WPCult

Hi guys this is my first post on wpcult the great site Austin built.  Hope you guys find it usefull.

If you run a blog using the wordpress software then your blog is a target to hackers.  Below I will list some hacks and just how they can help you keep your business/site safe.

The following is  code to Block Bad Queries and protect your blog from malicious URL Requests.

Place the following code into a text file and name it what ever you like for example blockbadqueries.php upload it to your plugin folder and activate it in your wordpress

Did you make the update to WordPress 2.9? Well you may want to check out this post regarding an issues with WP Cron, which controls you auto (scheduled) posts. I know one of my sites has an issue, so I installed the three files and it fixed the issue. Click here to continue reading

Well we’ve been presented with an late Hanukkah gift, but an early Christmas gift! WordPress 2.9 has been released today. Also announced a new default theme called 2010 slated for release with version 3.0! Click here to continue reading

Well, were getting real close! Click here to continue reading

For those who are familiar with BuddyPress, it’s a plugin for WordPressμ only. But Scott has created a plugin that would allow for single user compatibility. Click here to continue reading

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Cut your server CPU load for WordPress installs Click here to continue reading

Announced already, WordPress 2.8.1 beta 1 Click here to continue reading

WordPress version 2.8 RC 1! Click here to continue reading

The WordPress development blog has put a date on the release of 2.8, plus some notes. Click here to continue reading

WordPress announced the release of 2.8 beta 2, download it or check out the changes since beta 1. Click here to continue reading

For the longest time I remember checking out my WordPress stats via this Stats plugin and it always cut of my day at 4pm. This was because it only collected the stats via UTC time. Well check out this post where andy talks about the latest version 1.4 retroactively changing depending on your blog’s timezone. Click here to continue reading

Did you vote? I did. Did your vote win? Mine didn’t Results. Click here to continue reading

Just announced by Matt himself, that they finally acquired wp.com from Yahoo. Head over to the WordPress.com blog, leave a comment for what you think they should do with the domain.

As for now the domain: www.wp.com redirects to wordpress.com.

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Here is a simple way to call query_posts with an array of options. For all options you my use visit: WordPress Codex.