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Announcements WordPress 5.5 Beta 3 Unsplash Launches Official Plugin for WordPress WPCampus Online 2020 Conference Features Accessibility and Higher Education Topics, July 29-30 Astra Becomes the Only Non-Default WordPress Theme With 1 Million Installs Is there a plugin for that?… Continue Reading →
A number of high profile Twitter accounts including those of Elon Musk, Apple, Uber, Bill Gates, Joe Biden and others were compromised as a part of a coordinated bitcoin scam attack. The attack lasted a few hours and netted the… Continue Reading →
Backups are an essential part of a photographers workflow. But it can be automated at times. Backups go beyond just ensuring photographs are redundant and safe. It also means your website and its data is redundant and safe. You also… Continue Reading →
Announcements Admin 2020 Reimagines WordPress Admin and Media Library Update Themes and Plugins via a ZIP File WordCamp Europe Goes Virtual for 2021, In-Person Conference to Resume 2022 Get Options Podcast E134: How do I talk about being laid off… Continue Reading →
Kimberley Anderson is the voice behind Red Curl Creative, a copywriting service for photographers and wedding professionals. A reformed wedding photographer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kim hung up her camera after a 20-year run, vowing never to eat saucy chicken on… Continue Reading →
Announcements WooCommerce Blocks 2.7 WooCommerce 4.3 Beta 1 Flywheel Relaunches Local Pro with Revamped Live Links and New Host-Agnostic Pre-Launch Tools Smash Balloon Joins Awesome Motive Gutenberg 8.4 Adds Image Editing, Includes Multi-Block Controls, and Enables Block Directory Search Is… Continue Reading →
This week, we look at some targeted phishing attacks that are bypassing Microsoft Outlook’s protective filters, and phishing campaigns using calendar invitations to target unsuspecting recipients. We also look at some successful bitcoin scams and a new record for a… Continue Reading →
Announcements WordPress 5.4.2 Security and Maintenance Release Build Forms via the Block Editor with Gutenberg Forms OpenJS World 2020 Conference Goes Virtual, Tickets Are Free: June 23–24 WordPress Bumps Minimum PHP Recommendation to 7.2 Is there a plugin for that?… Continue Reading →
John DeMato is a branded lifestyle portrait photographer who collaborates with expert-based business owners to create an emotional connection with their audiences through persuasive visual storytelling. More than just a photographer, John sets his clients up for success beyond the… Continue Reading →
This week, we look at the WP 5.4.2 release and a ransomware bitcoin scam targeting site owners with a “You’ve Been Hacked” email. We also look at an FBI warning about online banking app malware, the Verizon data breach report… Continue Reading →
Page builders are a funny thing. At first glance, you most likely think that they will make your life easier as a website owner. The fact that you can design your site however you want with a beautiful drag and… Continue Reading →
A very popular issue that comes up in many WordPress forums, groups and even the Imagely support inbox are about how emails are sent. Depending on your host and how the server is set up, emails could come from an… Continue Reading →
On this week’s Think Like a Hacker podcast, we cover an active attack campaign targeting WordPress sites and numerous plugin vulnerabilities. This active attack campaign has been ongoing and has outpaced all other attacks on WordPress vulnerabilities. Our threat intelligence… Continue Reading →
In this episode, we talk to Corey and Dylan from Fuel Your Photos about their new podcast, SEO for Photographers. Not only will you learn about their new show, but you’ll also get some immediate action items to take away… Continue Reading →
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team unpacked the security updates in WordPress 5.4.1, and they published quite a few blog posts about vulnerabilities in popular plugins like Ninja Forms, LearnPress, and the Real-Time Find and Replace plugin. These plugin vulnerabilities affected… Continue Reading →
Stories this week about targeted attacks using 0days in iPhone and iPad devices and a sophisticated phone scam targeting a security professional that ended with a $9,800 wire transfer underscore what we all know: malicious attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated…. Continue Reading →
When photographers only focus on one type of photography services it is much easier to create a website that is finely tuned for lead generation and customer conversions. In this episode, we will discuss recommendations for how headshots photographers can… Continue Reading →
The FTC is reporting numerous scams targeting fears and uncertainty, with over $12 million lost to Coronavirus-related scams. We also cover BBB warnings against oversharing on social media, over 500,000 Zoom credentials found on the dark web, Google’s removal of… Continue Reading →
With all going on during the COVID-19 pandemic, we thought it would be important to educate you on things you can do when at home, or in the studio during downtime. What you will hear in this episode will help… Continue Reading →
This week, we look at the WordPress 5.4 release which includes turning distraction free editing on by default. We also look at new plugin vulnerabilities discovered by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, including those found in Rank Math and a… Continue Reading →
Today we are celebrating 100 episodes of WordPress education, around 3 years of this podcast and of course, we are celebrating WordPress. At the time of recording this WordPress 5.4 is around the corner. By the time this episode is… Continue Reading →
With many of us under either lockdown or shelter-in-place orders due to the COVID-19/Corona virus, fear and stress are rampant. This additional stress lowers our critical thinking capabilities and increases our vulnerability. Hackers targeting these human vulnerabilities are using the… Continue Reading →
This is The WordPress Photography Podcast presented by Imagely. My name is Scott Wyden Kivowitz and I am your host and the Chief Community Officer here at Imagely. This is the podcast for photographers looking to learn and do more… Continue Reading →
We chat with Jon Bius, a web developer at Biz Tools One, an agency in Fayetteville, NC, about how they use customer education to build relationships and differentiate their business. Jon has been helping customers build websites for over two… Continue Reading →
Hulafrog surveyed a lot of local businesses and found that 80% of local businesses spend money on ads. However, 60% have a limited budget. That’s why we wanted to share some of the advice from Hulafrog, and our own advice,… Continue Reading →
On February 26, WordPress page building platform Elementor announced that they had received $15 million in venture funding. After topping 4 million installations of their plugin in January, it appears that Elementor is on a path to do some big… Continue Reading →
This week, we review numerous plugin vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugins and the attacks that are targeting them. We also review the Duplicator vulnerability affecting over 1 million sites, and Chloe Chamberland’s discovery of multiple vulnerabilities in the Pricing Table… Continue Reading →
Almost every week, a new vulnerability is discovered in a popular WordPress plugin or theme, leaving developers scrambling to fix it before it’s widely exploited. Surprisingly, almost all critical vulnerabilities boil down to a few common mistakes. In this talk… Continue Reading →
Born and raised on the quiet island of Kauai, Hawaii, Aaron Nace would be the first to tell you that his upbringing was anything but ordinary. Despite the perks of Hawaiian life, he moved with his mother, father, and two… Continue Reading →
It has been a busy week in WordPress security with active attacks on a number of plugins including ThemeRex Addons and Theme Grill Demo Importer plugins. In this week’s Think Like a Hacker, we look at what’s happening, review what… Continue Reading →
