Big business moves have ripple effects in all kinds of places. Here at InMotion, we noticed a sudden surge of interest in our Mastodon content. Mastodon, a popular federated social media app, can be hosted on virtual private servers, and boasts many of the same features as Twitter. Right around the time Elon Musk purchased … Read more
If you attended our live site speed presentation on YouTube, then you’ve probably heard of the Autoptimize plugin. It’s earned over 1 million active installs. And for good reason–it can help speed up your website significantly. But there are some things to be aware of before using it. In this post, I’ll explain what Autoptimize … Read more
The 5-minute WordPress install is known for its simplicity. WordPress runs on two key components: PHP and MySQL. Both of these services come preinstalled in most hosting accounts. Just get PHP connected to MySQL and you’re in business. But imagine if you only need PHP. Without MySQL, a separate program for managing your WordPress database, … Read more
InMotion Hosting is excited to offer two new Dedicated Server plans and hardware upgrades to our line of Dedicated Servers. Dedicated Hosting customers may now choose from two new plans: Aspire and CC-3000. “We are excited to unveil the Aspire and CC-3000 plans, and numerous server upgrades, to our new dedicated hosting customers. By raising … Read more
Why is it important to have a website in 2023? There are many reasons to have a website for your business or cause. We will list several factors, but the main reason overall is to give you the opportunity to control your own story. A website provides an online presence to control your narrative and … Read more
The theme for the 2022 State of the Word Keynote focused on the Four Freedoms of Open Source. Speaker and Co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, focused on the CMS’ growth through its nearly two decades of existence in an ever-changing technical landscape As the CMS continues to change with time, we connected to some of … Read more
Do you remember the days when you had to take a picture with your own camera to get a nice image for your website? Skip ahead a few years and you have Photoshop, search engines, and stock photo libraries at the touch of a button. Now, in the race to make things even simpler and … Read more
The whole world has been talking about ChatGPT. You can’t visit YouTube or social media without seeing someone talking about what they asked the AI chatbot today. So here at InMotion Hosting, we’ve been putting this handy little bot through its paces, and the results have been interesting. We asked, “Can you use ChatGPT to … Read more
When you’re building a WordPress site, there may be times when you want to add images to enhance pages or posts. There are many options available but WordPress has its own central repository, called Openverse. This is where you can quickly find, modify, and share free images with others. All of this content is available … Read more
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security solution that can be used for protecting your website log-in. It works by requiring a code to be entered after the initial entry of login credentials. This helps prevent weak or exploited passwords from being used to gain access. WordPress has many plugins that can provide 2FA. This article … Read more