Author Archives: Doug

Block Repeat Spam Offenders From Your WordPress Blog

By Doug | Published: July 3, 2010
Some excellent WordPress security tweaks can be found at this article on Smashing Magazine, including ways to protect your wp-config file and prevent hot-linking to images on your site. My personal favorite is this snippet of code entered into your .htaccess file to ban persistent spam bots from your blog: Paste the following code in [...]
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Make WordPress Take Out The Trash

By Doug | Published: May 20, 2010
A simple and very useful trick by way of WP Recipes that tells WordPress to automatically empty the trash: Simply open your wp-config.php file (located at the root of your WOrdPress install) and paste the following code: define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 ); The second parameter is when to empty trash, in days. If you’re like me, you’re [...]
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Starting A WordPress Blog: Your First Plugins

By Doug | Published: May 18, 2010
Plugins are a big part of what makes WordPress so versatile. There are thousands of free plugins available for WordPress that add an incredible amount of functionality to your website. But sometimes people get ahead of themselves and try to install all these “must have” plugins they’ve been told every blog needs before they even [...]
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Starting A WordPress Blog: Permalinks, Askimet And User Name

By Doug | Published: May 17, 2010
One of the great things about WordPress is that it works right out of the box. As soon as you finish the basic installation you’re able to start blogging and publishing your content to the web without configuring your setup. If you want a blog with greater stability and search engine optimization, however, here are [...]
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