WordPress 4.8 has rolled out, you should look at updating your sites to the latest version. Included in this latest release are three new widgets that could make life easier for novice users. The ability to add images and links to widgets has always been do-able but it needed a basic understanding of some HTML code to […]
Dealing with wp_commentmeta when moving WordPress databases
I’ve spent a few days moving WordPress sites around between servers recently. A relatively simple if not mundane task, copy all the files from one server to another using SCP in terminal then moving the database, link the two up and all is well. You can move SQL by using command line in terminal, but […]
WordPress installations under attack
I was checking my syslogs yesterday and I noticed a lot entries that started with the word ALERT and seemed to relate to someone or something trying to force their way in to some of my sites. Entries like: ALERT – tried to register forbidden variable ALERT – ASCII-NUL chars not allowed within request variables […]
Turriff Social Media Surgery
Yesterday while speaking to a client, I offered to do some social media stuff for people in Turriff. Nothing to in-depth just a chat, over a nice cup of tea, about anything social media related. I used the words Social Media Surgery and a few people have asked me what exactly one of those is, […]