Internet Security

[solved] Gravity Forms with Javascript Validation

[solved] Gravity Forms with Javascript Validation

Gravity Forms (www.gravityforms.com), without a doubt is one of the best WordPress forms plugin out there, I have been using it since it was launched and is a brilliant tool and I have it in use on literally hundreds of web sites. However, recently I have had the need...

Backdoor WordPress Login Script

I have created this script to allow me to quickly login to clients wordpress installs after they have royally messed things up. For example, some clients have changed their admin password and dont know which email account they have used, so this script allows me to...

[solved] .htaccess not working in wordpress sub directory

[solved] .htaccess not working in wordpress sub directory

Today, one of my clients mentioned that his rest api was not working and was returning 404 errors and the iphone app was broken due to the 404 errors. As he is running wordpress the immediate thought was that wordpress was overriding something and showing 404 errors...

How to Secure WordPress

How to Secure WordPress

Wordpress IS NOT SAFE....."out of the box" and If you are willing and daring enough to DIY it, then the checklist below is  what you need to do in order to make your wordpress install more secure. Server security will never ever be 100% bullet proof but the methods...

Seriously Sick Spammer Using Kids Cancer as a Guise

Seriously Sick Spammer Using Kids Cancer as a Guise

Well just when I thought spammers could not get any lower on the scum ladder, I have received an email to my inbox just now titled "Children's Cancer Institute Australia - Privacy Policy". I have donated to some Cancer charities in the past whilst trying to do my...

Restrict Access to WHM by IP

Restrict Access to WHM by IP

Hackers are getting smarter and sneakier and with the internet just getting more and more popular this means that the software that web hosts use are going to be more and more targeted. So today, I have decided that prevention is better than cure, and proceeded to...

Skype 411 Scams Be Wary

Skype 411 Scams Be Wary

I think by now most of us that are using the internet for some time, know about the Nigerian 411 Scams. You know the ones that involve a fictitious lawyer sending you an email saying they are representing a fallen African dictator who has $10 million in their...