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The Solution To The Lack Of WordPress Beta Testing

Stephen Cronin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:23:24 +0000

While catching up on some old podcasts, specifically Episode 82 of WordPress Weekly, I came across a discussion about WordPress beta testing. The discussion centers around the problem of bugs not being caught during beta testing because there just aren’t enough beta testers.

To me, the solution seems straightforward – but that may be because I worked in the software industry for 10 years and have experience in software release management, so I’ll take the long path and set the scene properly.

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Subscribe To Comments & Protected Wp-admin Folder

Stephen Cronin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:03:10 +0000

Earlier today I received an email from an irate commentator, accusing me of spamming him and threatening to report me. He was receiving emails from my blog, via the Subscribe To Comments plugin, but he thought couldn’t unsubscribe. The cause: my wp-admin folder is password protected.

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Google Adsense Serving Up Malware?

Stephen Cronin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:51:47 +0000

Tonight I was browsing the Internet, when my virus software notified me of a potential threat from openstat.ws. None of the websites open in Firefox had a link to this site in the source. After some investigation, it appears that the potentially malicious site is called by Google Adsense.

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Password Protecting The Wp-admin Folder

Stephen Cronin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:42:11 +0000

I recently listened to the WordPress Podcast – Episode 44. Although it’s a couple of months old now, it was quite interesting and one issue really caught my ~~eye~~ ear: the security related question for Matt Mullenweg at around 1:13:30 of the podcast.

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