by The WordPress Guy | Aug 10, 2017 | Basics, Blog, domain hosting, How to, Reviews, Security, web hosting, WordPress.com
Well I can’t believe it, wordpress.com has now put all web hosting companies on notice that they are coming to get them! Here is the official blog post announcing support for third part plugins and themes. In the past I used to explain that the difference...
by The WordPress Guy | Jun 5, 2017 | Basics, Blog, How to, Plugins, Security, Video Tutorials
The best website firewall in my opinion Ok in website terms a shield wall would be a firewall. A firewall is protection provided by a security specialist that intercepts hackers and all other forms of bad guys from even getting to your website in the first place. The...
by The WordPress Guy | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog, How to, Plugins, Security
You may have heard about a security issue with a very popular file called timthumb.php used by many themes and a few plugins I might add to dynamically resize images on the fly. A post about it is here –...
by The WordPress Guy | Jul 17, 2010 | Blog, How to, Security
I just helped a friend remove this hack from their website. It is not too bad as long as you stay calm and work through it slowly. Systems affected: Windows PC and using Google Chrome or IE Internet Explorer Symptoms: Home page looks normal but when the posts are...
by The WordPress Guy | May 14, 2010 | Plugins, Security
Your WordPress login page is open to abuse Most users of WordPress don’t give a second thought to this fact and until the day comes when a website has been hacked into and goes offline but most WordPress websites have a major security weakness by default. 2...
