What Makes A WordPress Comment Spam
Comment spam on a WordPress site is something I continue to struggle with. The more popular your WordPress site gets and the more posts you get with a high page rank, the more your WordPress sites becomes a target for the spammers. How do you tell what is and isn’t a spam comment? Well some are obvious and some are left to your better judgment.
You Need To Upgrade Your WordPress Blog
If you have a WordPress blog older than version 2.8.3 then it is at risk of being hacked. There has been a lot of buzz within the WordPress and blogging community the past few days about the number of hacked WordPress blogs that attacks the database.
Your WordPress Ideas Needed
Running out of ideas or maybe ambition I have found it more and more difficult to post regularly here on WordPressMax. It has been well over two years now since first launching this site and I have learned quite a bit about WordPress since then. But I seem to be running out of ideas and ask for your help.
New WordPress Blog Privacy Settings
If you are new to WordPress or have recently setup a new WordPress blog you should check the privacy settings to make sure it’s visible.
Another Security Release WordPress 2.8.4
Well it seems to be almost a weekly upgrade for WordPress version 2.8. Here we are at 2.8.4 which is another security upgrade. This one addressing a vulnerability where a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. Or in other words do the upgrade!
WordPress Widgets Version 2.8
Back in version 2.7 WordPress made some major changes in the dashboard, most notable was the placement of the menus on the left side instead of the top navigation menu. Navigating the dashboard changed quite a bit. WordPress sidebar widgets had a major change with version 2.5 and now in version 2.8 there are more changes and additions in sidebar widgets.
WordPress Upgrade Error Allowed Memory Size Exhausted
WordPress version 2.8.2 came out very soon after 2.8.1, and might have been done so hastily in order to address some security settings. It seems a new problem has been pretty common with the automatic upgrade feature of WordPress 2.8.1.
WordPress Upgrade Precautions
It seems one thing is constant with WordPress and that is regular updates. Along with fixing and adding new functionality, security is one of the main reasons for updates to the WordPress core. To keep WordPress as secure as possible and to stay a step ahead of the hackers you should keep your WordPress sites up to date.
Fix AdSense Deluxe For WordPress 2.8.1
If you are using the AdSense Deluxe plugin and upgraded to WordPress version 2.8.1 and tried to access the AdSense Deluxe dashboard menu you probably got this message: ” You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.” Here is the fix I found for it.
WordPress 2.8.1 Already Released
It didn’t take long for the bugs to get reported and fixed or worked around in WordPress version 2.8. Below is the release right from the WordPress website. It suggests that you upgrade from 2.8 to 2.8.1 as soon as possible to be safe. But I have already found a bug that will block assess to the AdSense Deluxe plugin leaving me to wonder what else is wrong? So I don’t know about this version, I guess upgrade at your own risk orwait it out.
