This is a guest post by Eric Sizemore, a web developer, programmer, and domainer.
In light of recent events, anyone using WordPress is apparently susceptible to what’s being called “Distributed WordPress admin account cracking”. You can view this article for more information. This post aims to provide an extra layer of security both to your wp-admin folder, and wp-login.php file.
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Jun
2011
Aperturious is a paid WordPress theme designed by Chris Wallace, who you may know from the Gallery theme that I reviewed earlier this year. The theme is available for purchase through ThemeForest for $25.
I’ll be reviewing the theme in a review post, including how to set it up and an overview of the features.
And now onto the review…
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Jun
2011
In case you didn’t notice the message on top of your WordPress dashboard, WordPress 2.8.6 is now available. The release fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered and logged in users with posting privileges.
Basically if you have untrusted users on your blog with a user level of “Author” or above, upgrading is highly recommended.
I’m sure you know the drill by now, make sure you backup before you upgrade. I haven’t heard of any upgrade issues with this release so it should be relatively painless.
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Jun
2011
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