Comments on: The WordPress Upgrade Aftermath

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:41:32 +0000

Well i’m using a plugin to keep my wordpress updated but on some hosting providers it can be a problem with the permissions.

By: Lesbiche

Lesbiche — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:25:43 +0000

Nice site you have!

By: Sarah Hayes

Sarah Hayes — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:36:10 +0000

For some reason I’m sticking with the older versions of wordpress, they work for me much better. I updated on of my blogs, and realized how much of waste of time it was. Anyway I recommend to everybody to watch it, the new wordpress is really complicated.

By: Niche Content

Niche Content — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:36:08 +0000

Every upgrade I’ve had with my WP blogs brings at least a minor disaster. It never goes smoothly. 5 minute upgrade my ass.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:41:38 +0000

“we obviously need help and need to learn as much as we can before we begin”

The best way to learn is to start using it, it is easy to make changes on the fly. So many people contact me wanting every little detail explained up-front, they want the theme to be exactly as they picture it, want lists of plugins all explained and installed, and on and on… Over analyzing something to the point of paralysis never got anything done.

The beauty of WordPress is its flexibility and scalability changing the look is as simple as uploading a new theme, adding functionality is as easy as uploading new plugins. And reverting back is as simple too.

Just do it.

By: Irene-Jim

Irene-Jim — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:05:55 +0000

We are in the early stages of planning a blog and are not entirely sure the direction we’ll take. We understand that WordPress is the preferred way to go, but we obviously need help and need to learn as much as we can before we begin, as you suggest. We probably will use one of the many WordPress templates available, which hopefully will facilitate the development process. Thank you for your valuable advice.

By: Rick S.

Rick S. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:29:57 +0000

Hmm, I get the feeling you need to secure your server if changing file permissions is opening you up to hackers … Don’t get me wrong. Maintaining file and directory permissions is always a good idea, but you should be restricting access to your server only to trusted users. Don’t enable telnet; use ssh. Try to use sftp, not ftp. Don’t allow root to log in via ssh or sftp — instead have root sudo under a trusted id.

Get your sysadmin to harden your server using iptables (firewall), perhaps setting it up in a start-up script using an IP blacklist. If you log in only from a single static IP, you could be even more secure by locking all other IPs from ssh and sftp. Unless you’re doing something other than hosting a blog, no one else should even be able to try logging in via ssh.

Learn how to use chmod. “chmod 777″ is a blunt instrument. Try doing stuff like “chmod a+w” which gives everyone write permissions to the files indicated.