question

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What do I do if someone hacked my WordPress e-commerce site?

Steps to fix your hacked WordPress e-commerce website.

Discovering that your WordPress e-commerce site has been hacked is an immediate emergency. Unlike a standard blog, a compromised online store threatens your revenue, your search engine rankings, and your customers' sensitive payment data.

If you have a clean, recent backup of your files and your database from before the breach occurred, your fastest option is to wipe the server and restore from that backup.

However, if you don't have a recent backup, your recovery strategy depends entirely on how

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The benefits of an all-in-one website builder like Ultimate Web Builder

UltimateWB built-in features, include social
There's a long list of UltimateWB built-in features - check them out on the Built-In Features page!

There are instances when you aren't looking for a jack of all trades, a handyman that does it all, primarily because you are looking for the best of the best.  But what if you can have the specialist plus the all-in-one?  Kind of like a specialist doctor who has a general medical background as well, but in the ideal world, a specialty

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How to avoid brute force login attacks on your WordPress blog or website

If your WordPress blog or website has been hacked numerous times and you have followed all of the tips on securing it, there is one other thing you can do - limit which ips (i.e. computers/internet connections) can login to your WordPress admin panel.  Recently there has been a rash number of brute force login attacks on WordPress blogs and websites.  Even an unsuccessful login can prove to be detrimental to your website by causing a heavy server overload,... Continue reading
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Why do WordPress websites and blogs get hacked so much?

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The short answer? A system is only as strong as its weakest link. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use WordPress for any part of your website - it just means you need to use it carefully, correctly, and smartly (yes, that’s a word!). Read on for the long answer.

1. Plugins: The Biggest Security Risk

Let’s start with the most common vulnerability in WordPress: plugins.
The more plugins you have installed, the more opportunities there are for hackers to

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WordPress website hacked? How to fix it…!

Steps to fix your hacked WordPress website.

If your website isn't displaying the way it should - for example the page header doesn't display - and your WordPress blog prints out an error instead of displaying your awesome blog posts - and you haven't changed anything -  it means your website has been hacked. 

Chances are it is from your WordPress blog or its third party plugins you are using.  Perhaps from a backdoor, like when in 2011 three popular WordPress plugins (AddThis, WPtouch, and W3 Total

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