Despite the thousands of hours that have gone into making sure WordPress is secure and stable, the default platform still has certain aspects that are vulnerable to attacks. It’s vital to know what those attacks are, so you can take steps to bolster your security and provide needed peace of mind. As we discussed in a previous article, code injection attacks – such as Cross-Site Scripting and SQL injection – remain a high-priority concern for many website owners. Fortunately, protecting your site from these intrusions is simply a case of using some common-sense techniques, along with a snippet or two […]

Website security: two words that should be of paramount importance for all site owners. Security is big business online, mainly because it’s so vital that to ignore it can mean catastrophic consequences for your website and its user base. However, some security issues are more pertinent than others – and figuring out what’s most important to focus on is a task with no clear starting point. Fortunately, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) exists to help improve software security. Recently, this organization published an invaluable top-ten list of security vulnerabilities from the past year (2017). This can give you a […]

Starting completely from scratch when developing themes naturally means that you are free to do anything you’d like. This opens up plenty of room for creative freedom, but getting started can take up a lot of time. Many of the initial tasks you’ll carry out are necessary, yet time-intensive. The good news is that WordPress ‘starter’ themes or frameworks (also called ‘blank’ themes) can do some of the initial heavy lifting for you. This is because they include foundational base code for you to work from. They can help you implement essential functionality, and start you off with some best […]