PHP Drama at the Well

PHP Drama at the Well

Earlier this week there was a high profile news story about PHP versions. As one of the hosting companies says “Another day, another vulnerability” typically these changes are managed in the background every week now. The reality is that your hosting...
Planning review for your WordPress website

Planning review for your WordPress website

Is your WordPress website performing as it should? With more online business and online traffic generally it may be time for a re-think about how your site works and which elements might need attention. Ask us to do a Planning review. Is your security good? Do you...
WordPress 5 – new editor

WordPress 5 – new editor

Last week WordPress core was updated to version 5.0. A new version is generally no big deal and if you look at the release archive you can see this is number 12* for the year. Most of those are incremental updates prompted by performance or security improvements. In...
Website is not secure – how to fix

Website is not secure – how to fix

If you have just seen a message in your web browser that your site (or another) is insecure – relax. It probably just means that you don’t have an SSL certificate. Your site or the site you are visiting hasn’t had a sudden security fail – it is...
WordCamp Auckland 2017

WordCamp Auckland 2017

This weekend I went along to WordCamp Auckland which was a gathering of 70 or so WordPress users, developers, bloggers and designers. I’ve been to quite a few wordcamps* before myself and it is often a surprise where the greatest insights come from. Below here...