WordPress

5 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Install

by Jeff Weisbein August 26, 2011

WordPress has become an extremely popular website and blogging platform over the years, it is literally hosting hundreds of millions of websites. So how can you go about protecting your WordPress site? Here are 5 easy tips on how to make your WordPress more secure.

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How To: Manually Repair or Upgrade WordPress via SSH

by Mike Mansell February 22, 2011

Recently I inherited a dated – and severely damaged – installation of the WordPress CMS/blogging platform. Because of the age of the installation and the fact that the previous owner neglected to maintain it, I came to the conclusion that I would simply be better off to completely reload the WordPress core; the actual “application”, [...]

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Bored Guy Codes A Free Gawker WordPress Theme

by Jeff Weisbein February 15, 2011

Last week, Gawker Media revamped its entire network of sites web designs (e.g. Lifehacker, Gizmodo). Despite a ton of criticism (including from myself), Gawker has kept the new design implemented. But it appears that some people may actually like the new design. This past weekend a bored web developer decided to create a free and open source [...]

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5 Must-Have WordPress Plugins

by Mike Mansell August 17, 2010

As I’ve recently written about here on BestTechie, I recently went through the process of migrating my office’s company website to the WordPress content management platform. While I was a bit naive about the whole process at first, I will say, I am definitely glad that I took the plunge. In my article, I explained [...]

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Confessions of a WordPress Convert

by Mike Mansell August 17, 2010

When one surfs the Internet and visits websites, it is a rare occurrence for that person to consider how the websites they visit are managed and designed. Sure, people will sometimes ask themselves how sites work and how the people behind the site manage it, but not many know the amount of effort that it [...]

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VaultPress Review: WordPress Backup

by Jeff Weisbein July 30, 2010

Recently, I signed up for VaultPress. What is VaultPress? It is a subscription-based protection, security and backup service for WordPress blogs and sites. Subscriptions range from $15-$40/month. Right now, if you sign up and are accepted into the private beta, you can get in at $15/month (Basic package) for the lifetime of your membership. The [...]

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Thesis vs WordPress: GPL License Debate

by Jeff Weisbein July 15, 2010

Chris Pearson of DIYThemes and Matt Mullenweg of WordPress are at each others throats over this issue about Chris’ Thesis theme framework for WordPress which is not licensed under the GPL (General Public License). Thesis is a very popular theme for WordPress, it has over 27,000 users and while Matt claims it’s the only major [...]

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Convert Video Files to FLV

by Jeff Weisbein August 16, 2008

I received an email from a viewer named EZ asking the best way to convert AVI and MPEG files to FLV so he could then embed them on his blog. I recommend you check out either Any Video Converter or use Media-Convert.com to convert the videos to flv and then use a WordPress plugin called [...]

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WordPress Plugins Compilation

by Jeff Weisbein July 28, 2008

I received a request from the chat room to do a video on the WordPress Plugins I use to make my blog function the way it does. Below is a list of the plugins I use on a daily basis: Add to Any: Share/Save/Bookmark Button Helps readers share, save, and bookmark your posts and pages [...]

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Chris Pirillo’s WicketPixie WordPress Theme

by Jeff Weisbein June 10, 2008

Recently Chris Pirillo (Internet Entrepreneur and my friend) released his WicketPixie WordPress theme to the public for free. The Web today consists of millions of blogs, a decent number of them powered by a platform called WordPress (which both Chris and I use for our respective sites). The release of WicketPixie for free is a [...]

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