WordPress 3.7 is here (doesn’t seem like 5 mins ago 3.6 was released!) Named “Basie” after jazz musician Count Basie (yes, I had to go look up who he was…) WordPress state that version 3.7 contains “some of the most important architectural updates we’ve made to date .” It wasn’t a totally smooth update to […]
30 Facts About Me You Probably Don’t Want To Know (But I’m Telling You Anyway!)
I’m taking part in Bonnie Gean’s Article Writing Challenge this month. The challenge is to write an article a day through October. You are more than welcome to join in, simply pop over to the Facebook group and request to join. Since the term “article” can be used to mean many things, I’m taking the […]
Hostgator Problems and Downtime – See You Later Alligator!
WordPress 3.6 was released on Thursday 1st August and chomping at the bit, I put aside some time to upgrade my sites on Friday morning. Hostgator problems put a spanner in the works… On 2nd August, several Endurance International Group (EIG) owned hosting companies died a death with a total unexpected outage. That included popular […]
Google Plus Comments For WordPress Blogs [Video]
Regular readers may have noticed a slight change to the blog. Yes, I have gone social and added Google Plus comments… Google Plus Comments Plugin The plugin I opted for was Google+ Comments by Brandon Holtsclaw. It’s available through the WordPress plugin repository. I’m still in two minds about keeping the plugin, so would love […]
Sunday Catch Up – Wonderful WordPress Edition
As the howls of “botnet” and the news of bots targeting WordPress and other PHP based sites echo around the web, I thought a round-up of positive WordPress posts was in order… Just in case you missed the security warnings – here it is again with how to change your admin username. Move To […]
Is Your WordPress Secure From Attack?
WordPress installations worldwide are currently under a brute force attack. These attacks are targeting the most common username and password combinations. Is your WordPress Secure? If you still have your username set as admin, your WordPress sites are very much at risk. As a precaution, all WordPress users should change their passwords to a secure […]
WordPress Social Media Widget Plugin Spam Problems
Sucuri reported on their blog yesterday that the WordPress Social Media Widget plugin is injecting payday loan spam into websites. It is recommended that you remove the plugin from your WordPress site. How to Remove The Social Media Widget Plugin Apologies for the poor sound, I still have not replaced my Muppet chewed headset! Written […]