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WordPress 4.9.3 update bug advisory

Chris O'Brien February 20, 2018 0 Comments
Ordinarily, a minor WordPress update would come and go with little attention being paid to it. These minor updates usually fix a range of small bugs in one push or patch WordPress against a newly emerging security threat. However, the update from WordPress 4.9.2 to 4.9.3 did not go as smoothly as Indeed. and was rapidly pulled from public access just hours after the worldwide release. The...
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Very Simple Event List: Display events on WordPress websites with ease

Chris O'Brien September 05, 2017 0 Comments
Managing events in WordPress is easy. There are many sophisticated themes and plugins that lets you manage a few or hundreds of events on your website. If you are just looking for a simple way to display a list of events on your site, you may want to give Very Simple Event List a look. The plugin lets you display upcoming or past events. Once you have installed the plugin, you can add events...
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WordPress powers over 25% of the web. Here’s why WordPress is right for you.

Here is why WordPress is the right choice for your next website

Chris O'Brien August 18, 2017 0 Comments
Originally launched in 2003, WordPress has become perhaps the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world. Today, WordPress is used by more than 25% of websites and, according to WordPress, more than 409 million people view more than 23.6 billion pages each month and users produce 69.5 million new posts and 46.8 million new comments every month. So why is WordPress the...
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WordPress 4.8 – An Update with You in Mind

Jenny Howell June 21, 2017 0 Comments
Though some updates seem minor, they’ve been built by hundreds of contributors with you in mind. Get ready for new features you’ll welcome like an old friend: link improvements, three new media widgets covering images, audio, and video, an updated text widget that supports visual editing, and an upgraded news section in your dashboard which brings in nearby and upcoming WordPress events....
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Free introduction to WordPress e-course, delivered straight to your inbox

Chris O'Brien May 16, 2017 0 Comments
Do you use WordPress? If so we've got a free WordPress e-course, with easy to follow video tutorials, that cover common site management tasks that you might be interested in joining. We developed this 7 lesson course for our website design customers, to familiarise them with the basics of WordPress. Our WordPress customers loved it so much we thought we'd make it available to newsletter...
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Time for an update – WordPress 4.7.4 released

Chris O'Brien April 20, 2017 0 Comments
This release contains 47 maintenance fixes and enhancements, chief among them a fix has been provided to address an incompatibility between the upcoming Chrome version and the visual editor, inconsistencies in media handling, and further improvements to the REST API. For a full list of changes, consult the release notes and the list of changes over on the WordPress website....
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Immediate update advised as WordPress patches six security vulnerabilities in 4.7.3

Chris O'Brien March 08, 2017 0 Comments
WordPress 4.7.3 is now available with patches for six security vulnerabilities that affect version 4.7.2 and all previous versions. WordPress.org is strongly encouraging users to update their sites immediately. The release includes fixes for three cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that affect media file metadata, video URLs in YouTube embeds, and taxonomy term names. It also includes...
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WordPress: Display a message or other text in a page or post only to logged in users

Jenny Howell January 14, 2017 0 Comments
You can use this to post advice or reminders to logged in users when they need to perform different tasks. All you have to do is add the following anywhere in your theme you want to display the message. ​ Create a shortcode to detect logged in users To turn this into a shortcode so you can use it in your posts you can just use the below snippet add this into your functions.php page. To use...
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Keep your plugins and themes up to date

Chris O'Brien August 29, 2016 0 Comments
A question we get frequently from clients (and prospective clients) is “Do I need to install updates for WordPress, plugins, and my theme?” The answer is an unwavering  “Yes!“, and it’s because updates do the following: Increase the security of your website Fix bugs that could cause unintended behaviour of your website Add features and functionality to your site Web...
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Upgrade today: WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” now available

Chris O'Brien August 18, 2016 0 Comments
The latest version of WordPress, version 4.6 (named “Pepper” in honor of jazz saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III), is now available to download via the WordPress website at wordpress.org. There are some exciting new features in WordPress 4.6 to help you to focus on the important parts of running your website along with enhancements to simplify some of the the...
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