The document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up various plugins and security features for a WordPress blog, including Google Analytics, Yoast SEO, Simple Social Icons, UpdraftPlus backup, and Wordfence security. It explains how to authenticate plugins with external services like Google and Dropbox, set preferences and schedules, and enable key settings to analyze site traffic, optimize SEO, back up the site, and protect against threats.

1. Start a Blog:
From Hosting to Posting
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2. Module 5: Plugin Settings
• Google Account
• Google Analytics
• Yoast SEO
• Social Media
• Dropbox
• Backup
• Security
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3. Google
Analytics: Part 1
If you do not have a Gmail address, visit the
Google Account page to sign up
http://accounts.google.com/signup
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4. Google
Analytics: Part 2
Set up a Google Analytics account
http://analytics.google.com
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5. Google
Analytics: Part 3
Add your website name and URL
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6. Google
Analytics: Part 4
This page shows your Tracking ID and code
you could use to add the ID to your site.
We will be using the Google Analytics by
MonsterInsights plugin to add the ID to the
site (no coding necessary).
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7. Google
Analytics: Part 5
To add your newly created Tracking ID to
your site, visit your dashboard and click
Insights near the bottom of your left menu.
The screen to the right will appear with the
option to authenticate your Google Analytics
profile here.
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8. Google
Analytics: Part 6
Clicking the gray button – Authenticate with
your Google account – causes another
window to pop up.
The first window authorizes the plugin to
connect to your Google account.
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9. Google
Analytics: Part 7
The second window that appears provides
the authentication code which you copy and
paste where indicated.
Then click the blue Save authentication code
button.
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10. Google
Analytics: Part 8
The last step in this process is to Re-
authenticate with your Google account.
Clicking this button will cause your code and
website name to appear with the click of the
dropdown arrow in the box above.
Be sure to click the blue Save Changes button
before leaving this screen.
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11. Yoast SEO:
Part 1
Locate SEO in the Dashboard menu.
Click the General tab near the top of the
screen.
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12. Yoast SEO:
Part 2
Click the option to use the configuration
wizard to add the basic settings.
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13. Yoast SEO:
Part 3
You can choose to sign up to receive helpful
SEO updates from Yoast.
Click the Next button.
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14. Yoast SEO:
Part 4
Choose the top option from the list.
Click the Next button.
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15. Yoast SEO:
Part 5
Choose the top option from the list.
Click the Next button.
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16. Yoast SEO:
Part 6
Choose the option that fits the purpose of
your site and add name to the field.
Click the Next button.
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17. Yoast SEO:
Part 7
Complete as many of these fields as you
wish. You do not have to be currently active
on the platform. But you should try to have
matching names across all the platforms if
possible.
Click the Next button.
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18. Yoast SEO:
Part 8
Leave these options as they are.
Click the Next button.
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19. Yoast SEO:
Part 9
Choose the option that fits your site.
Click the Next button.
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20. Yoast SEO:
Part 10
Google Search Console is a free service
offered by Google that helps you monitor
and maintain your site's presence in Google
Search results. You don't have to sign up for
Search Console for your site to be included in
Google's search results, but doing so can
help you understand how Google views your
site and optimize its performance in search
results.
You will need to create a Google Search
Console account before you can authenticate
your site.
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21. Yoast SEO:
Part 11
Create or log in to your Google Search
Console account. Click the red Add a
Property button in the upper right corner.
When the pop up screen appears, add your
domain to the field and click the blue Add
button.
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22. Yoast SEO:
Part 12
When you have added your domain to your
Search Console account, head back over to
your site dashboard.
Authenticate the same way you did for your
Google Analytics account. The following slide
shows the Google authentication screen
shots.
Click the Next button.
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23. Yoast SEO:
Part 13
The easiest way to authenticate your site is
to use your Google Analytics account (which
has already verified your site).
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24. Yoast SEO:
Part 14
This page provides the option to choose the
item that separates the text segments in the
URLs that appear in your browser.
Make your choice and click the Next button.
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25. Yoast SEO:
Part 15
When you reach the Success screen, click the
Close button.
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26. Yoast SEO:
Part 16
Click the Features tab near the top of the
screen. Change the first option from Disabled
to Enabled.
Click the Save Changes button.
See the results of this change on the
following slide.
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27. Yoast SEO:
Part 17
Enabling the Advanced Settings Pages causes
several new menu items to appear in our
Dashboard.
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28. Yoast SEO:
Part 18
Click the Webmaster Tools tab near the top
of the screen. You have already confirmed
Google Search Console in another screen.
You can choose to create an account with
Bing and follow the process you’ve used
before the add the code to this field.
See the following slides to guide you through
the process.
Click the Save Changes button.
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29. Yoast SEO:
Part 19
Search for Bing Webmaster Tools or use this
link.
Sign up or sign in.
Add your site URL to the top field and click
the Add button.
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30. Yoast SEO:
Part 20
You may have to refresh the page a couple of
times before your site appears in the list.
Click the Verify now text to the right of your
domain.
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31. Yoast SEO:
Part 21
Highlight the section of code provided that
contains the meta tag for your domain and
paste it into the Bing Webmaster Tools field.
Click the Save Changes button.
You do not need to make any changes to the
Your Info or Security tabs.
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32. Yoast SEO:
Part 22
This section provides formatting options for
Titles throughout your site. You will probably
not need to make any changes to the tabs in
this section.
If you wish to learn more, click the arrow
next to Help Center to access videos and
Variables you can use for changing the Title
format.
Note: Never remove the %%page%%
from any Title Template.
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33. Yoast SEO:
Part 23
Click on the Social option in the Dashboard
and add all the Social Profiles you want to
include on your site.
Click the Save Changes button.
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34. Yoast SEO:
Part 24
Click on the Facebook tab near the top of the
screen.
Make sure the Open Graph option is Enabled.
Add an image to the Frontpage settings and
Default settings section by clicking the
Upload image button. This will take you to
the media library and allow you to choose an
image from the library or upload a new
image. Copy the content from the URL field
and pasting it into both fields as noted.
Once you’ve completed the last section, be
sure to click the Save Changes button.
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35. Yoast SEO:
Part 25
Scroll down to the last section and click the
Add Facebook admin button. Add your name
to the Admin user field.
To find your user ID, you need to copy the
URL from your Facebook page.
See the following slide to learn how to find
your user ID.
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36. Yoast SEO:
Part 26
Visit http://findmyfbid.com and paste your
URL into the field. Click the Find numeric ID
button. Copy and paste the number that
appears in the user ID field on your Yoast
settings page.
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37. Yoast SEO:
Part 27
Click on the Twitter tab near the top of the
screen. Choose between Summary or
Summary with Large Image as the format for
your tweets.
Click the Save Changes button.
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38. Yoast SEO:
Part 28
Click on the Pinterest tab near the top of the
screen.
View the following slide to learn how to
create your Pinterest confirmation code.
When you have pasted the code into the
field, click the Save Changes button.
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39. Yoast SEO:
Part 29
Visit your Pinterest page and click the
Settings icon.
Scroll down your Profile page until you see
the Website field. Add your URL and click
Confirm website button.
From the popup screen that appears, copy
and paste the code into the Pinterest field in
Yoast settings.
Click the Finish button on the popup screen.
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40. Yoast SEO:
Part 30
Click on the Google tab near the top of the
screen.
Visit your Google+ page. Copy the URL and
paste it into the field as shown.
Click the Save Changes button.
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41. Yoast SEO:
Part 31
Click on the XML Sitemaps option in the
Dashboard. Check to confirm that sitemaps
are enabled.
Click the Save Changes button if needed.
Google Definition: A sitemap is a file where
you can list the web pages of your site to tell
Google and other search engines about the
organization of your site content. Search
engine web crawlers like Googlebot read this
file to more intelligently crawl your site.
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42. Yoast SEO:
Part 32
Click on the Search Console option in the
Dashboard.
Confirm that the URL for your site appears in
this field. If not, click the dropdown arrow to
see if it appears or Reauthenticate with
Google.
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43. Congratulations!
You make it through a detailed tutorial.
The rest of this module will go quickly.
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44. Simple Social
Icons: Part 1
The Simple Social Icons widget gives you an
easy way to display links to your social media
accounts to allow your readers and visitors to
be able to follow you.
To add Simple Social Icons to your sidebar (or
other widget area), click on Appearance and
then Widgets from the Dashboard menu.
Look through the available widgets on the
left-hand side of the screen. You can drag
and drop the widget into the Sidebar or
other widget container or choose an option
from the dropdown menu. Your widget areas
may differ than the ones you see here,
depending upon your theme.
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45. Simple Social
Icons: Part 2
The Simple Social Icons widget will appear in
the Sidebar ready for settings.
Add a title.
Check the box to Open box in new window.
The next section provides you the ability to
style your social media icons including size,
square to round, alignment, and colors.
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46. Simple Social
Icons: Part 3
In the lower section of the widget, add the
URL for each of your social media accounts.
Click the Save button.
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47. Simple Social
Icons: Part 4
Visit the front page of your site and you’ll see
how the widgets appear.
The appearance is based upon the theme’s
styling and the widget settings.
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48. Simple Social
Icons: Part 5
By editing the Icon Size and the Icon Border
Radius, you can easily change the look of
your icons.
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49. UpdraftPlus:
Part 1
Even if your hosting service provides a
backup service, it is important that you also
maintain a regular backup stored somewhere
besides your host.
I recommend Dropbox. You can create a free
account by providing an email address. You
can then connect your backup plugin to your
Dropbox account.
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50. UpdraftPlus:
Part 2
To set up UpdraftPlus, click on the text link at
the top of your screen and choose Settings
from the dropdown menu.
Set the Files backup schedule to weekly with
2 copies retained. Set the Database backup
schedule to daily with 7 copies retained.
Clock on Dropbox or another remote storage
option of your choice.
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page
and check the box by Email.
Click the Save Changes button.
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51. UpdraftPlus:
Part 3
Once your changes have been saved, click
the note at the top of the screen to
authenticate your Dropbox account with
UpdraftPlus.
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52. Wordfence:
Part 1
In the Dashboard, locate Options under the
Wordfence heading.
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53. Wordfence:
Part 2
In the Basic Options settings, check the first
two boxes and the last two boxes. Add your
email address to the alerts field.
Click the Save Changes button.
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54. Wordfence:
Part 3
In the Alerts section, I check all the boxes
except Alert when someone is locked out
from signing in. How many different alerts
you choose to receive is a personal
preference.
In the Email Summary, do not make any
changes.
Check to be notified of all Alerts except if
someone is locked out from signing in.
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55. Wordfence:
Part 4
In the Live Traffic View, do not make any
changes.
In the Scans to include, check all the boxes.
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56. Wordfence:
Part 5
In the Rate Limiting Rules section, do not
make any changes.
In the Login Security Options, I suggest the
following limits:
Lock out after how many login failures – 3
Lock out after how many forgotten password
attempts – 3
Count failures over what time period – 1 day
Amount of time a user is locked out – 30
days
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57. Wordfence:
Part 6
In the Other Options section, check the
boxes as indicated.
Click the Save Changes button.
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