Several sources reported yesterday that WordPress runs on a whopping 30% of the top 10 Million most popular websites on the entire Internet. Also, WordPress currently powers 60.2% of those websites that run a Contact Management System (CMS). One of the sources notes that my alma mater, UNC-Chapel Hill has recently moved its website to…
Friends, don’t be fooled by Facebook’s Onavo “protection”. It’s only an app that allows Facebook to observe your activity when you’re not on Facebook. In other words, it’s Spyware! More information is here:
WordPress 4.9.3 was released on February 5 and included several bugfixes. The next day, WordPress 4.9.4 was released to fix a "severe bug" in the previous day's bugfix. If your WordPress website was automatically updated to version 4.9.3, you must manually update your website to version 4.9.4, otherwise your website will never automatically update again….
News was released in the past couple of days about two computer vulnerabilities that affects just about all computers (including tablets and smartphones) made in the past twenty years. Yes, you read that correctly! One security website says, “Both of these vulnerabilities are hardware level vulnerabilities that exist because of a flaw in CPU architecture….
I have often sung the praises of the LastPass Password Manager. Off the top of my head, I only know a couple of passwords for all of the websites that I access. And each website I visit has a different password. Instead of trying to keep up with a book or sticky notes where I…
A new version of WordPress Core is available (4.4). If you have not already updated, please do so as soon as possible. Many WordPress hosting companies do not automatically update your WordPress Core, Plugin and Theme files. In addition, many hosts do not backup their clients’ files and databases. Before updating your WordPress website, remember to…
Updating WordPress and Plugins is not included in most hosting packages! This morning, a security update was released for the #WordPress Core. Several plugins were updated as well. Unless you updated your #WP core files and plugins, your website is vulnerable to attack! All of our clients’ websites were updated within minutes of today’s announced release….