This week’s WordPress and web marketing links. This is always a timely topic: how to fix 10 common WordPress errors and problems, including the dreaded White Screen of Death. The first thing is to make sure you always have a fresh site and database backup stored somewhere…
Sucuri just released a security advisory about the popular WordPress plugin Jetpack, now in use on over 1 million sites. The security problem is only with the Shortcode Embeds module, so if this isn’t actively running on your site you’re not at risk for this…
Today, web security services company Sucuri released its Website Hacked report for the first quarter of 2016. There’s some really interested and important info in here for WordPress site owners and managers – you can get the report yourself here, but I’ll summarize some of…
A few weeks ago, website security company Sucuri announced the availability of free SSL certificates to all customers using their firewall product. The SSL certificates are provided by Let’s Encrypt, a free open certificate authority run for the public benefit with the goal of reducing…
Not paying attention to your website can become a costly mistake very quickly. Recently I had a client come to me for help for a site I’d built for them in 2014. The client’s customers were being warned off the site by their browsers when…
Last week a critical security problem was found in the popular Akismet anti-spam plugin that comes installed by default with WordPress. If you haven’t updated already, please do it today! Version 3.1.5 was released on Thursday. More info on the problem here…
I created an infographic for a recent presentation on WordPress security, I hope you find this useful and interesting! If you have questions about anything covered in the graphic add a comment. What else are you doing to secure your site?
In light of the security problems found (and fixed) last month in a couple of popular plugins, I thought this was a timely topic. Two very popular plugins used by clients and that I use myself are WordPress SEO by Yoast and Google Analytics by…
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