Image & Video Gallery Using Google Drive
Did you know that you can dynamically build image and video galleries in WordPress using Google Drive™ as the physical storage location for the actual …
My thoughts – iThemes WordPress Vulnerability Report – April 12, 2023
This week, 79 vulnerabilities may affect over 6.6 million WordPress sites. There are 55 plugin vulnerabilities and 5 themes with security patches available, so run those updates if you …
a 48-Hour Head Start In The Race To Secure Your WordPress Website
Any good WordPress website administrator is always striving to improve their ability to monitor your website for vulnerabilities and find them before they become a problem.
Recently one of my favorite security tools, iThemes Security Pro, made a significant improvement in their ability to identify threats to a WordPress website. They have integrated their vulnerability scanning component with Patchstack’s Threat Feed.
Testing Buffer’s Recommended WordPress Plugin
[Updated 2023.04.13] <– Sadly, I have to tell you that I’m getting rid of this plugin, click the link to learn why. Like many people, …
Comments on iThemes WP Vulnerability Report for 2022.06.15
This week’s iThemes WordPress vulnerability report has a couple of the more popular plugins for WP in it. Number 1, installed on 5 million websites, …
Initial Thoughts on the WP Plugin: “Article Read Time Lite”
Don’t you love it when you can glance at an article and know immediately if you have enough time to read it right now, or …
WordPress 4.7 Just Released! Don’t Click The Update Button Just Yet…
WordPress 4.7 just released! But, wait, don’t go pressing that “Update” button just yet.
First – Make sure you’ve got access to a full backup of your entire system. Database, plugins, uploads, core software, themes, child themes, CSS customizations, etc…
Second – Make sure you know how to actually restore from your backup. Otherwise, its like you have a backup generator in the garage, with no idea of how to use it when the power goes out.
Third – Wait a few days. Seriously. As always, this update has been tested extensively with hundreds of volunteers running it on their sites and reporting back with any errors.