This Week in WordPress #271
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 9th October 2023.
345 – Don’t make websites for friends and family
It’s the 17th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and our topic is “Don’t make websites for friends and family”. Do I even need to explain this episode?!?! If, like David and I, you stumbled into working on the web, then it’s likely that friends and relations played some part in getting your career…
This Week in WordPress #270
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 2nd October 2023.
344 – Dan Knauss on why you should harden WordPress
Today we’re joined by Dan Knauss, a technical content generalist at SolidWP (formerly iThemes). The episode focuses on the importance of hardening WordPress websites for enhanced security. Dan discusses their approach to security, which includes targeted security measures rather than trying to cover every potential vulnerability. They emphasise the need for timely updates and advocate…
This Week in WordPress #269
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 25th September 2023.
343 – Is browser interoperability a threat to page building?
This is the 16th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and I think we have come up with our catchiest title ever… “Is browser interoperability a threat to page building?” – truly inspirational! Remember the good old days when no two browsers renders anything in the same way? You don’t? You’re lucky! It used…
This Week in WordPress #268
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 18th September 2023.
342 – Thomas J Raef on protecting your website. Security mini series 3/4
This is third of four podcast episodes related to WordPress security. It’s the third of our four-part security mini series. Prior to that, the other episodes featured Calvin Alkan as well as Akshat Choudhary. This is Thomas from, we watch your website giving his impression of the state of WordPress security. I did the spiel…
341 – Is the WordPress community overrated?
This in the 15th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series. Today we are asking… is the WordPress community overrated? What have we done? This could be the end of this podcast! Let’s hope nobody thinks we are trying to speak for the community, or that we even have a clue what the community truly…
This Week in WordPress #267
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 4th September 2023.
340 – Akshat Choudhary on the utility of WordPress firewalls and malware scanners. Security mini series 2/4
This is second of four podcast episodes related to WordPress security. For the first time ever (well second time I suppose!) I feel like I need to add some context to the show notes so that you understand the context of what I’m doing here. A little while ago there was some news in the…
This Week in WordPress #266
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 28th August 2023.
339 – Are web design clients only interested in what they can see?
It is the 14th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series. The idea for today’s topic came from our last episode in which we were talking about the pros and cons of no code builders. Here we’re asking “Are web design clients only interested in what they can see?”, but it could have been “Are…
This Week in WordPress #265
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 14th August 2023.
338 – Calvin Alkan on the state of WordPress security plugins. Security mini series 1/4
his is first of four podcast episodes related to WordPress security. For the first time ever, I feel like I need to add some context to the show notes so that you understand the context of what I’m doing here. A little while ago there was some news in the WordPress space about the merits…