11 days ago, Mark Jaquith announced the release of WordPress 3.6 Beta 1, the first beta release of the next version of WordPress. Being the curious ape that I am, I decided to take it for a spin to see what we can expect to see in the future. Mark noted the following new features … Read more
Regular reader K.K. emailed me a few days ago about WordPress websites being attacked by hackers. It sounded quite bad, however at the time I didn’t realise how bad the attack was as there are reports of WordPress websites being attacked frequently. The figures that CloudFlare have reported are frightening. Their CEO Matthew Prince reported … Read more
Through my old blog WPMods, I got to know hundreds of WordPress theme and plugin developers. One of the theme companies that I reviewed on a number of occasions was RichWP. Ran by a nice guy called Felix, all of their themes were created using their self-made RichWP FrameWork. Felix has decided to release the … Read more
Returning to a website you haven’t updated in a long time is a little bizarre. Relaunching this blog at the end of November was akin to returning to an old family house that was covered in cobwebs. Most of the blogs that were listed in my blogroll are no longer updated and the themes and … Read more
Traffic analysis is an important part of tracking the growth of your website, and seeing where traffic is coming from. This helps you plan out future decisions for your website such as what topics to write about. You probably all use Google Analytics to anaylyse your traffic. I use the free service actively and have … Read more
With the news of Google Reader closing down in a few months, many people are looking for alternative ways to read their favourite news websites and blogs. Jean Galea today shared with me a link to his WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin. The plugin allows you to create a page on your website that displays … Read more
Top Stories is a WordPress plugin that was inspired by the “Top Stories Sidebar” on tech blog Engadget. For years I was a plugin junkie, changing my sidebar on a regular basis with newly released plugins. I’m keen to get into this habit again, as I love trying out new plugins. Additionally, it means I … Read more
I’d like to give you a quick preview of this years upcoming new default design for WordPress. The current default WordPress theme Twenty Twelve was not well received by many WordPress users. It’s the perfect design for creating child themes however many people felt that it was a little too plain. I love it’s minimal … Read more
The security of your WordPress is something that many of us take for granted. That is, until that security is breached. I’ve had malware installed on some of my websites before so I know the importance of protecting my websites and making sure they always use the latest version of WordPress. One plugin I recommend … Read more
Heat maps are a great way of seeing what areas of your site visitors are clicking. This information can be used to address problems on your site or improve certain areas. The most well known service that provides this is CrazyEgg. They provide a fantastic service however a website with only 800 visits per day … Read more