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…
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…
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…
Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. That was the message WordPress was giving me. I had done something stupid. I was impatient and navigated away from the update page while it was working. I didn’t panic. I was sure I was not the first person using WordPress to have this problem…
Even the so-called “experts” need to be reminded of their own advice. While focusing my attention on others, I overlooked Panola Tech’s website needs in the process. Not only do back-end needs evolve, aesthetics change – and my image needed some updating. Everyone needs a summer project, right? My project was an upgrade of Panola Tech’s website.
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An out of date content management system is a recipe for trouble. Keeping WordPress and it’s plugins up to date is very easy. The developers regularly release security and maintenance releases that can be applied to your site with the click of a button. You will see a notice at the top of your dashboard page when one is released.…