When I create a new installation of WordPress there are certain plugins that I always install. These are my essentials that offer usability and security to my build. Activity Log This is a good plugin that allows you to keep a track of changes in WordPress. It will log activity for logins, posts and plugin…
When engaging the service of web developer there are certain things you should do to protect yourself. One of those is make sure you remain the owner of your domain. When you purchase your domain that becomes part of your business’s online identity. How should you protect yourself? First you should signup with a domain…
Once again Wordfence has done it’s job and alerted me to hackers trying to log into a clients site. It’s obviously coming from some kind of bot network that is going through commonly used usernames and passwords. 5:42 am CST | Login: noreply | User IP: 180.183.246.232 | User hostname: mx-ll-180.183.246-232.dynamic.3bb.co.th | User location: Bangkok, Thailand 5:42 am CST…
WordPress.org today released WordPress 4.9.7. This release fixes the security issue that was reported last week. This is good news as the vulnerability would have allowed a user to delete files outside the upload directory. Along with this update some additional bugs were fixed. Click here to learn more. Most copies of WordPress should have…
If you are currently running WordPress 4.9.6 or older, which is currently all installations, a new critical vulnerability has been discovered. According to reports it allows “an attacker the capability to delete any file of the WordPress installation”. It seems there is some debate whether this is a big deal or not. If a hacker…
When I woke up this morning I checked my email and came across thirteen Wordfence Alerts from a clients website. There was a coordinated attempt occurring to brute force a login into the WordPress admin. Luckily the admin username is not common or guessable. It started at 12:22 am and it is still going on…
I have been helping out a past client and talking through his issues with his current web developer. The client I will call him Jeff. Jeff was not happy with his developer who we will call The Crook. The Crook has spent years over promising, under delivering and making excuses for why nothing is his…
About a few weeks ago I had a client who emailed me to say his partner’s web browser was locked up and there was a popup that was preventing him from closing the browser tab. He took a screen shot so that he could show me. It was low resolution but it was something I…
I downloaded my Facebook data because I wanted to see what advertisers knew about me. I was fairly certain it would not be much. I was right. I generally browse the web in two modes. I use incognito (Chrome) or private mode (Firefox) to cut down on ads that generally slow down the loading of…
You have spent a lot of money for a new website. It’s a real beauty of design. The designer used WordPress and explained to you how easy it is to make changes to your content. Six months, a year down the road little things start to go wrong. The site starts to slow down on…