In our first episode of No Stress Web Success, we introduce the Accessibility for Humans series that will break down WCAG standards in easy to manage pieces, starting this week with WCAG 1.1, or often called "ALT Tags".

No Stress Web Success is a friendly, practical podcast for leaders who want to understand web accessibility. WCAG, and maintaining a secure, compliant website without getting buried in the technical language. New episodes publish twice a week, with clear explanations and manageable steps you can take to your website and digital content.

Securing Your Nonprofit’s WordPress Website

Your nonprofit’s website is where donors give, volunteers sign up, and the people you serve look for help. If you manage it yourself, keeping that WordPress website secure is part of protecting your mission, but you don’t have to be a developer to do it.

In this episode, Lisa walks executive directors and small marketing teams through the essentials of a secure nonprofit website in plain language. You’ll learn why hosting matters, how to enforce HTTPS, which features to disable (like XML-RPC) and which to restrict instead (the REST API), how to set up two-factor authentication and much more. Some of these you can do this afternoon, and some you can hand to your host or web professional.

The 10-point checklist

1. Choose a WordPress-focused host with backups and a firewall.
2. Force HTTPS on every page, and use a hosted payment processor for donations.
3. Keep WordPress core, plugins, and your theme updated.
4. Delete unused plugins and themes, and vet the ones you keep.
5. Review your users, remove old accounts, and use the lowest role needed.
6. Turn on two-factor authentication, starting with administrators.
7. Limit login attempts and retire the “admin” username.
8. Disable XML-RPC if you don’t need it, and restrict (don’t remove) the REST API.
9. Ask your host or developer to confirm the basics: file editor off, correct permissions, a firewall.
10. Run automatic off-site backups, test a restore, and set up vulnerability and uptime alerts.

Resource mentioned Check your HTTPS status and confirm your website is showing secured content over HTTPS by visiting: https://www.whynopadlock.com/

Take the next step Visit fivepennyweb.com to learn how Fivepenny Web Studio helps nonprofits build accessible, secure WordPress websites.

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With the conversations around Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Webflow and more, are the rumors of WordPress' pending demise accurate, and should your organization be concerned?

On this episode of No Stress Web Success, we discuss just this. We look at the recent reports from W3Tech and HTTP Archive to see just where the stats stand. Of course, not everything is black or white, so we'll look at the gray area as well.

Join us for our latest episode, and if you would like to view the reports yourself, you can find the W3Tech report at: https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management and GravityKit's post with the HTTP Archive data at: https://www.gravitykit.com/wordpress-market-share-2026/

As always, feel free to visit us at fivepennyweb.com with your questions, or leave us a review of this podcast to let us know how we're doing.

A page can look beautifully organized and still be a jumble to someone who can’t see it. In this episode of Accessibility for Humans, we explain WCAG 1.3.1, Info and Relationships, in plain language for nonprofit leaders and small teams who manage their own websites. You’ll learn how to check that your page areas, main content, headings, and lists are built the way they look, with simple things you can try today, no coding required.

• Free Chrome extension: WAVE Evaluation Tool
• Free Chrome extension: Silktide Accessibility Checker

Have a question or a page you’re wrestling with? Reach out to us at fivepennyweb.com, and if you find No Stress Web Success helpful, leave feedback on the podcast wherever you listen.

WordPress websites are powerful—but they can also be vulnerable when core software, plugins, themes, or page builders aren’t kept up to date.

In this episode of No Stress Web Success, we discuss recent WordPress Core and Elementor Builder vulnerabilities and the practical steps you can take to better protect your website. We’ll cover how to check your WordPress and Elementor versions, inventory your user accounts and access permissions, confirm that your backups are working, and clarify who is responsible for maintaining and securing your site.

We’ll also talk about an important question many website owners overlook: Do you know what to do if your website needs to be restored—and who would handle it?

For help getting organized, contact me at Fivepennyweb.com and ask for the Website Inventory Checklist. It’s a simple way to document your website, accounts, access, backups, and responsibilities before an emergency happens.

In Episode 5 of No Stress Web Success: Accessibility for Humans, we explain how to make important visual information in audio and video accessible on your website. We’ll look at WCAG 1.2.1, 1.2.3, and 1.2.5, and explore when to use descriptive transcripts or audio description. Then, try a simple review of one video on your website.

Welcome to Fivepenny Web Studio's No Stress Web Success podcast. This is episode 1 of our series, Web Understood. After a short intro to our studio, we'll discuss cookie notifications and policies, how they affect you both positively and negatively, and what you should be aware of when it comes to compliance and data.