GoDaddy Has Been Hacked – Here’s What To Do (from November 2021)

godaddy hacked november 2021

On November 22nd 2021 GoDaddy disclosed that an unknown attacker had gained unauthorized access to the company’s Managed WordPress sites, impacting up to 1.2 million of their WordPress customers.
If you have domain names registered at GoDaddy and especially if you use their managed WordPress hosting, here’s what to do.

Google Chrome will mark your WordPress website as insecure

Google is about to mark your website as insecure ​Photo by Amir Mohammad HP on Unsplash If you still aren’t using HTTPS then Google is about to mark your website as insecure and scare away your visitors. Update: Version 68 of the Chrome browser was released on July 24th 2018 and now identifies non-HTTPS websites as insecure!  Contact … Read more

WordPress Salts and Security Keys explained

wordpress salts explained

WordPress salts and security keys explained​ Photo by Jeff Nesanelis on Flickr I couldn’t find an article that clearly explains what WordPress salts are, how they work and how to change them. So I wrote this one. I cringe every time I see this sentence: A WordPress salt is a random string of data that hashes the WordPress … Read more

How to deal with WordPress Comment Spam

​How to deal with WordPress Comment Spam What is WordPress comment spam, how do they do it and how can you stop it? I remember when I got my very first comment on a blog. It was flattering; I was beyond chuffed. I was over the moon to think that someone found my site so … Read more