Security Hardening: 6 Months Overview
Dev4Press server started experiencing occasional problems with overload in back in July. The problems started getting worse in August and September. And, the investigation lead to some interesting findings.
Year in Review: Dev4Press in 2016
Now, that only a few days remain before this 2016 comes to the end, it is a very good time to take a look at everything, the good and the bad, that has happened this year on Dev4Press.
Beware of pirated plugins and themes
Many WordPress users, in the attempt to save some money, instead of purchasing plugins (or themes), they are searching for pirated versions of popular premium plugins and themes and use them instead.
Improving security leads to better website performance
Dev4Press server started experiencing occasional problems with overload in back in July. The problems started getting worse in August and September. And, the investigation lead to some interesting findings.
reCAPTCHA for comment spam prevention
One of the most popular and very effective methods to combat spam is to use some form of captcha protection. But, captchas can lead to poor user experience. reCAPTCHA by Google is a quite different captcha trying to minimize user interaction.
Login Honeypot to fight comments spam
There are many ways to fight spam. And, spam delivery method will largely influence the way to fight it. Honeypot on the login form is very effective if your website is free for anyone to register.
In-depth analysis of comment spam
Before we get to methods to fight comment spam, it is very important to understand how spammers and spambots work, what methods they use, what types of comments they are posting.
Comment spam: how does it work?
Any WordPress website that allows comments or implements forum (bbPress or something else) attracts comment spam. If you ever wondered how comment spam finds your website, this is a good place to start.
Dev4Press in 2011: Year In Review
It is a last day of 2011, and I will try to summarize the last 365 days in the life of Dev4Press. But first, I would like to thank to all my faithful users that supported me and my projects over the years and I do my best to improve all my plugins and themes in the coming 2012.
Do you really need Akismet?
I never had problem with paying for services or products (after all, I run commercial plugins and themes business myself), and I planned to upgrade my Akismet license since they introduced the strict payment plan. But, than I discovered that I don’t really need Akismet at all.
Dev4Press in 2010: The Final Report
Tomorrow, Dev4Press website enters it’s third year. And while 2009 was warming up year, 2010 is the first full year Dev4Press was dedicated to premium WordPress development and support for both themes and plugins with additional work on many interesting projects.
Is paying for plugins inevitable?
For the last few days there is an open discussion on Weblog Tools Collection website about paying for plugins as a trend for 2010. There were a lot of comments and different opinions about the subject, and I will try to go over the subject again.