Check Your WordPress Plugins for SI Captcha

Check Your WordPress Plugins for SI Captcha

This morning I received a WPMU Blog Post reporting that the popular plugin SI Captcha has been permanently removed from the WordPress(.org) Plugin Repository.  Why?  Ironically, the new plugin owner & developer (since June 2017) embedded the plugin with spam code!...
The WWW Cunundrom

The WWW Cunundrom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The recent move to migrating websites to SSL based on the Google mandate has made the usage of www as a yes or no an issue requiring action. In a recent article, iThemes discussed this topic in detail and provide a terrific tutorial...
Bluehost Offering Free WordPress SSL

Bluehost Offering Free WordPress SSL

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bluehost is among several hosts now offering free WordPress SSL certificates without the requirement for dedicated IP addresses. Frankly, this news came as a surprise today, as I was planning to add a Comodo Positive SSL certificate...
SSL in 2017:  a new Google mandate

SSL in 2017: a new Google mandate

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So what’s the buzz about Google issuing penalties for sites that don’t employ SSL?  Well, it’s true, and in the next month, I’ll certainly be busy converting over websites to use HTTPS and not just HTTP pages....