WordPress 2.7 Upgrade
Wordpress 2.7 ‘Coltrane’ was released today. I noticed when I logged in today. ‘Coltrane’ is Max Mullenwegs (the Wordpress founder) favorite saxophone player.
So I upgraded immediately (in under 1 minute using the Automatic Upgrade Plugin) and I liked what I saw.
As promised, there’s a completely new interface which I like. Comprehensive and conveniently arranged.
There are [...]
Wordpress Security And A Plugin To Help You
There’s a lot of attention lately for Wordpress security issues. Blogs get hacked quite often and on forums I see a lot of desperate cries for help. I know how it feels. This blog got hacked once and it’s a real pain in the butt.
Before I go into some Wordpress security issues, let me emphasize [...]
How To Tweak Your Wordpress Theme On The Fly
Sometimes you want to tweak your Wordpress theme a bit.
Adding extra or new graphics with different dimensions, changing the templates, a bit of extra search engine optimization, replacing a specific part or maybe installing a better solution for something you’re using now… whatever.
I’m not talking about adding a widget or activating a plugin. That’s easy. [...]
Wordpress Backup And Database Optimizer Plugin
I’ve changed my WordPress Database Backup Plugin for the WP-DBManager.
It’s not that I wasn’t happy with the Wordpress backup plugin, but the WP database manager has a big advantage.
I’m NOT a database specialist, so don’t ask me why it happens (if you do know, share it with me in a comment), but over [...]
Should You Upgrade To Wordpress 2.5?
Wordpress is about to issue a new version: 2.5. Actually, it’s over due, as it was announced several times before, but I’m confident it’s coming one of these days.
So, how does this affect you and your blog?
Well, first and foremost you should always upgrade to the latest version if it has the latest security fixes. [...]
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade Plugin
Wordpress users, while in their Admin section, often see a message urging them to upgrade their Wordpress software.
I’ve seen many discussions on several forums, whether you should do that (immediately) or not. Sometimes there seems to be no reason to hurry, on other occasions there’s a security fix involved which needs to be done as [...]
New Wordpress Plugin: Cron Jobs Alternative
If you hate cron jobs or haven’t figured out how they work, here’s some good news. David Pankhurst developed a new Wordpress plugin that really makes it easy to set cron jobs.
A cron job is a time-based scheduling service in a Unix operating systems.
If you want some program or code to start at a pre-defined [...]
Wordpress SEO
In the past, I’ve published post about search engine optimization for Wordpress blogs, containing title optimization and generating keywords and description tags.
I’ve always implemented these optimization tips myself, because they worked like charm and there was no adequate plugin available that suited my needs.
Until now.
Because I’ve implemented the All in One SEO Pack.
Easy to [...]
