WordPress 4.7.3 has been released to fix security issues in earlier versions and maintenance fixes. Fixed issue are: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file metadata. Reported by Chris Andrè Dale, Yorick Koster, and Simon P. Briggs. Control characters can trick redirect URL validation. Reported by Daniel Chatfield. Unintended files can be deleted by administrators using […]
WPKube have published an interesting article: 12 Best WordPress Forum Plugin Options For Community Building on adding a forum to a WordPress self-hosted website. “The bbPress forum plugin is hands down the best option you can use to implement a forum on your website. A while back there used to be plenty more offerings in […]
W3 Total cache – Version 0.9.5.1 is incompatible with WordPress 4.7 according to a post on WordPress.org “you may need to remove it to access your site (Removing the plugin directory is not enough, you also need to remove the db.php, advanced-cache.php and object-cache.php files manually from the wp-content/ directory).”
Version 4.7 of WordPress, called “Vaughan” in honor of jazz vocalist Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan, is now available for download. New features include a new theme “Twenty Seventeen” with featured images and video headers. Twenty Seventeen features: multiple sections on the front page, selected in the Customizer. a striking asymmetrical grid. custom color schemes, built on […]
WordPress 4.4, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is now available for download from WordPress org. Version 4.4 features responsive images so that WordPress will automatically serve the right image size for the user’s browser, device, and screen size. WordPress 4.4 users will be able to embed posts from other WordPress sites. […]
Bill Belew writing on codeinwp.com has posted an interesting article “Community Built Around Your WordPress” The article is aimed at understanding how a community built around your WordPress site can improve SEO. Bill Belew suggests there are 5 elements to an effective SEO strategy: Create a compelling storyline – Content Write a lot of good […]
WordPress 4.4 is expected to be released on December 8. WordPress 4.4 Beta 1 is available now. Planned features are: Twenty Sixteen — A new default theme for WordPress. Responsive Images — WordPress automatically delivers a more appropriate image to users depending on a variety of conditions like screen size, viewport size, and screen resolution. […]
Gallery is a WordPress plugin by BestWebSoft available in Pro and Free versions. Gallery Plugin makes it possible to implement as many galleries as you want into your website. You can add multiple pictures and description for each gallery, show them all on one page, view each one separately. Moreover, you can upload HQ images. […]
Vishnu Supreet writing on WebHosting Secret Revealed has posted an interesting article “How to Stop Spammers On Your WordPress Site” The article covers some Anti Spam Solutions both free and paid for, including: WP Spam-Shield Anti Spam, Antispam Bee, Akismet and Anti-Spam By Clean Talk. CleanTalk is a cloud based service engineered to stop spam […]
