WordPress 3.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release

This is from the official WordPress Blog: WordPress 3.3.1 is now available. This maintenance release fixes 15 issues with WordPress 3.3, as well as a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3. Thanks to Joshua H., Hoang T., Stefan Zimmerman, Chris K., and the Go Daddy security team for responsibly disclosing the bug to our ...

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WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” is out

The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard. WordPress has had over 65 million downloads since version 3.0 was released, and in this third major iteration we’ve added significant polish ...

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Editing made easy, Flowplayer, Powered Panels and Dynamic Headers

When editing at home with my desktop computer and not on the fly with my laptop, I run into a problem posting because of the amount of plugins I have on my editor. There are many plugins that add an icon on your editor and in turn creates an overlapping that blocks you from clicking ...

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Learning dashboard details, Learning WordPress and more useful plugins

It's good to familiarize yourself with the Admin Dashboard and in a detailed manner. It's important to know more about all the links you click on when scrolling about your "wp-admin." Let's take a look at a great link that will explain it all for you. Bookmark this link and read through it to learn ...

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Editing/Deleting hacker files (Part Two)

The process of editing and deleting hackers files can be very difficult so constantly searching for updates is crucial. It doesn't occur on a regular basis but looking at updates is necessary at least once a week. Create a folder, fill it up with useful links and keep it handy. At the end of the ...

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Secure steps to take with latest WordPress attacks (Part One)

There are many self hosted Blogs depending on open-source WordPress.org and who have lately been affected by hackers. Bloggersweekly has been attacked also and that's why I am writing this post. I found the Superpuperdomain hacker script in my folders. But before directing any blame towards WordPress.org, it is very important to note that this ...

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About Pingback disabling, great plugins for preventive measures and the “Superpuperdomain.com” WordPress Hack

Should you disable Pingback or shouldn't you. From all the research I've done and from the comments I've been receiving lately on most of my blogs, I think it would be advisable to disable Pingback. Here are easy ways to disable Pingback from further working (Two ways Settings and SQL): Are you bothered by the pingbacks and ...

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How to include the sidebar in a Single Post and Page of the Twenty Eleven Theme

Well it seems there is a slight, let's say, defect with the new Twenty Eleven Theme. It seems that the Gershwin creators excluded the ability of a sidebar to appear when the reader clicks on the post itself from the front page. Many are ticked off and it is very understandable. Most Bloggers rely on ...

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The New Look Dashboard 3.2 is out, about “Twenty Eleven” and a little more

Wordpress has released their most significant upgrade up to date. This long awaited and most improved upgrade has catapulted WordPress.org into a higher level and will most certainly keep them on top forever. Addressing important matters and adding more possibilities with less difficulties. The announcement: Here in the U.S. we are observing Independence Day, and I ...

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Critical Update 3.1.4

From the the Official WordPress Blog: WordPress 3.1.4 is available now and is a maintenance and security update for all previous versions. This release fixes an issue that could allow a malicious Editor-level user to gain further access to the site. Thanks K. Gudinavicius of SEC Consult for bringing this to our attention. Version 3.1.4 also ...

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The ideal plugins to block IP access from spam bots

It can get very annoying when checking all the hits you receive on your Blog when there are intruder access bots in the way. Besides, you want to obtain "realistic" real-time stats on your Blog. There are ways to completely find out how many hits you really have and how they entered your Blog. With ...

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Newest Version, new news and a look at “Link/Traffic” plugins

Wordpress.Org has the latest version(3.1.2) in case you are interested. Also, if you click on the "Blog" link above and just scroll down a little, you will be able to read about the features they are developing for the next version: Performance improvements like you wouldn’t believe. What’s that mean? Things are faster! Distraction-free Writing. The visual ...

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WordPress “Related” Plugins and new developments

Wordpress,org has many so-called related plugins and here you have some that would probably benefit any WordPress Blogger.The most important matter concerning Bloggers is keeping the reader on the Blog and making sure everyone comes back in the future. Of course, it is necessary to write something interesting in the first place but this is ...

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