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It can be surprising how easy it is to overlook security issues in software design. WordPress for example, after all the versions, still displays login error information that can be informative for a potential hacker. Rather than displaying a generic login error message, WordPress admin specifically displays whether a ‘username’ was entered wrong or a [...]
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With WordPress installations on the rise, security threats are a common concern for users. Below is a small collection of WordPress plugins that I found adequate for use on most WordPress installations to keep security in check. As always security is not 100% achievable, but the following plugins will help you find any loopholes in [...]
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My new article describes how to backup your WordPress database to the Amazon S3 cloud infrastructure using a custom plugin. Along with a small description of S3, the article proceeds to build a small plugin to upload your database to Amazon S3. Read the complete article at Smashing Magazine.
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I’ve recently updated the country filter plugin to use the MaxMind database along with the ip2nations database. Country Filter plugin allows you to control the visibility of WordPress elements depending on the users country of origin. You can hide or show certain elements of a page or some sections of a post from users browsing [...]
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- Tags: geolocation
One of the important reasons for the popularity of WordPress is its plugin architecture, which has enabled thousands of programmers to write additional functionality for WordPress. But the plugins are constrained in silos, unable to be controlled by outside programs ( well this can be advantageous if you consider security). Take the popular WP-Super-Cache plugin. [...]
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Pagination is one of the ubiquitous UI elements in website design. Designed in various formats and color combinations, this UI element has remained relatively static with respect to its usability functions. But in my opinion there is a lot more we can squeeze out of this little element. My pet peeve regarding pagination is its [...]
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WPtouch Pro! is a WordPress plugin for self-hosted WordPress websites that shows a well-designed mobile theme version of your site when visitors are using popular touch mobile devices like the iPhone/iPod touch, Google Android phones, Palm Pre/Pixi, Samsung bada and Blackberry Storm & Torch devices.
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- Tags: mobile
Benchmarking your Wordpress SQL
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