It’s Episode 511 – ‘Up From Underneath’, with plugins for Tracking, Stopping the Berg, No ID For You, Web Apps, Predicting the Weather, WooCommerce Stock Messages, and ClassicPress options. It’s all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
Join Amber and John every Thursday at 11:45 am for the pre-stream and noon for the show!
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I do want to thank Charlie for coming to the aid of the show and getting our contests all organized. I also want to thank all the developers again for supporting our show with their plugin donations! Please check them out.
Short note about participating in the contests folks. Remember we go to great efforts to get these licenses and look for more participation from you the producers.
We are taking a hiatus from the contests until June 2021. Watch for more information on our social media pages.
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Thank you to all our contributing artist for supplying us with new creative cover art for the show. We appreciate the time and effort you put into them for the show.
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Remember, you will want to hang around to the end of the show for our Q & A segment with Amber…. and to those listening on the podcast, you may want to check out the YouTube version which has some great discussions before the show starts…
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https://is.gd/HLCb98 – Signal’s smart@$$ ad exposes Facebook’s creepy data collection.
https://is.gd/MxO8po – For those who use Dark Mode Repurposed plugin, the name has changed to WP Markdown Editor.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-amazon-sidewalk-works/ – Great article on how the Amazon Sidewalk works, and why you might want to turn it off.
https://is.gd/jnG8bt – A humorous and informative article about how the PHP project really depends on just two people.
https://is.gd/DGRxy8 – Ransomware Group hit DC Police – then pivoted to extortion.
https://www.techradar.com/news/frag-attacks-could-fry-all-your-wi-fi-devices – Frag attacks are coming back with force. Great article on what frag attacks are and how to secure against them.
https://is.gd/xPxZN6 – Recent Microsoft update crashed the whole system.
WordPress Vulnerability Report: May 2021, Part 2
https://ithemes.com/wordpress-vulnerability-report-may-2021-part-2/
https://wptavern.com/liquid-web-acquires-givewp – Liquid Web acquires GiveWP
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/05/12/cyber-security-remote-work/ – 51% of Canadian info security officers stating that cyber attacks are up, and this is mostly due to human error.
https://is.gd/HX0I7n – Security hole exploited by ‘Wanna Cry’ is still there 4 years later.
https://is.gd/wAKSVT – Chia Crypto Mining could chew through your SSD’s at a rather alarming rate.
https://is.gd/KYkaWo – Duck Duck Go unwraps Google FLoC Blocker
https://is.gd/9IEEMr – Classic widgets plugin disables WordPress 5.8’s upcoming Block-Based widget system.
The hall of shame via Automattic:
transparency.automattic.com/tag/hall-of-shame/
Matt’s Famous Quotes
https://www.idrlabs.com/quotes/matt-mullenweg.php
Just a note for my ClassicPress listeners please send me info to help keep the ClassicPress section full.
WordLift has released a new version that is compatible with ClassicPress
https://twitter.com/GetClassicPress/status/1390024809791246339?s=20 https://twitter.com/GetClassicPress/status/1390024809791246339?s=20
https://twitter.com/GetClassicPress/status/1390024809791246339?s=20
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- Email: amber@wppro.ca
- Through the website @http://www.johnoverall.com/
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