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6 simple steps to hardening WordPress

Sam
Posted in September 16th, 2007
Published in Computers, Things, WordPress
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There are some basic steps you can take to help limit your exposure to malicious behavior directed at your WordPress blog. My intention with this article is not to make your website bullet-proof (if such a thing exists) but to cover the most common exploits/weaknesses. File and directory permissions have been discussed elsewhere but I’ll [...]

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WordPress Troubleshooting: Finished installation and it doesn’t work!

Sam
Posted in August 23rd, 2006
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This article was inspired by the fact that WordPress downloads recently passed the 1,000,000 mark.
There are some very common problems that pop-up frequently on the WordPress Support Forums that can stop an installation dead in it’s tracks. This is my attempt at covering these issues while still relying on the WordPress codex.
To provide a [...]

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