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WordPress, one of the fastest growing blog software providers, has shipped a new update with fixes for nearly 200 bugs and a major security-related change to disable remote publishing protocols by default.
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A security hole in the XML-RPC implementation allows unauthorized third parties to edit WordPress-powered blogs. Blogging software provider WordPress has shipped an "urgent" security update to fix an XML-RPC implementation flaw that allows unauthorized third-party editing of blog posts.
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Like it or not, many blogs survive thanks to Google AdSense - a fact that’s leading some to debate the use of ad blocking software. However, implementing and tweaking AdSense ads on a Wordpress blog can be tedious. We’ve gathered 17 Wordpress plugins which help you implement, control and overview AdSense ads on your blog. (more…)

Blog spam is a huge problem but fortunately protection is available and in a few steps you can make sure you are protected. Check out the plugins below, one of them will certainly suit your needs. Keep in mind that not all of the listed plugins have been confirmed as WordPress 2.1 compatible so do check out the details before you install them. (more…)

As you probably know, effective ad placement is critical if you plan to make any significant amounts of money through Google Adsense or other contextual ad systems. Using a blog template with distinct ad blocks and optimized ad placements will very likely help you increase your Click through rates and affiliate conversions. These customized blog designs are also known as Adsense Ready themes.
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If you are suddenly receiving a lot of request within a short period of time because you’ve been linked by a large site like Digg or Slashdot, your hosting solution might not be able to handle the load. This article should help your to prepare your WordPress blog for such a case or if you’re just using a slow webhost and want to improve the general performance.
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Manually adding AdSense to WordPress posts is a relatively simple task that can be accomplished within just a couple of minutes. In this tutorial, we cover the process of adding the code to the singlepost.php. This will allow us to display advertisements on every post only when the post is individually viewed. There are many places within the singlepost.php to add the code, for the sake of simplicity, we are going to cover the hotspot. (more…)

Put Google adsense search results in WordPress: The results from an adsense search are by default, displayed on a google landing page. Google allows Website publishers to display these search results on their own landing page. In this tutorial, I explain this process step by step using WordPress. (more…)

Adsense relevancy will easily increase your CTR, and can give you a huge boost in earnings. I’m relatively new to blogging, and websites in general. I don’t know a lot of the fancy terms, and I don’t know all of the best SEO/money making strategies. However, I’ve been with Adsense for a few months now, and just learned a neat trick. You can tell Adsense which words to spider while it’s looking for words to use in the advertisements. By using some HTML comments tags, you can tell their bots which words to emphasize (more…)

The biggest fear I hear over and over again is that people do not want to upgrade because they are afraid their WordPress Plugin won’t work. This is a good example of how important WordPress Plugins are to our WordPress blogs, as well as how dependent we’ve become on them.
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I know, it’s a ballsy headline, but I’m tired of hearing all of the script kiddies on Digg scoff at Wordpress, blaming it for sites crashing from the “Digg Effect.” Drupal, Movable Type and others all have similar problems, but there’s a lot of people saying you should never Digg a Wordpress site because it will always crash. Wordpress needs a little tweaking, but for the most part, it’s the server configuration that is to blame. Maybe the new release of Wordpress will improve on some of the caching issues, but from what I can tell, it mostly improves on aspects of Wordpress that I don’t use anyway (draft saving, image handling, modules, etc.).
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First though, it’s notable to point at the progress the entire WordPress community has made in the last year since 2.0 was released. Many things, such as themes, have been improved upon. For instance, theme authors can take advantage (and now do!) of screenshot.png, a screenshot image that can be included in a theme folder that provides a visual representation of what the theme is. This ability was implemented in 2.0 but since most themes were designed for WordPress 1.5 at the time, most themes did not have this feature implemented.
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One of the great things about WordPress is how easily you can have it up and running, completely customized to your liking, in such a short period of time. After setting up WordPress for several of my friends, I found that having a ‘checklist’ makes things go even faster - so I decided to write it all up and share with you.
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As a Webmaster, one of the things you always need to be aware of is how well your the pages of your site are interlinked. This is a crucial factor in overall search engine performance, and simply assuming that your architecture is robust enough to handle this is definitely not the route you want to take.
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Wordpress is one of the most popular, free solutions for managing your website’s content and I am a devoted fanboy. However, whilst Wordpress in its default, out-of-the-box form can provide a good platform for your website, with a little tinkering you can increase the functionality of your site massively. And what’s the easiest way of tinkering? Plugins! Special files that you simply slot-in to your Wordpress installation to get new features. Here are 8 plugins that I consider absolutely invaluable… (more…)