Read WordPress 4.7.1 Security Release Available, Immediate Update Recommended‘
A security release for all previous versions WordPress is now available, which the company strongly recommends all users upgrade to immediately.
The previous version of WordPress, version 4.7, has been downloaded over 10 million times since being released last month. However, it didn’t come without its flaws.
Specifically, the release addresses eight security issues affecting WordPress versions 4.7 and earlier:
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The lastest verison of the WordPress Blogging Engine, called “Coleman” in honor of jazz saxophonist Colman Hawkins, is now available for download and installation from the WordPress site. You can also easily existing installations in a few clicks, following the links in your dashboard.
This new version brings a host of updates and improvements including in-line link editing, formatting shortcuts, smart image sizing and more.
Watch this short introduction to “Coleman”
You can find a detailed listing of all the updates in the blog post, WordPress 4.5 “Coleman”, on WordPress.org.
I saw notice today that the latest version of WordPress is now available for install on all my WordPress sites (and most likely, yours too). I have been working my way through all 6 blogs, upgrading plugins, themes, etc as necessary and haven’t seen any issues.
Here is a video outlining all the changes and new features.
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Visit the WordPress Codex for complete and detailed information
WordPress 3.9.2 Security Release Out, Immediate Update Recommended via Search Engine Journal
WordPress 3.9.2 has just been rolled out as a security release for all previous versions. WordPress strongly recommends that you update your sites immediately.
This release fixes a possible denial of service issue in PHP’s XML processing, reported by Nir Goldshlager of the Salesforce.com Product Security Team. It was fixed by Michael Adams and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team and David Rothstein of the Drupal security team. This is the first time our two projects have coordinated joint security releases.
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Wordfence Security Plugin for WordPress via The Many Faces of Mike McBride
One of the challenges of hosting your own site and using WordPress is security. As WP has gotten more and more popular, it has become a huge target for hackers of all sorts. I’ve had my own fair share of old installations getting hacked and causing problems for live sites, rogue files, brute force login attempts that create a denial of service, DOS attacks against XMLRPC, and so on over the years.
Recently, I came across a mention of a security plugin called Wordfence and decided to try it out. It scans your install for any changes made to the WordPress core, theme and plugin files by comparing them to the original from the WordPress codex.
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
Broken Link Checker for WordPress from The Many Faces of Mike McBride
After 12 plus years of blogging, I’m sure that you can imagine that there must be a lot of links that I’ve shared that may not actually go anywhere any longer. That is true, but I never really knew how true until I grabbed a copy of the WordPress plugin Broken Link Checker.
I installed it over on my child abuse survivor blog, and out of curiosity I went ahead and let it do it’s things.
Sure enough, it found a few hundred broken links and presented them all to me in a list, like you see below.
“Noted” items are particularly good finds from my daily reading which I share via all my social media accounts.
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Douglas E. Welch, writer of Careers in New Media and several other blogs, presents on Blogging and Content Creation to the San Fernando Valley WordPress Group (54 mins)
This talk contains the following topics:
Music: “Rocket” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) under Creative Commons License.
I’ll be speaking on Content Creation and Blogging at the next San Fernando Valley WordPress Meetup. Come and join me and Glen Bennett, who will be speaking on “The Ecosystem of WordPress” and how it can work for you.
Event: Content Creation, Professional Blogging and the Eco-Sphere of WordPress
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:00 PM
Location: Tarzana Recreation Center, 5655 Vanalden Ave, . Tarzana, CA (map)
FREE
Description:
Creating content is an ongoing demand for any website, in particular a WordPress site. Yet doing so, keeping it fresh and keeping it consistent can be a tough challenge.
We have a professional blogger, Douglas Welch, with over 10 years of writing experience that will be sharing his work flow and many years of accumulated “how to” information. With plenty of opportunity to ask questions and interact we hope that this will provide just the knowledge and inspiration to make your WordPress site sing.
Then we will have a presentation from Glenn Bennett on the ecosystem of WordPress, bet you didn’t know that they had one! An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that work together. In the WordPress world there is a vast network of resources to be tapped and to link into. Find out more about what exists and how to use this ecosystem to really take of with your own WordPress site(s).
Bring your blogging questions! I always make a point of allowing plenty of time for Q&A every time I speak, so this is your chance to get your most burning blogging questions answered.
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
Doing your weekly check-up and using ManageWP.com to update multiple WordPress sites from one location.
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
Introduction to all the icons in the WordPress Blog Post Toolbar.
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
How and why to use categories from the very start of your WordPress blog. Make it easy for your readers, and yourself, to locate collection of blog posts in any category.
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
How to embed YouTube videos (and more) in your WordPress blog posts.
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
How to add images to your WordPress blog posts
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
A quick introduction to setting up an account/blog on WordPress.com and posting your first blog post.
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
Removing unused and unwanted WordPress plugins to prevent malicious exploits and just keep your WordPress installs neat and tidy
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
I show how to install and use WordPress Database Backup plugin to protect your WordPress. You can back up manually or set it up to automatically backup your data via email.
WordPress Database Backup Plugin
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Short WordPress tips to ease your way, especially if you are just getting started with WordPress.
WordPress 3.8 has just been released. Here is a quick demo of installing the new update. it is so easy that everyone should do it and anyone can.
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WordPress has been upgraded to version 3.7 and I saw notification of this in my WordPress Dashboard today. As usual, this is for users who host their own, local, copies of WordPress. If you you use WordPress.com, your blogs will be updated automatically.
Here are a few updates available in this new version…
For a complete list of the extensive updates, view this page at the WordPress Codex, WordPress Version 3.7.
Upgrade your locally hosted WordPress sites today!
I just saw notice in my WordPress dashboard that their latest update is now available. It resolves a number of security issues in the software. As usual, it is best to install updates soon after they are released to prevent any hacking attacks that might arise from these known bugs. Click on the “Please Update Now” banner in your WordPress Dashboard to install the update automatically.
From the WordPress 3.5.2 release notes:
The security fixes included:
Blocking server-side request forgery attacks, which could potentially enable an attacker to gain access to a site.
Disallow contributors from improperly publishing posts, reported by Konstantin Kovshenin, or reassigning the post’s authorship, reported by Luke Bryan.
An update to the SWFUpload external library to fix cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Reported by mala and Szymon Gruszecki.
Prevention of a denial of service attack, affecting sites using password-protected posts.
An update to an external TinyMCE library to fix a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Reported by Wan Ikram.
Multiple fixes for cross-site scripting. Reported by Andrea Santese and Rodrigo.
Avoid disclosing a full file path when a upload fails. Reported by Jakub Galczyk.
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Tod Maffin: Making the Digital World Human Again
Lots of great New Media advice to be had here on Tod’s site. Blog posts on improving how to you set up and use YouTube, blogs, podcasts and more. It is always a pleasure to find Tod’s content in my RSS stream.
Recent blog posts:
FromTod’s web site…
“Tod Maffin is one of North America’s leading digital marketing experts, specializing in viral and ROI-based campaigns for sectors from human resources to real estate to education.
Maffin, president of engageQ digital, is one of the country’s go-to commentators on the impact of accelerated technological change and innovation on the business and economic environment and can speak to every aspect of technology and resulting implications for the world in which we live.“
Link: Tod Maffin: Making the Digital World Human Again
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