Updates for WordPress seem to happen with regularity to keep your site secure and performing well. We all apply updates to our WordPress site, or at least you should be applying them if that option is available to you. But what about your plugins? You can update them when you are reminded, but have you [...]
WordPress Blog hacked again because it is not current WordPress version. Reuters Blog has been hacked again this week, mainly because they are running an out of date version of WordPress. And with the hacking of their blog, false news reports have been added to the blog site at Reuters. This is not exactly something [...]
Running old version of WordPress allowed hackers to gain entrance. We hear it all that time. It is very important to keep your software up to date. We have employed Virus software on computers which is being updated daily and sometimes more than once a day. It seems that the threats that we face are [...]
Increasing options for using Captcha with comments In the last report, we provided information about how to deal with spam from comments and one of those options was to include Catpcha to eliminate automated comments from flooding your posts. While comments is not the only place where you might see spam being included, it [...]
WordPress version 3.3.2 has been released. Automatic, the developers of WordPress have released the latest version of WordPress as a minor one to correct some bugs and issues with the current version 3.3.1, That version has been very stable and reliable. Following is the actual announcement of the latest version from WordPress.org and of note [...]
Hitting higher trending with big popularity for WordPress. WordPress has been growing in popularity for years. Five years ago, we were more focused on Joomla because of everything that you could do with it. It was very customizable, but the problem is that it took more than what most people would be able to [...]
Dealing With WordPress Comment Spam
Comments is a great way to engage your readers Posting articles on your WordPress site is the first step in drawing attention to the information you wish to communicate. The goal is to then have people read that information and continue to return to your site. One of the ways to do that is [...]