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Is your WordPress blog updated?

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 10 replies

posted: September 6th, 2009

Sometimes, it takes a huge/serious security alert like the one we have now with WordPress to force people to upgrade their blogs to the latest secure version.

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WP DB Cache vs. WP SuperCache

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 10 replies

posted: April 14th, 2009

Most bloggers are familiar with WP SuperCache, a WordPress plugin that dynamically caches WP by converting them into static pages, thereby avoiding repeated database queries. While it’s very effective, this approach though has had several drawbacks. Then, there’s the newer one called WP DB Cache.

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WordPress 2.7 out with new Admin UI

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 11 replies

posted: December 12th, 2008

A new version of WordPress is now out at 2.7. Some major re-design of the administration layout was done as well as a few tweak, bug fixes and improvements.

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Interesting Akismet Stats

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 3 replies

posted: October 21st, 2008

Since the late 2006 when I started moving to Akismet for some spam protection for this blog, it has already blocked around 930,000 spam comments. Automattic released the latest Akismet stats per blog which is accessible in the WP admin panel.

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WordPress for the iPhone & iPod Touch

Published by: yuga under: Apples and iPods , Wordpress. 5 replies

posted: July 23rd, 2008

Blogging just got better on the iPhone with WordPress for iPhone App at the iTunes Store. Or so I thought. Automattic has launched an iPhone App for WordPress.

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Codename: Tyner, a WordPress 2.6 Release

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 6 replies

posted: July 15th, 2008

A new version of WordPress (version 2.6, codenamed Tyner) is now out. That’s 194 bugs fixed and over a dozen new feature improvements, including a faster and more usable image uploader/manager. Grab a copy here.

TypePad Anti Spam

Published by: yuga under: Freewares , Wordpress. 0 reply

posted: June 2nd, 2008

A couple of weeks ago, SixApart launched a new blog anti-spam software called TypePad Anti-Spam which aims to compete with Akismet and Defensio at combating comment spam in both TypPad/MovableType blogs and WordPress blogs.

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Important Security fix on WordPress 2.5.1

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 5 replies

posted: April 27th, 2008

A new WordPress release is just out on version 2.5.1 which fixes tons of bugs and a patch to a very important security vulnerability specifically if your blog is open to user registration. Those on WordPress is strongly encouraged to upgrade.

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WP Trackback Spam Attack

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 13 replies

posted: April 9th, 2008

They say that the more popular you are, the more attacks you get. This is so true with WordPress right now. The massive code injection and hidden links on WordPress blogs are getting some serious coverage and just tonight I discovered another form of attack — the WP Trackback Spam flooding.

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All up on WordPress. 2.5 Final Release

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 7 replies

posted: March 31st, 2008

Been upgrading dozens of blogs in the last 24 hours to the latest WordPress 2.5 Final Release. Broke some of the custom hacks I previously done but all in all, it’s a worthwhile update. I just hope they’d find a way to do away with the chmod+777 folder permissions on the uploads as it’s causing people headaches with security issues and hack attempts.

WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 2

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 12 replies

posted: March 29th, 2008

After trying out the initial release of WordPress 2.5 RC1 on some smaller blogs, I was excited to try them here as well. The timing was good since WP RC2 just got out and I must say the newer features are very impressive.

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Lessons in Optimizing a Really Huge Blog

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 18 replies

posted: March 5th, 2008

Up until now, I haven’t had any close experience doing server-side optimization of a highly-trafficked blog. When I say “highly-trafficked”, I mean it’s like being on the front page of Digg all day, 7 days a week.

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Stop Site Scrapers with AntiLeech

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 14 replies

posted: March 3rd, 2008

It’s always a constant challenge how to protect our original content from site scrapers. It’s even harder no that blogs are easier to scrape because of full RSS feeds.

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How to Solve a Problem like Akismet False Positives?

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 13 replies

posted: January 28th, 2008

For sometime now, readers have been complaining that their comments are being accidentally flagged by Akismet as spam. Despite repeated un-flagging, their next comment still hits the spam bin. The false positives are getting really annoying (and time consuming too).

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WordPress Plugins should be Regulated

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 13 replies

posted: January 23rd, 2008

As someone who maintains hundreds of WordPress blogs for myself, friends, and clients, the number 1 problem that I’ve always encountered and have given me tons of headaches and sleepless nights are WP Plugins.

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Free 3GB Upgrade on WordPress.com

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 5 replies

posted: January 22nd, 2008

Matt of Automattic has just announced that it has upgraded all WordPress.com account’s upload quota from 50MB to 3GB. That’s 60 fold increase overnight.

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Blogger or WordPress.com?

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 51 replies

posted: December 12th, 2007

Was having time debate with several of the participants here in my workshop on which blogging platform has better usability and functionality. Of course, I was pushing for WordPress.com because of two things — scale and upgradability. However, others are saying Blogger is better. I haven’t used Blogger in like 4 years now and yes I know that it has improved since then. What do you think?

Why WordPress moved from Technorati to Google BlogSearch?

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 10 replies

posted: November 17th, 2007

Only a few people may have noticed this but since WordPress 2.3 came out, they switched the WP Dashboard Incoming Links from Technorati to Google BlogSearch. Why WordPress decided to make this move is yet unknown until this day.

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Defensio Anti Comment Spam System

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 22 replies

posted: November 9th, 2007

We’re all familiar with Akismet since it comes loaded with every WordPress installation. Aside from that, there’s not much choice for an anti-spam defense for our blogs anywhere.

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Running WP Super Cache

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 9 replies

posted: November 7th, 2007

After upgrading this server to PHP 5 and mySQL 5 last week, I tested a new version of the WordPress caching system.

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