Keep your WordPress site safe: Do these quick things today

Boost your WordPress site’s security now to prevent massive headache later No one wants to think about hackers, server crashes, security breaches or simply dumb user errors that can endanger your website. But if you’ve put the time into building your online presence on WordPress, it’s worth taking the time to protect it. WordPress is usually very […]

Make Your WordPress Install More Secure

On October 30, 2014 I appeared with an awesome cast of colleagues on GoDaddy’s “The Campfire” Hangout (webcast). My friend Mendel (GoDaddy Evangelist) asked me to come on to talk about “Protect Your Site: Security Tips For WordPress”. I presented some material which you can watch in the video version (above, YouTube or here). Below is the abbreviated […]

Make Your WordPress Install 
More Secure: Slide Edition

I wrote a well received article regarding "Make Your WordPress Install 
More Secure" early this year, but last week I revisited the topic with the local WordPress Meetup group I helped to co-found. I thought some might find it useful in this format. Enjoy and let me know if you have questions! Make Your WordPress [...]

Updating Your WordPress Installation (Video Tip)

Updating your WordPress installation is an important task to complete regularly to make sure your site is secure and working well for your visitors.  In this quick video above (or here) tip you can learn the basics as to how to update your WordPress Core, Plugin, and Theme files and get  some tips as to how [...]

Make Your WordPress Install More Secure

Image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/nbachiyski/2536017020/sizes/o/ Since WordPress is the world’s most popular website/blogging platform, I am often confronted with the question of security.  I use it for many of my projects.  While WordPress has improved in this area over the years, it is still a big target to any nefarious actors out there looking to ruin your [...]