In this week’s knowledge share, I will talk about nulled plugins and themes – how they are a hidden security risk, how they harm trust in open source, and what you can do to make things right. I will then cover this week’s vulnerability news, which highlights two security bugs in abandoned plugins and one…
Rob Cairns has many years maintain security for WordPress Websites. When clients change the service provider that maintains the security for their websites, many simple things are missed. Rob talks about the the missed items and what to do about them.
In many instances, WordPress prioritizes accessibility in ways that other CMS’s and open source projects do not. But that doesn’t mean we do things perfectly. In this full-length episode of Press the Issue, Allie Nimmons explores WordPress accessibility from as many angles as she can in order to answer the question – how accessible is…
Rob Cairns sits down with Simon Harper and talks all things Mail Chimp and WordPress. Simon is a certified Mail Chimp expert and uses it to generate leads for clients. He is also an accomplished WordPress developer and we talk about trends with WordPress.
Luke and Jonathan talk about hosts, free riders, and plugin monetization, then take a sharp turn into murder mysteries in WordPress. 4 Across: Days since the last… Links: https://jonathanwold.com/hosts-and-the-free-rider-problem/
Co-host Ronald shares his experience so far having joined the WooCommerce team at Automattic.
Carmen Maymo started out as an artist, and following a twisted path, ended up a WordPress and WooCommerce developer.
Rob Cairns talks about his software stack for his cutomer support portal. Rob shares with you why he moved his customer support portal back to WordPress and some of the key plugins and themes he used to build the portal.
This week I will finally get to talk about SSRF! SSRF stands for Server Side Request Forgery. This is a category of application vulnerability that is sometimes overlooked but could allow attackers to bypass security measures and turn a web application into a sort of limited VPN to pivot to systems normally protected by the…
As I head to San Diego, I will find several hosts and even more past guests attending and ready to take on the next WordCampUS.
Rob Cairns talks to Stephanie Hudson. Show Highlights: What is Focus WP. How Outsourcing can benefit your business. WordPress trends and changes.
Jonathan and Luke discuss how the “reverse chronological order” orientation of WordPress affected the web, and a “Digital Gardening” metaphor that might help fix it. 1 Down: Home of GiveWP, LearnDash, and RCP Links: https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history
Birgit Pauli-Haack, a Gutenberg advocate, shares her insights into where blocks are headed with WordPress and WooCommerce.
Recently, the WordPress community has been buzzing with discussion around Five for the Future and the balances of contributing. In this episode of Press the Issue, Rob Howard and Allie Nimmons take a deep dive into the topic and discuss the degree to which Five for the Future serves it’s intended purpose. This podcast was…
