Renee DeCoskey

Content Editor

Renee DeCoskey has been blogging since 2001 and using WordPress since 2007. When she's not writing about WordPress plugins, you can find her curled up with a book or having fun in Rotary.

Expertise

  • WordPress
  • Blogging
  • Content Marketing
  • SEO
  • Digital Marketing for Nonprofits

Highlights

Renee is a Content Editor for WPForms and WP Mail SMTP. She graduated from Susquehanna University with a BA in English and earned her MA in English from George Mason University.

As a high school English teacher, Renee was interested in how she could use blogging and social media as classroom tools. She’d been blogging consistently across different platforms since 2001 and started using WordPress in 2007. After a few years teaching, she made the decision to pursue digital content full-time, took on some freelance roles, and created her first hosted WordPress site.

Prior to joining WPForms in 2022, Renee spent 11 years as the managing editor of one of the top independently-owned business and marketing news sites, managing original and syndicated user-generated content from contributors around the world, all within WordPress.

In her free time, Renee enjoys reading and the Philadelphia Phillies. She’s also heavily involved with both her club and district as a member of Rotary International.

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7 Best WordPress File Upload Plugins

Are you looking for a good file upload plugin for your WordPress site? There are numerous reasons for accepting file uploads on your site. Maybe you're letting users upload images or submit bios. Perhaps you're accepting documentation, job applications, or testimonials. Whatever the reason, you want something reliable that will meet your needs. In this post, we'll look at 7 of the best file upload plugins for WordPress.
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9 Best Anti-Spam Plugins for WordPress (2024)

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9 Best Google Workspace Plugins for WordPress

Google Workspace (G-Suite) offers several really helpful apps for work. If you have a WordPress site, you'd be delighted to learn that you can integrate your Google Workspace apps with your WordPress site. You'll just need to use WordPress plugins that support these apps. Jump in for our list of the best ones!
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11 WordPress Email Deliverability Best Practices

If you send any emails from a WordPress site, email deliverability is a critical subject. Emails sent from WordPress sites tend to get marked as spam or blocked altogether due to some flaws in how WordPress sends emails. Fortunately, there are a few simple tips that will help you beat this and other email deliverability issues with WordPress sites.
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7 Best PayPal Plugins for WordPress

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Why Your Web Host Blocked SMTP (and How to Fix It)

Hosting services often block SMTP connections on their servers. This would mean that no emails can be sent out over an SMTP connection. If you use SMTP to authenticate your emails, and your web host has blocked SMTP, you might be feeling stumped. In this guide, we've got you covered, and we'll show you how to get around an SMTP block easily.
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