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This plugin has been replaced by WP Feature Disable. The same functionality, and much more, can be found in this new plugin!

This plugin has been replaced by WP Feature Disable. The same functionality, and much more, can be found in this new plugin!

If you haven’t realized it yet, I am a bit of a WordPress fan. I am also a huge fan of open source and the amazing community that comes with it. One of the problems that comes with the open source nature of software though is that it doesn’t take long for someone to figure out how to push the right buttons to possibly exploit that software or at least drain your bandwidth trying. You do however, have the power to enhance your open source installation and harden it appropriately to ensure it is much more difficult for the maliciously minded people to disturb your site. Since there are many schools of thought on best practices and most effective methods, etc… I am simply going to offer up some suggestions that are in my opinion a good place to start. » Read the Rest

WordPress is of course one of the most amazing open source projects out there for the blogging world, as I currently write this from my lovely little administration panel. (No I am not biased at all, I swear!) The problem with some of these open source ventures is that not everyone is content with the out-of-the-box features, which is ok. The lovely creators gave us the ability to install plug-ins which can further enhance our blogs and give us the ultimate functionality we are looking for. The problem though comes with those certain features some of us want that do not come all neatly packaged in a plug-in. So should we hack the core files, or dig deeper for the sake of reliability and safety? » Read the Rest