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Block no-referrer spam on your WordPress website

by: Jason Huber - July 1st, 2011

If you are not sure what referrer spam is you may wish to check this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referrer_spam

To block these spam referrers you need the following lines in your .htaccess file and replace example.com with your domain: Read More

PHP5 or WordPress on 1and1 shared hosting server

by: Jason Huber - June 30th, 2011 Add Comment

if you are having issues simply add this line to your .htaccess file to force php5

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

WP Security Scan – Plugin

by: Jason Huber - June 30th, 2011

NOTE: Directories should be set to 755 and file should be set to 644

WP Security Scan checks your WordPress website/blog for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions such as:

Passwords
File permissions
Database security
Version hiding
WordPress admin protection/security
Removes WP Generator META tag from core code

Requirements

WordPress version 2.6 and higher (tested at 3.1)
PHP5 (tested with PHP Interpreter >= 5.2.9)

For more information on the WP Security Scan and other WordPress security news, visit the WebsiteDefender Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the WP Security Scan plugin forum.

Link: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/

Protect WP-config.php File

by: Jason Huber - June 30th, 2011

Add this to your .htaccess file:

# PROTECT WP-CONFIG
<Files wp-config.php>
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</Files>

AND -> make sure your file permissions are set to: 644

Sticky Posts per Category

by: Jason Huber - March 5th, 2011 20 Comments

Using WordPress as a CMS, I needed the sticky posts to display on the top of the page per category and then display the rest of the post (in the category) in alphabetical order by title.

I ended up running 2 loops, 1 for sticky post and 1 without. I created a category.php file and I’m using the follow queries:

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