WordPress Management for Non-Techies Odds are you’re at least trying to to secure your WordPress sites, right? You’re probably using security plug-ins like Wordfence, or maybe you’ve signed up for some promise of “secure” hosting, or you’ve spent time reading and researching WordPress management and security. Maybe you’ve even spent a few bucks to have […]
WordPress Security For Non-Techies : WordPressWisdom 001
WordPress Security For Non-Techies Today we look at an overview of WordPress security for non-techies and why running WordPress in a control panel with only the web management interface increases the odds of bad things happening. First in our series of WordPress videos specifically for creative and non-technical folks. The Highlights WordPress is an excellent Content […]
BackupBuddy Loopback Error and Password Protection
The infamous BackupBuddy loopback error is the source of much frustration in the WordPress community. BackupBuddy is a widely used WordPress plug-in makes backing up, restoring and moving WordPress sites pretty simple, but not if you’re banging your head against the wall over the whole loopback thing. If you’re struggling with BackupBuddy loopback errors, here’s one […]
WordPress Two Factor Authentication With Clef
WordPress two factor authentication is becoming more popular, with a growing number of two factor applications and plug-ins available in the WordPress ecosystem. Of the applications available today, we’re huge fans of Clef. Clef is a two-factor authentication system (plug-in and application combination) that replaces your WordPress site username and password with the camera in your […]
Why Your Firewall Might Be Useless Against a DDoS Attack
So you’ve spent some money on a shiny new firewall, and you have it mounted nicely in the rack right next to your ethernet switch(es) and DSL/cable modem. You’re all set, right? Well, maybe not. A company here on Long Island ran into trouble last week when the website they are hosting on a server […]