Do you use Google Docs? If so did you know that you can publish documents from it directly to your blog? Here's how to publish to a WordPress site but it also works with other blogs. Continue reading 'From Google Docs to WordPress'

The "Pharma" attack, first spotted (as far as I'm aware) by Chris Pearson is a new type of hack that makes no obvious changes to your WordPress site. Its only when you seach your site in Google that you can see the damage - phrases advertising drugs have been randomly inserted throughout each page. Continue reading 'New WordPress Pharma Attack Hits 200,000 Sites'

Its a sobering fact and one that I can testify to - most websites will be hacked at some stage. The ones most likely to be targeted are ones using programs such as WordPress due to its popularity. There are many ways to secure WordPress but this should be considered one of the first steps and is simply a plugin that can be installed quickly and simply. Continue reading 'Hiding That Your Site Runs WordPress'

The Insights plugin for WordPress makes adding links to your posts or to any web site easy and quick. Not only that it can find and insert images and videos. Here's how to use it. Continue reading '[Video] Add Links Quickly with Insights for WordPress'

Thesis is a very popular commercial template/framework for WordPress. It offers beautiful layout and typography along with solid cross-browser support. Many layout features such as number of columns and colours are set as options in admin rather than having to edit code. Although its great it only goes so far before ... Continue reading 'Save/Restore Thesis Settings with Plugin'

It happens to all WordPress users one day, you install a shinny new plugin and it breaks your setup. Not only that, it won't let you login and disactivate it! Sometimes its not even that simple, you just find that you can't login and don't know what the culprit is. Here ... Continue reading 'Unable to Login to WordPress Admin'