[ad_1] If there was a question that ever made me start feeling old, it might be this one. Last week, Marcel Bootsman asked via Twitter, “Why did you start to use WordPress?” WordPress community members chimed in with all sorts of reasons for hopping aboard, and Jeff Chandler of WP Mainline shared his journey on his site. These are the sort of discussions of nostalgia that I live for. What follows is my story. I began blogging in 2003. A friend had introduced me to a now-defunct service called Expage. We mostly used it similarly to the early Myspace craze, adding things such as… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] With the new expansion from Ecsec, the eID function is now also available for WordPress. The plug-in is now available free of charge and as open source code. For the users of the corresponding websites, Ecsec provides its SKIDentity service in the standard configuration of the plugin in order to provide an eID connection. WordPress is the market leader in content management systems. Plugin available on Github The free plugin is available under the Open source AGPL license on Github ready and able like any other WordPress-Plugin installed, but the identity provider must… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] If you’re looking to make your website live, you’ll need some form of web hosting. The best web hosting services provide the required infrastructure, including storage, bandwidth, and a suite of other features to get your website up and running, once you’ve used one of the best website builders to put it together. In your search for hosting, you’ll likely come across two terms: web hosting and WordPress hosting. Web hosting is an umbrella term that covers all kinds of hosting, including shared hosting, virtual private server (VPS) hosting, dedicated server hosting, and cloud hosting. 

[ad_1] WordPress.com provides an alternative to the best website builders, and utilizes some of the best web hosting providers for website creation, combining the power of advanced web hosting with the power of the WordPress.org content management system (CMS) to deliver all-in-one solutions.   WordPress review: Snapshot Now, WordPress.com is far from the most powerful site creation platform we’ve used, but it still brings a lot to the table. There’s a great free version that you can use to test the platform, an integrated website builder, and access to the full range of WordPress plugins and… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Last week, a GitHub pull request I had been watching since October 2020 on the Gutenberg repository was finally merged into the codebase. It changes the structure of the WordPress Gallery block to be a container for nested Image blocks. The new format is expected to land in WordPress 5.9. For those who want to begin testing it early, it should ship with Gutenberg 11.4 next week. However, you can grab the nightly test version from Gutenberg Times to see it in action now. To use the new Gallery format, you must enable it from the Gutenberg > Experiments admin screen. “If you have… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] So you’ve chosen to use WordPress for your website. Good choice! WordPress powers over a third of all websites on the internet today. It’s a favorite for many webmasters because of its low barrier to entry for rookies, and virtually unlimited extendability for pro users. With this popularity, WordPress also attracts lots of hackers and security threats. There’s no reason to panic, however, if you take a few simple precautions. Here they are: 1. Use Secure Log-in Details Using unique log-in details might sound… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Security vulnerabilities are inevitable but one can avoid them by securing applications. In this article, we are listing 5 popular WordPress security solution providers who also offer free SSL certificates. Security plays a vital role in software application development. Today, we have many open source/proprietary software available on the internet to develop an application. Open-source software is vulnerable to hacking. Not only open source software but proprietary software are also vulnerable to hackers.  Both proprietary software companies and… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Web developers, content managers, and e-commerce owners have plenty of options when building a website in 2021. Today, we will discuss and compare two Content Management Systems (CMS) platforms that can help you get your website launched in short order: Joomla and WordPress. What is Joomla? Joomla is an open-source CMS platform that got its start in 2005. It was launched to give users the power to build websites and eCommerce sites without having any (or little) coding knowledge. Approximately five percent of the world’s websites are powered by Joomla, making it the third most popular… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WordPress sites are vulnerable to cyber invasions, including the most aggressive brute force attacks. Some platforms face hundreds or thousands of threats per week. Without strong protection against hacking and malware, your reputation, ranking, and profits will plunge. A firewall is indispensable. If criminals hijack your admin account, they will cause massive damage. Sensitive data will be stolen, users will… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Many HEXUS readers may own, run, or maintain WordPress based websites, as it is one of the most popular web publishing platforms / CMS available. It is quite common to have an SEO plugin to help optimize certain aspects of your site structure, pages and posts for Google etc, but one such plugin was recently discovered to leave sites highly vulnerable due to an XSS vulnerability. WordPress plugins are numerous and flaws quite commonplace, but I thought this particular flaw was worth highlighting as it has 100,000+ users and the flaw appears to have been… [ad_2] More Info