Unless you are using a plugin to hide your WordPress version number, you will notice the message in the admin area for upgrading your WordPress installation. 2.8.6 released late last week addresses a couple of issues that can be exploited by users of your site with posting privileges. If you have multiple registered users or [...]

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Have you ever thought to add a login panel to your site? I worked on one lately for a site with multiple contributors. With WordPress it is a simple task, that you might want to do, if you want your visitors to sign in for any reason. Instead of having your visitors go to the [...]

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Are you having trouble installing wordpress? Are you looking for a quick way to install wordpress with all main plugins included? If so then I strongly urge you to try Expert WordPress. Best of all it is offered for free. Expert WordPress was created by my friend Alex Sysoef and Dimitry Agadzhanov. Their basic offer [...]

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WordPress 2.7 released with a major revamp in the dashboard area. I highly value efficiency, and this seems to be the focus here. It’s stunning and I like it. Check out this video presentation. It sums it all up, and I think it’s worth watching.

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Unexpectedley WordPress released 2.6.3 today to fix a small vulnerability in a library that is used by the dashboard. If you don’t want to download the whole software package, you can just upgrade by downloading the 2 affected file from the wordpress site. ( click here for detail ) I personally don’t recommend downloading this [...]

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New WordPress version, 2.6.2, was released yesterday to mitigate a new attack called SQL Column Truncation. If you allow users to register, then you need to upgrade to 2.6.2. You might have heard of SQL injection, which is widely used by hackers. SQL Column Truncation is not widely used however. A malicious user can create [...]

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2.6 is out since a week ago, to soon after 2.5.1. A couple of added features, that I really like and will be very handy. – Track Revisions: You can now track changes to every post and page. When you edit a post scroll down and click on “Post Revisions”. You will see all your [...]

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If you want to have a secure WordPress installation, I urge you not to use any automated tool to install it. In this post, I will demonstrate how I install your WordPress blog without using any FTP software and without using Fantastico. This installation is simple, more secure, and will make your future upgrades a [...]

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If you display Google Adsense on your site, then you will need to display a Privacy Policy. Google updated it’s “Terms and Conditions” and asked all publishers to read it. I use Adsense lightly here and kept getting this message everytime I log into my Adsense account. They set a deadline for reading and agreeing to [...]

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Setting up a blog is becoming an easier task these days. There is a lot of information and help you can find that will help you get started. Many of cPanel customers use tutorials or articles that lead them to installing WordPress using Fantastico. I do however prefer using the traditional install. With cPanel it [...]

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