WordPress Users Beware, Worm attacking blogs

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WordPress blogs are under attack after a old friend is back causing havoc. A worm is attacking WordPress blogs which are yet to be patched with the WordPress 2.8.4 release. This release, although contains minor changes is now probably one of the most important updates you will need to update to. This update fixes the security which this worm is using to exploit WordPress blogs, the worm is quite strong and therefore should not be taken lightly. Click for the full insight on the worm.

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Speeding up your WordPress Dashboard

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Recently, I've noticed when I've been administrating my blog, my WordPress dashboard has become awfully slow, and I mean slow. The loading of the dashboard was like dial up speeds and im on a 2 MB broadband connection (Soon to be 10 MB) so it was a joke really. So I went hunting for some tips on getting my WordPress Dashboard like the speed of light again. Not all of the tips I found helped my specific situation, but some might help you if your in a similar situation

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WordPress Quick Tip: Getting WordPress to permantly save your FTP Information

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Following my last little article on WordPress plugins I can't live without, it made me remember something I'd done recently to my WordPress installation. If your a WordPress user which runs WordPress on a server rather than a wordpress.com hosted account then you'll understand that each time you install or remove a plugin you have to provide FTP information in order for WordPress to correctly locate the wp-content/plugins directory and get authorization to add or remove a plugin. This while small can become quite tedious, but did you know you can get WordPress to remember the FTP information forever? Which means you won't have to constantly keep typing in your password each time you add or remove a plugin!

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