Auto-backup your blog with Amazon S3
Since the last time we suffered a major downtime due to a DDOS attack, been looking for a more pro-active way to make multiple…
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Wordpress what?
This is one of the major updates to the blogging software, WordPress 3.0 is now available and ready for deployment.
Is your WordPress blog updated?
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…
Most bloggers are familiar with WP SuperCache, a WordPress plugin that dynamically caches WP by converting them into static pages, thereby avoiding repeated database…
WordPress 2.7 out with new Admin UI
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…
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…
WordPress for the iPhone & iPod Touch
Blogging just got better on the iPhone with WordPress for iPhone App at the iTunes Store. Or so I thought. Automattic has launched an…
Codename: Tyner, a WordPress 2.6 Release
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 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…
Important Security fix on WordPress 2.5.1
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…
They say that the more popular you are, the more attacks you get. This is so true with WordPress right now. The massive code…
All up on WordPress. 2.5 Final Release
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…
WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 2
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…
Lessons in Optimizing a Really Huge Blog
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…
Stop Site Scrapers with AntiLeech
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…
