Tag: Jetpack

  • Did Jetpack just ruin WordPress?

    After 9 years as a WordPress and Jetpack user. Jetpack has now started to charge for stats. Bye, Jetpack! You read it right. It’s no longer free to view your website stats if your site is deemed ‘commercial’ (ie. running Google Adsense). It’s a tiered system starting at something £6.95 per month for 10k views…

    Did Jetpack just ruin WordPress?
  • 5 pitfalls of using a free SSL on WordPress

    I recently took the plunge to move my site https using a free SSL provided by my hosted company.  Here’s 5 pitfalls I encountered in doing so. 1. Reduced Google AdSense revenue Yes, I got a boost in traffic, but what good is that when revenue is down? 2. A lower Google PageSpeed Insights score…

    5 pitfalls of using a free SSL on WordPress
  • 5 Lessons Learned from 400 WordPress Blog Posts

    As The Blogging Musician reaches its 400th blog post, here are 5 lessons I learned since the 200th and 100th milestones. Lesson 1: Don’t mess about with WordPress themes (too much) I should listen to my own advice on this, but I just can’t help tinkering with WordPress themes, particularly when a new, lightning-fast, all-singing-all-dancing…

    5 Lessons Learned from 400 WordPress Blog Posts
  • Jetpack 9.2 Breaks WordPress 5.5.3

    How the worlds most popular content management system was broken by an update to it’s most popular plugin. As of June 2019, WordPress is used by 60.8% of all websites (whose content management system is known). That’s 27.5% of the top 10 million websites. And Jetpack? That’s WordPress’ number one plugin, shipping as standard on…

    Jetpack 9.2 Breaks WordPress 5.5.3