On April 27, 2015, WordPress.org posted this message: "Posted April 27, 2015 by Gary Pendergast. Filed under Releases, Security. WordPress 4.2.1 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. A few hours ago,
While working on a WordPress site hosted on GoDaddy recently, I kept getting a Connection Reset Error when trying to save a page. The page had over 100 links to documents, so I thought it might have something to do with that. There were no
I recently had a client who wanted to host a new WordPress site in her Network Solutions account. Since her existing hosting plan allowed her to host multiple sites, I created a folder for the new domain. To install WordPress, go to Toolbox, then View the
Recently a client of mine with a WordPress site said that the image Facebook uses when the page is shared is not the image that she wanted to have show up. Sure enough, when I checked I saw that an image from her Pinterest page
This may happen when the website (ex: mysite.com) is hosted in one account and the domain and email are hosted in a separate account. A php script that sends email (to an address that is on mysite.com such as info@mysite.com) will not know that the
It is so important to have strong passwords for all of your online accounts. You should have a unique password for every service you use. Re-using the same password would allow a hacker to break into not only one account, but all of your accounts
A client recently contacted me about the large amount of spam emails he'd been receiving through the contact form on his website. Sure enough, when I took a look at his email, he'd been receiving 30-40 every day. They were all ads for various designer
Here is another example of an email scam (I've also received very similar letters in the regular mail too). It looks very official and has a sense of urgency (failure to respond may result in the cancellation of this offer!). If you read carefully, you
I encourage my clients to forward any suspicious-looking emails to me so I can check them out, especially when the email references hosting, domains, or email. Yesterday a client forwarded one which read "We noticed your mail box which is running very slow and requires capacity
In a previous post, I talked about how important is it to keep your WordPress site updated to prevent it from being vulnerable to hackers. Another very good reason to keep your site updated is to keep it from becoming so out-of-date that you eventually