How to Setup Email Notifications for WordPress Updates

Keeping your WordPress site up to date is crucial for security. Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to get email notifications for WordPress updates. By default, WordPress only shows you update notifications when you login to the admin area. In this article, we will show you how to setup email notifications for WordPress updates.

Why and When You Need Email Notifications for WordPress Updates?

WordPress only shows you update notifications when you log into your WordPress admin area. Updates are highlighted for plugin and core updates. Theme updates are only visible on the Themes page or on the Updates page.

If you have a WordPress site, and you don’t login regularly, then you wouldn’t know when there is an update available to be installed.

One way to deal with this is by setting up automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes. It will allow your WordPress site to manage updates automatically.

Another way to manage updates is by setting up an email notification system for updates. Each time there is an update to WordPress core, plugin, or themes, you will get an email alert. You can then login to your website and install the update.

Having said that, let’s take a look at how to easily setup email notifications for WordPress updates.

Setting up Email Notifications for WordPress Updates

First thing you need to do is install and activate WP Updates Notifier plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » Updates Notifier page to configure plugin settings.

First you need to select cron method. By default, it is set to WordPress, and you don’t need to change that unless you know what you are doing.

Next, you need to select how often you want to check for updates. The default is set for once every hour, but you can change that to once or twice a day.

After that enter the email addresses you want to be notified. By default, the plugin will show the email address used in your WordPress settings. You can change it to a different address or add multiple email addresses separated by a comma.

WP Updates Notifier can also notify you about plugin and theme updates. Simply check Yes next to the plugin and theme update notifications.

Once you are done, click on the ‘Save settings with test email’ button to store your changes. The plugin will store your settings and send you a test email.

If you are having trouble receiving the email, then checkout our guide on how to fix WordPress not sending email issue.

That’s all.

We hope this article helped you setup email notifications for WordPress updates. You may also want to check out our guide on keeping your WordPress content safe with BackupBuddy.

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WPBeginner is 7 – Reflections and Updates

Wow, it’s the seventh fourth. Still feels crazy to think that WPBeginner is 7 years old, and I have been using WordPress for the last 10 years of my life.

Like every year, I want to do a quick recap of all the major things that are happening in my life and in my business.

WPBeginner Story

I started using WordPress when I was 16 years old and started WPBeginner at age 19 with a single mission: make WordPress easy for beginners.

Since then, WPBeginner has become one of the largest free WordPress resource site in the world.

For those of you who’re new, you can read the full WPBeginner story on our about page.

Personal Updates

2016 is a HUUGEE year for me personally because a lot of things are changing.

My wife (Amanda) just finished her PhD in Clinical Psychology last week, and we are now moved into our new house in West Palm Beach.

We are expecting our first baby (November 2016).

Here’s my most recent profile picture, and if you’re interested, you can check out my personal blog.

WPBeginner Updates

Thanks to you all, WPBeginner has grown consistently (year over year). We have been working hard to keep adding new tutorials while making sure our older tutorials stay up to date.

There have been a few notable changes that I think you’d like to know:

1. WP.org to WordPress

At this time last year, if you had typed the domain wp.org, then you would have been redirected to WPBeginner. Earliest last month, we donated the two letter domain name to the WordPress foundation.

See the full blog post to read more details.

2. WPBeginner YouTube

Last year when I was writing this post, the WPBeginner YouTube channel had a little under 19k subscribers and had 1.6 million video views with a total of 394 video tutorials.

We changed our strategy a little bit. Instead of producing a new video every week day, we’re now releasing a video once a week. This has helped us produce better videos (as proven by engagement).

Right now we have 492 total video tutorials that have been viewed a total of 4.4 million times. We are also at 37,000 subscribers strong.

If you haven’t subscribed, then it would be really awesome if you do.

3. Firewall and Speed

We started using the Sucuri firewall, and it’s been an amazing experience. Within the first 3 months, they helped us block over 450,000 attacks. Not to mention, it also helped speed up our website and reduce server load.

If you’re serious about your website, then I highly recommend it. Read the full Sucuri Review.

WPForms and MonsterInsights

We added two new products to our suite this year.

WPForms, the most beginner friendly contact form plugin for WordPress. We launched it in March and have already passed 50,000 downloads. It’s growing fast because I personally believe it’s the best solution in the market.

In this year’s WPBeginner survey, a lot of you wanted us to build an analytics solution for WordPress that’s easy to use. Keeping that in mind, we acquired the popular Google Analytics by Yoast plugin and renamed it to MonsterInsights.

This plugin has over 11 million downloads, but I don’t want you to download it YET. Quite frankly, I’m embarrassed of the plugin’s current state. That’s why we are revamping the entire plugin to make it more user friendly, so it can actually help you grow your business.

Although part of me want you to download it, so when we do release our revamp update beginning of September, you can truly appreciate the improvements.

OptinMonster (Powerhouse)

OptinMonster is our biggest product. It helps you grow your email list by converting abandoning website visitors into subscribers and customers.

This year, we made OptinMonster even more powerful than it was.

You can now do Yes / No campaigns, Dynamic Text Replacement, Content Locking, Onsite retargeting and advanced conditional logic.

Just watch the video below and see how powerful it is:

Envira Gallery Growth

Last October, we redesigned Envira Gallery website and instantly doubled our sales (case study).

After that, we created a completely new gallery workflow to make it easier for users to use all the new features that we added.

The combination of these two things have catalyzed Envira’s growth. We now have over 420,000 downloads.

I’m extremely proud of the Envira team, and super excited for the future.

Soliloquy – A New Beginning

Soliloquy WordPress Slider is our oldest product, and it’s been the most stable.

But compared to all of our other products, Soliloquy looked a bit dated. That’s why last month, we revamped Soliloquy (both website and the plugin).

I’m going to gather some more data before I post another case study on how the redesign affects our sales.

But do check out the updates, the new site design looks super slick. We also launched a Featured Content addon, WooCommerce Addon, Schedule addon, and more.

Thank You Everyone

I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported us in this journey. I really do appreciate all of your retweets, personal emails, content suggestions, and the in-person hugs / interactions at the events.

You all are AMAZING and without you, there is no WPBeginner.

I look forward to another solid year ahead of us.

Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner

P.S. We’re hiring a full-time (remote work) WordPress Plugin Developer. If you or someone you know would be interested in being part of our team, then please apply here.

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How to Disable Plugin Updates in WordPress and Why You Shouldn’t

Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to disable plugin updates in WordPress? Plugin updates can be disabled in WordPress, but there is no good reason to do that. In this article, we will show you how to disable plugin updates in WordPress. We will also discuss why you shouldn’t do that and what could be the consequences of doing so.

Why You Shouldn’t Disable Plugin Updates in WordPress?

Many WordPress users think that plugin updates can break their site. If you are using the best WordPress plugins with a standard compliant WordPress theme, then chances of an upgrade breaking your site are very low.

See our beginner’s guide on how to choose the best WordPress plugins for your site. For themes, you may want to see our checklist of 9 things you should consider when selecting the perfect WordPress theme.

Plugin updates not only offer new features, they also patch security vulnerabilities, improve performance, and fix compatibility issues with latest or upcoming versions of WordPress.

By not updating plugins, you are intentionally compromising security and stability of your WordPress site.

Some developers want to disable plugin updates on clients sites to prevent them from breaking their websites. It is not a good reason in most cases because most client relationships don’t last forever. In that case you hand your clients a website susceptible to vulnerabilities in future.

We believe it’s simply better to educate your clients.

If you still must disable plugin updates on your site, then here is how you would do that.

Disable All Plugin Updates in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the Easy Updates Manager plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Dashboard » Update Options to manage plugin settings.

Click on the ‘General’ tab and scroll down to ‘All Plugin Updates’ option. Click on ‘Disabled’ to turn off all plugin updates.

Don’t forget to click on the save changes button to store your settings.

Selectively Disable Updates for Specific Plugins in WordPress

You can also selectively disable updates for some WordPress plugins. This is a little better option than disabling all plugin updates.

You need to visit Dashboard » Update Options page and click on the ‘Plugins’ tab. There you will see a list of all installed plugins on your WordPress site.

You can just click on ‘Disallow Updates’ below a plugin to disable updates for that specific plugin.

Easy Updates Manager allows you to manage all WordPress updates including core, plugin, theme, and translation updates. See our guide on how to better manage automatic WordPress updates for detailed instructions.

We hope this article helped you learn how to disable plugin updates in WordPress and why you shouldn’t do that. You may also want to see our guide on how to hide unnecessary items from WordPress admin with Adminimize.

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How to Better Manage Automatic WordPress Updates

Are you looking for a way to automatically manage WordPress updates? Updates are important for security and stability of your WordPress site. In this article, we will show you how to better manage automatic WordPress updates.

Why and Who Needs Better Automatic Updates in WordPress?

By default WordPress can automatically update itself when a security or minor release is available. For major releases, you have to initiate the update yourself. You also have to install plugin and theme updates manually as well.

Keeping your WordPress site updated is extremely important. See our guide on why you should always use the latest version of WordPress.

Same goes for all plugins and themes installed on your website. You need to install updates for themes and plugins to get new features and fixes.

However, you may have noticed that some of them are updated more frequently than others. A lot of popular plugins are updated almost weekly.

Some users find it a bit annoying that whenever they login there are new updates available for one or more plugins, WordPress core, or theme. It becomes even more time consuming when you manage multiple WordPress sites.

Wouldn’t it be better if you could setup WordPress to automatically install updates for WordPress core, trusted plugins, and themes?

Let’s see how you can take total control of WordPress and minimize the time spent on installing updates.

Setting up Easy Updates Manager

First thing you need to do is install and activate the Easy Updates Manager plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Dashboard » Updates Options page to set up the plugin.

The plugin’s settings page is divided into different tabs. You will land on the Dashboard tab which has three columns and two rows.

This page provides you quick access to turn off updates for WordPress core, plugins, themes, translations, etc. The default settings here are recommended for all WordPress site owners.

We strongly recommend not to turn off updates for WordPress core, plugins, or themes. It will seriously compromise your site’s security and health.

Next, click on the General tab in plugin settings. This page provides you access to Enable or Disable WordPress updates globally on your site.

Setting Up Automatic Updates for WordPress, Plugins, and Themes

Easy Updates Manager allow you to quickly enable automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes.

Go to the plugin’s settings page and click on General tab. After that scroll down to the automatic updates section.

Here you can quickly turn on automatic updates for Core, plugins, or themes. Simply click on enable and then click on save changes button to store your settings.

This plugin also allows you to selectively turn on automatic updates for some plugins or themes. If you would like to selectively turn on automatic updates, then click on ‘Select Individually’ next to the Automatic Plugin Updates option.

Set Automatic Updates for Select Plugins and Themes

If you selected to individually enable automatic updates for few plugins, then you need to switch to the plugins tab under plugin settings.

Here you will see a list of all plugins installed on your WordPress site. Below each plugin, you will find a link to enable automatic updates for that plugin.

Switch to the Themes tab, and you will see a list of themes installed on your site.

Simply click on enable automatic updates for themes that you want to be automatically updated.

How to Rollback to a Previous Version of Plugin or Theme After Update?

Plugin or theme incompatibilities is the major reason why some users are hesitant when it comes to updating. Even though most good developers thoroughly test their plugins, there can still be bugs that can cause your site to break.

The first step you should take to protect your website is to install a WordPress backup solution.

However, restoring your WordPress site from a backup can be a lot of work. If you know what plugin or theme update caused the problem, then it would be easier to just rollback the update.

Here is how you can easily rollback plugin or theme updates.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the WP Rollback plugin.

Upon activation, go back to the plugins page on your WordPress site. You will notice a new Rollback option below each plugin installed on your site.

Clicking on Rollback will allow you to rollback your plugin to any previous version you want. It can also rollback theme updates. For more detailed instructions see our guide on how to rollback WordPress plugins.

We hope this article helped you find a better way to manage automatic WordPress updates on your site. You may also want to see our list of 40 useful tools to manage and grow your WordPress blog

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Updates: Hostgator Uptime Review

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Following up on the href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/discount-freebies/web-hosting-coupons/hostgator-hosting-coupon/">Hostgator Coupon Code post, I am gonna show you something quick about the Gators in this blogpost. You might want to check out my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/hostgator/">Hostgator Review to see what I think about them, in details; but in case you are sort of in a hurry, this short post should tell you everything you need to know about Hostgator.

Hostgator Uptime Review

Firstly, you need to know that this site, WebHostingSecretRevealed.com, is hosted at Hostgator since year 2009 and I’ve been tracking its uptime since the beginning (that’s how I review a hosting service after all).

Now, check out the graph below – it shows the uptime record of WHSR for the past 14 months.

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Translation Please…

I am tracking my site’s uptime using PingDom and the graph is showing WHSR’s uptime record from January 1, 2010 till Febuary 28, 2011. Saw the flat green line? That’s the indicating line representing WHSR’s uptime it is marking on the 100% point. That’s right, WHSR is ‘up and running’ (almost) 24/7 just like this dead-flat line.

In case you wonder, Hostgator scored a 99.96% server uptime for the past 14 months with 3 hours and 44 minutes within this period, and the number of down-times is 33x.

If you have been tracking (and reading) website uptime regularly, you should understand that this is a S-U-P-E-R-B result for a shared-hosted website. I mean, these guys might be a little more expensive than the rest but hey, 99.96% uptime on a shared server! Isn’t that something remarkable and worth paying extra for? By the way, if you look close enough, you are going to see a small ‘valley’ in the middle (that’s 07/19/2010 FYI) and that’s the only unplanned downtime I had with Hostgator in 14 months.

So… there goes my updates on Hostgator’s recent performance – I hope it helps. For full-length evaluation on Hostgator hosting service, check out my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/hostgator/">Hostgator Review.

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CoolHandle: Exclusive Promotion (20% Off) & Review Updates

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Great company respond on consumer feedbacks and make changes accordingly. Not long ago I did  a review on CoolHandle and I mentioned that I dislike their expensive price tags in my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/coolhandle-review/">CoolHandle Review. Guess what? They responded and made me a special promotion code (WHSR) that gives one-time 20% discount to all CoolHandle shared hosting deals.

CoolHandle – 20% Discount

That’s right. href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/coolhandle.php" target="_blank">Visit CoolHandle, copy-and-paste the code WHSR, get 20% discount off from your shared hosting bill.

Should you go with CoolHandle?

If you asked me is CoolHandle recommended yesterday, I would node and say they are not bad. But if you ask me today, then I have no hesitation to tell you a BIG YES. This promo-code thingy improves things greatly and franlyI can’t help but have the perception that CoolHandle is one of the best hosts now.

Here’s why.

One, after 20% discount using promo code WHSR, CoolHandle shared hosting prices are now at .96/mo, .76/mo, and .36/mo for their Starter, Business, and Pro Package. Yes, considering the web host is giving limited addon domains and MySQL databases for Starter and Business Plans, these after-discount-prices are still not the cheapest.Nevertheless, seeing that we are getting ultra fast server, green hosting features, and great room for hosting upgrades at CoolHandle, the prices are (at least) reasonable.

Two, think about when’s the last time a big hosting company like CoolHandle will read and listen to online reviews? I bet you don’t get a lot of that. This is why I think that the response on this pricey-thingy is a H-U-G-E positive sign for CoolHandle. This means folks at CoolHandle are listening, and working lively in doing C.I. (aka continuous improvement). If you are serious about getting a good web host, I am sure you prefer to stick with the kind of hosts where they care about their reputation and work hard to grow their business.

How to have this CoolHandle Promotion?

It’s pretty easy to use the promotion code on CoolHandle. But for your reference I have made a couple of print screen below and the most important part of it is that you copy-and-paste the right code WHSR.

1. Start ordering from the shared hosting offer page.

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2. Pick a new domain or enter existng one.

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3. Select your shared hosting plan.

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4. Apply the promo code WHSR.

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5. And… you are done. Easy? :)

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Visit CoolHandle online now: href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/coolhandle.php" target="_blank">http://www.coolhandle.com

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Miscellaneous Updates on FatCow Hosting

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FatCow customer Supports via Twitter

FatCow. Twitter. What comes into your mind when I relate these two names?

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Another hard-selling marketing campaign?

At least this was in my thought at first.

Apparently I was dead wrong. The Moo Crews are a lot smarter than this and instead of tweeting pushy advertising lines, they are now establishing two-way communications with customers on Twitter. I see Moo Crews answering pre-sell questions, supporting existing customers, interacting with bunch of other Twitters, and releasing meaningful company updates.

It’s good to see FatCow adapting itself well into the latest web trend. This (indirectly) shows the web host is ‘alive’ and dedicated to improve its user experience.

Tweets away at href="http://twitter.com/FatCow" target="_blank">Twitter.com/FatCow.

FatCow’s Free Farm-Fresh Web Icons

Good news for lazy web developers looking for some free stuffs. FatCow is releasing a set of freshly designed web icons. The set of 1,000 icons comes in both 16 and 32 pixel versions in PNG format with transparent background (Gosh, I don’t need to search for free icons for a very long time after this).

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And the best of all? It’s totally free! href="http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons/" target="_blank">Check them out here.

Want to learn more about FatCow?

I’ve been testing FatCow services for a while and you can read my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/fatcow-review/">updated FatCow reviews here.

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Updates and Latest User Reviews on FatCow

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I was doing my usual readings online and I found some (old) news: FatCow hosting now comes along with SimpleScripts.

SimpleScripts is an auto script-installer, it helps users to install and maintain web application and software in just a few clicks. Right now SimpleScripts support installation for more than 50+ open source web apps including bloging platform, content management system (CMS), forum apps, project management software, shopping cart, RSS, form survey, and so on.

From what I see, the function of SimpleScripts and InstallCentral are exactly the same. BUT, the upgrade does make sense and benefits the users, SimpleScipts provides much wider choice (more apps can be installed) and fastest updates (from my experience). In case you are into images, here are some print screen from the inside.

Here’s where you can get into SimpleScripts from FatCow Control Panel frontpage

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Lots of scripts supported

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Updates September 2011: FatCow Review by Peter Benson

I got this informative FatCow review recently via email and I think you guys should have a look at it.

I think you have FatCow rated too high

I tried FatCow for webhosting a local political campaign site based on good reviews like these. The price was decent – for a year.

The campaign was successful, and I took the site down afterward. Unfortunately, I did not cancel the account, and it autorenewed at _7_ for a year. When I went to cancel it, they told me there would be a cancellation fee. When I said I didn’t remember seeing that when I signed up, they said it’s in "Terms and Conditions" – buried with a ton of legalese. Their "cancellation fee" is almost as much as the first year of web hosting. For what it’s worth, I had _much_ better luck getting a refund for unused time from JustHost.

Anyway, fool me once and all that. I told them I thought their policy was misleading and abusive, and I won’t be back.

(PS- They also take _forever_ to answer their phone – it took three tries to get this cancelled since one time I had to leave after ~20 minutes on hold and the other time I was cut off after a similar wait time.)

Anyway, I think you have them rated too high, and I think you ought to let people know about their loss-leader, bait-and-switch pricing and high cancellation fee.

– Peter Benson / Minnesota @ September 4th, 2011

Other Latest FatCow User Reviews

Now for more other FatCow user reviews – Quoted below are user reviews I read from elsewhere on the Internet. Sadly I note that many are unhappy with FatCow’s recent performance (email features and the phone support, especially). Perhaps FatCow has changed a lot since I signed up with them 3 years ago; perhaps some users are over-demanding; perhaps the company is now running under-staff …the reason behind these complaints are anybody’s guess.

As a smart Internet shoppers, you should always do your own homework, be skeptical to ALL (including mine) comments you read online, and NEVER hesitate to ask for a refund whenever you are unhappy with your host.

I would choose FatCow definitely! "When I first heard of FatCow, my response was, "What?!" It didn’t take me long to look through the features, and notice that the price was well within my range, so I decided why not. There were times when my website went down due to technical reasons I couldn’t understand, so I would contact their 24/7 help desk. Within minutes, my problem was either rectified or passed on to a tech support person who would figure out the root cause of the issue within a day or so. Not bad for the price in my opinion. I would recommend FatCow for anyone that wants a hosting company that offers ease of use and also friendly customer service reps. Check them out when you can!" – Jupiter / www.darryldsmith.com @ June 08, 2011.

Okay hosting, but email is quite bad. "I am pretty much ok with the web hosting service of fatcow, though file uploads and update times are inferior to other services. My main complaint is about their email service. It’s really bad in my opinion. Their web client is really bad. Folders are presented as names with "." separating the folder hierarchy. Apple mail and the mailboxes aren’t synchronized easily. Sent vs Sent Messages folders for example. The smtp server has constant problems and I’ve contacted customer support or hundred times. Certain letters aren’t allowed in the password either. I was told that the n-th letter in my password was not allowed. I was a bit shocked that they knew my password in plain text." Anonymus @ June 24, 2011.

FatCow rocks! "You can never be satisfied with the web host providers these days. I’ve been switching from one web host to another in the hope of finding the almost perfect one. I have always landed providers which if are not too expensive, they will fire back with downtime. This has made me hopeless that my shoe business will ever grow. Good thing, I learned about FatCow and I’m proud to say that I’m a satisfied subscriber. With FatCow, you don’t have to pay a pricey amount to experience quality service, uptime guarantee, and easy to use features and tools. Their staffs are always there to assist you, 24 hours a day." – Shelly M. @ July 11, 2011.

Okay hosting with very cheap price. "The truth is, you can’t expect too much when a host is only charging you the price less than a cup of coffee. Fatcow hosting is doing alright in my opinion and I love the fact that they are offering wide support of different hosting features. The new Simplescripts function is a stunner and I am betting that more users will be flocking in to the servers soon (geez, this means bad or good?). All in all, Fatcow is an average host with a very low price tags. As a budget finder, I am happy with it." – James @ July 19, 2011.

FatCow support is no help. "The first issue I had with Fat Cow was when I noticed that I had an alternate domain designation of .ca It was first noticed when I was not getting any emails I called support and I was able to get into my control panel there it was discovered that my emails had a .ca at the end not a .com as I had requested when setting up the account. This was fixed on the emails but little to my knowledge it was still present in my domain central section, I only found out about this when I received a bill for domain listing from the company in Austria that controls the .ca domain designation. Fat cow support was of no help in discovering how this alternate domain was associated with my account. I would assume that some sort of log is kept to track this. I never registered it in the first place, it obviously was the account rep that set the account up. And now it is time for my renew and the cost is 3X what i paid for when 1st set up so I will be leaving for another." – Anonymous @ July 24, 2011.

So again, before we end this post, I have to stress that my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/fatcow-review/" target="_blank">FatCow review (and so does everyone else) is written just for your reference. I am writing base on my preferences and personal experience – what I think is acceptable might be a no-good for you. Cheers! :)

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Miscellaneous updates on Hostgator

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Hostgator VPS hosting is here!

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Hostgator announced the soft launch of Linux VPS hosting packages in late October.

Only the first 200 clients were accepted for the soft launch and the VPS deal is now closed at this time of writing. Nevertheless according to the officials, the final release will be happening in a couple of weeks and I expect this to be something big.

Hostgator VPS Hosting Plan (with expected pricing details)

For your reference, listed below are VPS specs and expected price upon launching.

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The VPS hosting plan will works as an ideal bridge for current Hostgator shared hosting users before crossing to dedicated hosting. The VPS hosting plan can be completely customized to match users’ specific needs and upgraded anytime as the websites grow.

Learn more about Hostgator VPS hosting – href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/hostgatorvps.php" target="_blank">Hostgator.com/vps-hosting.

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Updates: iPage Is On Sales @ $1.99/mo

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Well, Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) is here again. iPage has just rolled out its promotion – .99/mo for first three months, .95/mo thereafter for the rest of your term. The savings (see table below) from this deal is not as good as I expected; but then, it’s better than nothing, right?

Before And After – A Reality Check On This iPage Promotion

class="border" width="100%">bgcolor="#dddddd">SubscriptionPromotion Period Normal Period First 3 Months.99/mo x 3 = .97rowspan="2">.95/mo x 24 = .80The Remaining Term.95/mo x 21 = .95You Savecolspan="2">.80 – .92 = .88

From the news I’ve got, this hosting deal will last for another couples of days and ends on November 27th. Readers who are considering iPage should href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">go check this out.

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Updates On My iPage Review (2012)

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A little Background Story On Previous iPage Review

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A few years back I acquired a hosting account at iPage and href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">wrote an in-depth review on it. Although I do update my iPage review from time to time; there was nothing major being re-reviewed or modified once I have fully tested the web host. My previous iPage account was left dormant and eventually expired some time ago.

Thanks to some active readers who sent me emails and Twitter messages, I picked up my lazy bones and signup myself again with a brand new iPage account*.

Yes, I spent on web hosting plus the new domain fees and did a total re-check on iPage hosting (actually no, I spent about 0 on new web hosting accounts including IX Web Hosting and A2 Hosting; but that’s story for some other day).

My 2012 Experience With iPage Hosting

Well, in general things are still all good at iPage. I do, however, have a few points (both plus and minus) to add on top of my old review. Here are a few extra good things I see in iPage during the recent signup.

iPage Is Now Serving Simple Scripts

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iPage is no more using the old Install Central system. Instead, Simple Scripts (created by Matt Heaton and Ben Merrill) is served and users now get to install more than 100 of popular web applications (WordPress, Joomla, MODx, QuickBooks, etc) conveniently.

Instant Account Activation With iPage Is For Real

When iPage talks about its instant account activation, it is *really* instant. I got my new account login details right after my payment; I was already done with the WordPress installation and working on the new site content within the next 10 minutes.

When you are working with 10 other different web hosts in the same time, you’ll appreciate such level of efficiency. Believe me, not many hosting companies offer such rapid service when it comes to account activation. I used to wait for days for a phone call activation even though I was paying with cash in my PayPal account.

iPage Hosting Is Extremely Cheap

Yes, I knew I have mentioned this in my old review but seriously, this is worth mentioning again and again. At .50/mo**, you get to host unlimited domain in one hosting account. Remember that the year is 2012, not 2008. While every other hosting companies I knew have raised their price in the past few years, iPage has reduced its price by 25% the least.
If you are looking for a budget host, look no further, iPage is the answer.

iPage now comes with ultra clear usage policy

Remember my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/the-truth-about-unlimited-hosting/">post about unlimited hosting some years ago? Well, I am glad to see some hosting companies, including iPage, are no longer hiding behind such dodgy marketing tricks anymore.
The company now states clearly (a link to the policy is visible at the homepage) that it will give 48 hours of warning period (and suspend after the warning period) to the users who have exceed “normal bandwidth and disk space utilization”.

While this does not affect much of the user experience practically, I do see the company’s attitude of being honest as a positive sign (that it’s going to take good care of its customers).

Problems with iPage Hosting

Okay, enough with the trumpet blowing. Now let’s talk about some of the problems with iPage. Just like any other web hosts, iPage has its own pros and cons – hey, iPage is just another hosting company in business to make money, right? As a smart consumer, you should always know the story on both sides. My job here is to lay down all the facts about hosting at iPage – both good and bad – so you can make an informed choice.

There are a few questionable practices at iPage that you should pay attention to.

Be Careful Of iPage’s Internal Selling

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Frankly I do not know what to call this, I guess Internal Selling or (Inbound Marketing?) is the right phrase to use. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. Anyway, here’s what I am trying to describe:

When you first signup with iPage, you will be “lured” into various free trials. There is a wide list of so-call Marketing Services in iPage control panel including Constant Contact, EmailBrain Small Business, Free Toll-Free Phone Number, Free YP.com Listing, Google Webmaster Tools, Y! Sponsored Search Credits, and so on. Please be aware that many of these services are only free for the trial period – you will need to pay if once the trial period has ended. Careless users who accidentally activated the trials (or forgot to cancel the services within the trial period) are forced to pay for useless services.

Expensive Renewal Fees

When you first sign up with iPage, the price is .50/mo. This is actually the special offers made possible with my special partnership with the company. Upon renewal, you will be requested to pay at the regular rate (which is relative higher, but reasonable) for your iPage account.

The regular price structures are as below.

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You should also be aware that iPage actually stated this clearly in its billing policy and you may always check BillingCentral (inside iPage Control Panel) to get an up-to-date statement of the current amount being billed for services.

iPage Review From WHSR Readers

Before I end this updates on iPage, I would like to include this iPage review by Saskia Davis of href="http://www.symptomsofinnerpeace.net/Authors_Website/Home.html" target="_blank">Symptoms Of Inner Peace. It is a bit long, our discussion took about two weeks to conclude, and it is a very useful piece.

On June 24th, 2012, Saskia Davis wrote:

Hi Jerry,

I have appreciated your website.  This is feedback for you and a request for your input, as well.

I have spent a few days with your host reviews and recommendations. Made some calls.  Since on the basis of your reviews and my calls,  I had narrowed the field to 3, when I discovered Ipage and Fat Cow had merged, I went with Ipage.  So far, that is. I   signed up, yesterday, without first having read their terms of service.  (I never thought of it until I was creating the on-line account this morning.) Now am rethinking it.

1. Promises made by  the salesman are not born out by techs.  Techs are not prepared, as promised,  to help me upload from IWeb.  Nor was the supervisor  helpful in that regard.  However, I had the presence of mind to call the Sales Department, again.  Spoke with a different salesman from the one from whom I bought the program. He offered and
followed through with a website tutorial on how to do the upload.  He   m-a-y  have redeemed the company.  The jury is still out.

2.  Terms of service:  Their Terms of Service are very iPage-centric.   If I had gotten off to a better start with the tech department, I might not be worrying so much about the Terms of Service.  But customer has to agree to pay costs of any dispute, apparently whether or not the dispute is settled in favor of the customer.  See below:

3.  Customer must agree to auto-billing and/or charging of credit card.  When talking with the supervisor, I said I wanted to opt for the billing, not the charging of the card.  He said they were the same thing.  I had not read the terms of service before signing up.(Lesson learned)  In fact, it was hard to read them because there is no scroll mechanism; so most of the terms are below the bottom level of the screen.  I had to copy and paste them onto a document on my computer in order to read what I would be agreeing to.

4.  After receiving the unbelievable news from the supervisor that “billing” and “credit card charging” “mean the same thing”, I called the Billing Department.  When I explained that I had signed up for 3 years and that I would want the opportunity to consider my needs and the costs before my credit card was charged for the next term, she did have an alternative.  However, her alternative is not mentioned in the Terms of Service, so I will have to decide how much I trust the company to honor what one of their employees has told me.

5.  My next move will be to contact the BBB to find out if they have had complaints.

Jerry, any perspective that you can provide will be welcome at this point.

Sincerely,
Saskia Davis

On July 5th, 2012, Saskia Davis wrote:

Dear Jerry,

I worry that this feedback would be overly long for a review, but I still would consider it if you were to give me the opportunity to approve any edits.

After writing to you, the last time, I went to the Better Business Bureau site (BBB).  Although resolution had been effective, still I found far too many complaints had been filed with reviews that supported my concerns about the company not keeping its promises.  So, I decided to pay more money and go with my other choice, Web Hosting Hub, which you also had reviewed.

Their terms also included credit card auto-draft, but the BBB customer reviews, on the whole, had been positive with very few complaints and their original salesperson’s approach had sounded  more tutorial and less like a sales pitch.  I decided to trust that I could work with them. In fact, I was able to make other billing arrangements with them.

At this point it is important to say that my host search was driven by Apple’s impending end of MobileMe services. The salespeople of both hosts said that their techs could provide the information I would need to transfer my iWeb site to their service.  However the iPage tech team did not agree.  Before deciding to cancel, I tried to call the salesman back who had made that promise.  Fortunately for me, he wasn’t there.  A colleague took the call.  This is the positive thing that came out of my experience with iPage.  He provided me with the URL for a free AP with which to make the transfer. When I commented that it was a surprise to find that the salesman knew more than the techs, he replied that he had been around a long time. I might have let the help he had given me outweigh my concerns, but the BBB complaints and customer reviews tipped the balance.

The switch to WebHostingHub (WHH) would not have been smooth, might not even have been possible, without the AP to which I had been introduced by the iPage sales colleague.  The WHH tech sourced a set of instructions for another iWeb version and I did not have the technical understanding to reinterpret them for my version.  Neither did he. He seemed utterly at a loss.  The little w2w AP saved the day! At my request, the tech stayed with me while I read the instructions.  I needed him to interpret some of the techy terms.
Once I understood it, it was VERY simple.

When I returned the requested WHH tech evaluation, I included the URL for the AP.  They were not interested, replying that they could not recommend a 3rd party AP.  So, knowing that, at least for iWeb site owners, I probably can’t recommend WHH, either… that is: unless site owners find and use the AP without the recommendation of WHH.  Here is the href="http://macintoshhowto.com/internet/upload-iweb-sites-if-you-dont-have-a-mac-account.html" target="_blank">link. Once past the transfer challenge, so far, smooth sailing.  I am anticipating a positive experience.

Best, Saskia Davis

So, Is iPage Hosting Still A Go?

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Well as I said, my job here is to lay out all the facts and you’ll have to make your own decision (whether iPage is right for you or not). In my personal opinion, iPage is indeed a great choice for those who wants a balance between quality and price. .50/mo can merely buy you a Starbucks coffee but with that price iPage is offering you the capacity to host unlimited addon domain with 24/7 support. For those who are searching for a budget web host, iPage has all that you need. But hey, then again, that’s me – If you think you can get a better deal elsewhere, feel free to do so.

For further details, visit href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/ipage.php" target="_blank">http://www.ipage.com.

Remark *: For your reference, here’s my href="http://www.ipagereviews.co/" target="_blank">test site on the new iPage account. **: The price .50/mo is based on the price with my href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/go/ipage" target="_blank">special promotion link. Prices may be different if you order iPage independently or via other independently.

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Web Hosting News Updates: Facebook’s New Safety Check Feature, Microsoft Azure to Combat Ebola, and Customers Demanding Refunds from AT&T for Cramming

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The last few weeks have been interesting as far as news cycles go. With the first US Ebola diagnosis, growing concerns over this disease have dominated news channels and websites everywhere. However, buried under the concerns that the disease might spread farther than ever before, have been a few noteworthy items that those active on the Internet should take note of.

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On March 12, 2014, an EF4 tornado devastated my small town in southern Indiana. As the vicious monster took out roofs, houses, trees and the local school, it also took down phone lines and all means of communication with the outside world.

Frantic relatives and friends were worried sick about us and it wasn’t until hours and hours later that we were able to get enough signal to get out a quick text or two and let a handful know we were okay.

Facebook has come up with a solution to this problem and it’s quite brilliant. It is called href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/10/introducing-safety-check/" target="_blank">Safety Check.

This app uses Facebook to both let family and friends know you are okay during times of crisis and for you to check on those you may be worried about.

In addition, if the app senses you are in an area affected by disaster, it will send you a reminder to check in and let your loved ones know you’re safe or not in the area impacted by the disaster. The app will then update your Facebook wall and your friends will see that you’re okay.

Brilliant. I wish this app had been around two years ago.

Microsoft Azure and Ebola Cures

You may have heard of Microsoft Azure for Research. Azure is a project that lets scientists use Microsoft’s cloud to upload experiments and work with other scientists in the field.

Microsoft announced on October 20th that access to Azure would be free to any qualified Ebola researcher.

By putting information on the cloud, researchers can more easily develop vaccines and treatments. It will also be used to distribute information on containing and treating the disease.

There is one rule of thumb, however. Those applying need to be not only qualified in the field of Ebola research but affiliated with an academic institution, such as an accredited university.

AT&T Plays with Fire and Pays

The FCC and the FTC joined together and fined AT&T 5 for mobile cramming. This simply means that they allowed mobile charges that were unauthorized by the user to be billed to consumers and then took a kickback of about 35%.

According to href="https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20141019/18370828884/fcc-used-title-ii-to-fine-att-sms-cramming-world-didnt-end-why-would-it-broadband.shtml" target="_blank">Tech Dirt, this was also the largest fine ever given by the FCC.

AT&Ts decision to charge for premium services may have impacted you, especially if you used your mobile device to access the Internet.

As a business owner, being able to access your email, social media and check your websites without fear of incurring out of control charges is a vital part of doing business.

href="http://time.com/3511123/att-bogus-charges/" target="_blank">Time magazine estimates that about 350,000 customers have already asked for refunds. Do you feel you were charged for premium services, such as horoscopes or other tips that you did not actually subscribe to? If so, you have until May 1, 2015 to href="https://www.ftcsettlementatt.com/en/Claim" target="_blank">file a claim with the FTC.

Those are three of the important Internet news items in this cycle.

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Little Oak Hosting: Updates & User Review

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Some time ago I took a closer look on California-based hosting company, Little Oak, and title="Little Oak Hosting Review" href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/little-oak/">wrote a review based on my online research. From my perception the web host seems like a good one – there were quite some trustable positive reviews, Realmac recommended the host, and the hosting service is backed by 100% uptime SLA. My opinion, however, shouldn’t be fully trusted. Afterall, I was never a Little Oak customer and I am not familiar with web development in Mac environment.

Little Oak Hosting Went Down – March 11/12th

About two days ago href="https://twitter.com/littleoaknet/status/443475282293301248">Little Oak network crashed and their users were left in the dark for few hours. WHSR visitor, Chay Spelman, buzzed me about the incident; and after exchanging a few emails, we decided to do an online interview about his experience at Little Oak.

Little Oak User Review

Here goes our Q&A session.

How long you have been with Little Oak (LO)?

Have been with LO for just over a year. They were recommended as a perfect hosting company for Rapidweaver sites by Realmac Software.

Can you tell us the URL of your site hosted at Little Oak?

Our site URL is href="http://www.theminiworld.com" target="_blank">www.theminiworld.com. We specialise in restorations and parts for Classic Minis.

So in overall how was your experience at Little Oak? What’s the best thing you like about the hosting company? And, what’s the worst that you dislike?

In general they were better than the last hosting company I used (Web Intellects). I put up with them for nearly 10 years! I expected a breath of fresh air but it was much of the same.

The cute design of their website installs confidence and the fact that they are approved by Realmac software was the main appeal.

From the start there were problems. They needed nearly a week to confirm my Paypal payment for some unknown reason. Then they were slow in transferring my domains. Also my e-mails are down at least once a month.

LO have a Facebook page which had no news or notifications posted regarding their latest outage. Not a professional way to treat clients whose livelihoods depend on their sites and emails to be functioning 24/7.

Chay thanks a lot for sharing this with us.

I hope this helps others out there who don’t need the grief and hassle of dealing with yet another hosting nightmare.

Better Disaster Recovery Plan, Perhaps?

I did a little digging and read quite a number of user feedbacks on Little Oak before writing this post. To be fair, I think Little Oak is not that bad. Things go wrong all the time – even site as big as href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/24/gmail-goes-down-across-the-world/" target="_blank">Google goes down sometimes, it’s insane to expect absolute perfect performance from a small web host like Little Oak, yeah?

What bothers me, however,  is how the company dealt with this unexpected server/network outage. Users were left in the dark for hours and the folks at Little Oak certainly should do better than this.

@L.0. Jeremy: I think you are sadly misinformed. I’m assuming your Twitter account is littleoak.net (at any rate that’s the account a lot of folks tweeted to). On that account Little Oak posted about the outage about 3-5 hours after the outage began: not exactly “timely”. So, yes, you posted, but you also posted way way late. – href="http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/profile/342/mitchellm">mitchellm

Read thishref="http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/discussion/66625/is-little-oak-completely-down-3-10-14" target="_blank"> thread on Realmac for more details (caution: angry users rant ahead) as well as the timestamp of Little Oak’s tweets below – It seems to me that the company only tweeted about the outage after the issue has been fixed.

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Readers, Send Us Your Feedbacks!

Are you hosting your sites at Little Oak? If yes, we want your reviews! Come join us at the comment section below. Tell us what you think about the web host, share us your thoughts and experience at Little Oak.

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Web Hosting News Updates: EIG Reports Increasing Revenues, Microsoft Patches Bug After 19 Years, and More

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The colder weather and shorter days may find you wanting to do a little house cleaning – on your website. This is a good time of year to revamp your design and get up to speed on some of the latest Internet news. There has been quite a bit going on around the world wide web, which is typical. Some of the more interesting stories we’ve noticed have been increased earnings in cloud-based provider companies, Microsoft fixing a bug that goes back 19 years and the House killing a bill that proposed an Internet sales tax.

Endurance Intelligence Reports Record Profits

Endurance Intelligence recently released a href="http://ir.endurance.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=880160" target="_blank">report stating that their earnings far exceeded what they even expected for their third quarter, which ended on September 30th. You’ll probably remember that Jerry Low href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/interviews/web-host-interview-arvixe/" target="_blank">interviewed Arvand Sebatian, the founder and CEO of Arvixe Hosting, recently about his web hosting services.

In the third quarter, Endurance Intelligence also acquired Arvixe along with Webzai, Ltd. and the assets from BuyDomains. The estimate for all three of these additions was around million. They saw an increase of about 12% over 2013 third quarter subscription rates and have seen a steady growth over the last several years.

Endurance Intelligence, overall, is a subscriber-based company. It will be interesting to see if the growth continues into 2015.

Microsoft Finally Fixes Nearly Two Decade Bug

The href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30019976" target="_blank">BBC reported that Microsoft just recently patched a bug that has been in the software since Windows 95, making it 19 years old. The defect was found by IBM researchers in May and they worked with Microsoft to fix the problem before releasing an emergency patch and announcing the problem.

The bug allowed hackers to control a user’s PC remotely and to ask them to download “updates”. This allowed for drive-by attacks that forced people to download malicious software without realizing it.

The bug was called “WinShock” and the patch was released along with around a dozen other fixes. On the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), which rates how serious of a threat a security flaw is, WinShock rated a 9.3 out of 10.

The vulnerability is related to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, reminiscent of Heartbleed.

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