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Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!

CMDR Mitchcraft

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If you’ve updated your plugins in the last 24 hours, go straight back into your website and do it again – there’s a chance you may have downloaded some infected plugins that were hacked into the repository.

According to WordPress.org, the plugins AddThis, W3 Total Cache, and WPTouch were infected with a backdoor that lets people into your site.  The plugins are fixed now, and if you update you can remove the infected code immediately.

Normally those plugins are safe, and (given the  hacks and the frequent downtime by other companies) it’s nice to see a company like WordPress that can think on its heels and get the hacks solved in minutes (and not weeks – I’m looking at you Sony).

  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Switching to Drupal

    50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Switching to Drupal

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    I can’t even type this post with a straight face – nothing but love to all of my Drupal friends, though! It has its time and place, but for a blog, WordPress is always the way to go. The real Day 5 Post is coming soon.

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  • An Intro to WordPress 3.0 – Navigational Menus

    An Intro to WordPress 3.0 – Navigational Menus

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    WordPress 3.0 has plenty of new features, and all of them are worth mentioning and diving deeper into.  Over the next few days I’ll be diving into the finer features of the newest incarnation of the WordPress platform.  Everything from Custom Post Types and Taxonomies to navigational menus and all of the custom functions you…

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