David Kierznowski from BlogSecurity.net asked me to become a blogSec guest blogger, and write about my experiences with some blogs getting hacked.
Getting hacked can cause a lot of headache, specially if you don’t know what to do about it.
Unfortunately, most bloggers and site owners don’t really care about it, as they don’t care about backups.
When […]

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I just installed this plugin after reading Josh Lowensohn’s article about it.
This is a great plugin that will allow you to add an additional channel of distribution to your content. Audio ( voice of your content ).
Installation is pretty simple and quick, however you will need to proof listen to your post in addition to […]

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Do you have a 404 error page setup? Wordpress has already a simple message that is shown within the templete, so the visitor doesn’t feel lost and can get back to where they want.
If you want to change it with your custom message, edit the index.php file under your theme directory. In the file search […]

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wordpress Overtakes typepad
WebProNews, KY -Nov 14, 2007
If this were a car race, typepad would now be seeing wordpress’s taillights; Automattic’s creation just passed its competitor in terms of traffic. …

More: continued here

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If you table prefix is “wp_” or “wp1_” or even “wordpress_”, then changing it will bring your wordpress site security to a higher level.
By default fantastico installation sets “wp_” as a prefix for each wordpress table name. Since this is a known vulnerability, malicious users can exploit your data easily.
They specifically look for the wp_options […]

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