It is really annoying to get spam in posts so old you almost forgot about them. Here is a tutorial to help you with close your comments using the close comments function in version WordPress older than 2.7. This will help bring down the number of spammers who like to slip in comments on older
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How to Secure Your WordPress Blog
Securing or as some have dubbed ‘hardening’ your WordPress is important. Why? Well, it allows you to keep out hackers or if you have guest writers, you can make sure they do not take over your blog and boot you out. Also, it could help you with spammers. If you are reading this article and
[Continue Reading...]Wealth of WordPress Knowledge – The Support Forums
There are quite a few sites dedicated to extending a helping hand. Some for free, some for a fee. However, do not forget about the WordPress Support forums! It is a forum that is full of many people who regularly answer any questions that come up, even myself. If you have not signed up there,
[Continue Reading...]How to Display Comments and Trackbacks Separately
If you’ve observed your WordPress comments for each of your blog posts, sometimes you see comments, and others are trackbacks. Trackbacks are links back from another post, on another website. If another blogger mentions your post, and links to it, then you will see this. With some themes, you can disable showing this. However, if
[Continue Reading...]How to Find WordPress Category ID
What? Why would you have to find a WordPress category ID? Good question. Some themes or plugins ask you for this, and usually it is for things like excluding or including a category. You’d think that some of these themes and plugins have a drop down that will pull a list of your categories, but
[Continue Reading...]How to Reverse WordPress Comments Order
Ever want to know how to reverse WordPress comments order? By default, WordPress displays comments as first come, first serve, or in order received. Why would anyone want to put newest comments first? Well, it might make it seem that the conversation is still going, especially if you have an old post that still has
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