WordPress security, and website security more broadly, is constantly improving to address evolving security threats. Sucuri, a popular website security company, is stepping up its game to take security to the next level. Just last week the company announced its new partnership with Yoast. According to the announcement, this partnership comes at a time when Sucuri is undergoing some other big changes in messaging and branding. To better understand what this means for the future of Sucuri (and their approach to wesbsite security), I reached out to Tony Perez, CEO of Sucuri, for some insight. Here’s what he said: Q: Can you elaborate on […]
DradCast Episode 054: Chris Brogan Is Wrong
[y=4-HNYq1Ek84 height=400] Show Notes Host Chris Brogan is an advisor and strategist to professionals and owners alike. Having been on the Dr. Phil show and presented to thousands at conferences he is a highly regarded keynote speaker. Some of his clients he has consulted with include: Disney, Microsoft, Coke, Pepsi, Google, and Motorola just to name a few. In addition to speaking, he is also the best selling author of The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth. He is the CEO of Human Business Works and blogs at http://chrisbrogan.com/. You can find him on twitter @chrisbrogan Sippin’ On Brad – Captain Morgan […]
5 WordPress Plugins to Manage User Roles
To find more great plugins, check out Torque’s free eBook, The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Plugins. Download it here. Do you manage or edit a large online publication powered by WordPress? Do you have several writers contributing to your site at any given time? Does your online business involve registering numerous WordPress accounts for users? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this list of plugins here is a godsend. If you’ve been struggling to manage those many WordPress accounts, trying to find the perfect balance of permissions and restrictions for each user, these plugins are here […]
Are You Going to WordCamp NYC?
WordCamp NYC kicks off Friday with contributor day—a day geared towards contributing to the WordPress project—at NYU Kimmel Center! The main event, on Saturday and Sunday, will be held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. The WordPress-centric event is one of the most heavily-anticipated WordCamps of the year, and draws WordPress developers, designers, enthusiasts, and users from all around the world. This year, WordCamp NYC features a most impressive group of speakers. Speakers are scheduled to present on trending topics such as WordPress tools and development, security, entrepreneurship, REST API, and more. Who knows, maybe we’ll even hear more about […]
3 Ways to Manage Your Plugins
Plugins are my bread and butter. I spend a great deal of time using them, organizing them, and evaluating them. Many WordPress users out there probably have a few groups of plugins they like to start sites off with. One set for client sites, another for blogs, another for test sites, etc. But keeping track of these various groups and manually installing them to every fresh WordPress install can be a bit of a hassle. Luckily, there are a few ways to approach the task. The Simple Way Fortunately, there are tools out there that allow you to group plugins together, and […]

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