I had so much frustration trying to find a good cloaker to protect my affiliate data.

Fortunately James Schramko told me about the affiliate link cloaker below.

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You can create a static site with a blog attached with WordPress, you aren’t limited to one or the other.

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A good affiliate site builder is essential if you are an affiliate marketers who is serious about making money online.

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WordPress Security is Essential

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For our traffic generation guide, Traffic Ten, Justyna Bizdra and I are using the WordPress eStore plugin AND WordPress Affiliate Platform Plugin below.

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When I log into my WordPress blogs and see a notice at the top of the screen that there is a new version of WordPress, I feel excited and nervous at the same time.

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I’ve been searching for a simple, affordable web analytics service so I can monitor my sites easily.

I use Google Analytics, and often check the stats that my Hostgator account provides, but I’m never satisfied with the way that the data displays or the limitations for what those services scan.

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For Best Security, Change Your WordPress Password AND Admin User Name Often – At Least Every Few Weeks!

Frequently changing your WordPress password and admin user name will help to prevent hackers from breaking into your blog  – a serious problem particularly if your blog is popular and you are successful online.

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Updating your WordPress plugins regularly is VERY important. Updates usually include bug fixes and other improvements. It’s wise to check your plugins to see if they need to be updated at least once a week.

Note: you’ll probably see a lot of update notices after a new version of WordPress is released because the plugin developer had to change their plugin to work well with the new version.

How Do You Update WordPress Plugins?

It’s very easy!

1. Log into your WordPress blog. After logging in you’ll be on what is called the Dashboard. At the left hand side of your screen you’ll see something like this:

2. Hover over or click on Plugins and choose Installed

3. As you look at the list of plugins that are installed on your blog, you’ll see a notification if any of them need to be updated.

An update message will look something like the image below.

This is snapshot from one of my client’s blogs. I underlined the update message in red.

Click on the image for an expanded view.

4. Choose upgrade automatically and the upgrade will be just as it says, automatic!

5.  As the update takes place you’ll see the lines below appear one by one until the update is complete:

If there is any issue with the update, you’ll be notified and you can decide if you need to try updating again or if you want to get rid of the plugin and find something that works better

Another Note: Please read Leanne King’s comment on this post about the exceptions to this upgrading method

6. Remember to check your plugins every week and update as soon as you see the notifications.

Also, don’t forget to back up your WordPress blogs regularly. To learn how to do that, read my post:

Easy WordPress Backup

~ Lillea Woodlyns