http://wprealm.com/blog/are-your-plugins-secure-part-2/ Following on from “Are your plugins secure?, this post is a simple breakdown on what to look for security-wise when auditing plugins. In the previous post I covered basic data santisation, however that sort of protection means diddly squat if a plugin allows a random member of the public is able to do do […]
http://wprealm.com/blog/are-your-plugins-secure/ WordPress has an irritatingly bad reputation for security. This is mostly due to misinformation and partly due to WordPress taking the rap for flawed security either at server level, or at the theme/plugin level. Server security issues can be reduced by using a well respected webhost such as HostGator or WP Engine. Theme and […]
http://wprealm.com/blog/talkpress-is-back/ Those of you who have been in the community for a long time will remember the TalkPress project. It was intended as a hosted platform for running bbPress forums, essentially a bbPress version of WordPress.com. It was first mentioned by Matt Mullenweg back in January 2008. Nothing much was heard of it until it […]
Ryan Hellyer who has been a long time member of the WPTavern community has given me a heads up that Metronet is currently looking for a WordPress Code Poet. Sounds like any other typical WordPress job posting right? Well, that is until you read the following lines within the job posting: “The opportunity to live […]
This is a guest blog post written by Ryan Hellyer, who operates PixoPoint.com. While you’re there, check out his WordPress Menu Plugin I’m involved with the development of a new bbPress theme. This in itself would not normally be particularly interesting, people develop new themes for forums all the time. However this is a theme […]
In a recent episode of WordPress Weekly, I discussed with Ryan Hellyer on why anyone would use WordPress.com for a serious blog or venture. In my opinion, if someone were serious about their project, they would get their own domain, hosting, etc and do it all themselves. However, I came across a post by StartupGeek.org […]
http://wptavern.com/wanna-wordpress-wiki The following guest post was written by Ryan Hellyer who operates PixoPoint.com While you’re there, check out his WordPress Template Generator You can also catch him in the Tavern forum under the username Ryan. Have you ever tried using MediaWiki, the platform used to power the mighty Wikipedia project? If you have, then you […]