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<div data-slot="text" class="" style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; padding-bottom: 50px;" data-param-padding-bottom="50"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(71, 85, 119);"><strong>WordPress Update Fiasco </strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The WordPress development team, in a series of missteps, pushed out a flawed update that made it impossible to install new WordPress sites </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />They paused the update rollout in an attempt to fix that update but that created even more problems, requiring an emergency update to fix all the problems<br /><br />The fiasco began on October 29, 2020 with a routine update meant to address critical security issues<br /><br />Existing sites should not be affected...</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">-------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div data-slot="text" class="" style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; padding-bottom: 50px;" data-param-padding-bottom="50"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(71, 85, 119);"><strong>WordPress Mini Series</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78);"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This month we will gradually be delving deeper and deeper into the underlying causes that dramatically affect how well Wordpress performs<br /><br />It will be an interesting journey to say the least and one we hope you will find helpful and interesting...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://mau.globalresolution.net/r/3e889d884f59f20f433db107e?ct=YTo1OntzOjY6InNvdXJjZSI7YToyOntpOjA7czoxNDoiY2FtcGFpZ24uZXZlbnQiO2k6MTtpOjk7fXM6NToiZW1haWwiO2k6MTY7czo0OiJzdGF0IjtzOjIyOiI1ZmEyZWQ2ODYzNTM5Njg0MjI4NTA3IjtzOjQ6ImxlYWQiO2k6NzAyMDM4O3M6NzoiY2hhbm5lbCI7YToxOntzOjU6ImVtYWlsIjtpOjE2O319&" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read Part one >></a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span> <br /><span style="color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">-------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div data-slot="text" class="" style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; padding-bottom: 50px;" data-param-padding-bottom="50"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(71, 85, 119);"><strong>Losing all your site files to a Hosting failure is an absolute nightmare!</strong></span></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">It has happened and is bound to happen to us at some point, have you put a plan in place for when it does eventually rear it's ugly head and the proverbial hits the fan?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Can you easily roll back to a previous backup should your site be hacked via a vulnerable plugin as outlined in the security advisory above?<br /><br />A reliable automated backup solution that regularly backs up your site is a must have</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Protect yourself against malicious code and server breakdowns with reliable automated backups<br /><br />Out of all the backup solutions we have tested, Codeguard ticks all the boxes when it comes to ease of use, features and storage options at reasonable prices<br /><br />Have a look: <a href="https://mau.globalresolution.net/r/90ebd88d0887c704cee3d7be6?ct=YTo1OntzOjY6InNvdXJjZSI7YToyOntpOjA7czoxNDoiY2FtcGFpZ24uZXZlbnQiO2k6MTtpOjk7fXM6NToiZW1haWwiO2k6MTY7czo0OiJzdGF0IjtzOjIyOiI1ZmEyZWQ2ODYzNTM5Njg0MjI4NTA3IjtzOjQ6ImxlYWQiO2k6NzAyMDM4O3M6NzoiY2hhbm5lbCI7YToxOntzOjU6ImVtYWlsIjtpOjE2O319&">https://globalresolution.net/store/codeguard</a></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></div><div data-slot="text" class="" style="position: relative; 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