To manage website, I use SFTP/SSH over FTP. When use SFTP/SSH, I choose key-based authentication over username & password. Key based login is considered much more secure than password based login. The good news is, most Linux based hosting packages…
Most blog owners block comment spam in their WordPress blog heavily relying on anti-spam plugin or built-in Comments Blacklist. While this provides easy solution that works, it does have drawbacks. Because it does NOT stop spammer from doing this, but…
Nothing is more exciting than updating WordPress to the latest version that brings you not only enhancements, but also new features. And nothing is more nerve-racking and dejected when the update doesn’t go smoothly as it should. I had this…
A Page Flip Book Lite is a free flipbook plugin for WordPress. It can create and manage flipbooks (only one from free version), and bring either jQuery or Flash based 3D animated flipbook to your website. It is not the…
WP Engine is a recommended premium WordPress hosting provider for super duper fast performance. Its package is pricy because it is a managed hosting service solution. The company dedicates resources in providing added service specially for WordPress than regular hosting…
Most of us will install a caching plugin in WordPress for performance improvement. I do so on most websites when clients ask for a quick speed tuning. There are quite a few good FREE caching plugins available, and they are…
Sooner or later, you will deal with page speed, loading time, and other performance related subjects. Running developer tools, such as Yahoo YSlow, or Google Page Speed, “Add Expires Headers” can be one advice you won’t miss if you are…
WordPress administrators can modify Theme & Plugin files in build-in editor. The editor provides a convenient approach for site administrator to change something on the fly without going through FTP client. It also makes it possible for novice site owner…
It takes only few clicks to install WordPress. But making your installation safer and securer needs further tweaks and checkups. Here a list of things I will go though when a WordPress installation is submitted to me for security enhancement.…
A lot of us know that, “removing WordPress version number” is a fairly popular security trick. The purpose is to hide the WordPress version number embedded in the final rendered HTML code, so to reduce the risk of being targeted…