Security

WordPress Security 101: Mind the Hack

“My website? Who’d want to hack that?” – If you’ve ever had this thought, you’re not alone – but you might be surprised. Welcome to “WordPress Security 101: Mind the Hack”, where we’ll challenge one of the most common misconceptions of website owners: that small or new websites are safe from cyber threats. The truth is that when it comes to WordPress hacking, everyone’s a target. In this session, we’ll pull back the curtain on … Continue reading

Testing the fortifications – Hack Yourself

So you’ve been to the security, that other security talk and that really scary one. You followed the advice, and you are feeling confident. Perhaps you have never been to a security talk let alone scary one but feel its time to at least find out how you stand. In this talk, Tim is going to go through how to run a basic penetration test of a WordPress website. From start to finish, looking at … Continue reading

The Move to Modern PHP in WordPress

A look at the initiatives to improve the PHP landscape of the WordPress ecosystem.

log($this), $monitor->that()

Logging and monitoring is an important, but usually overlooked aspect of web application design. We debug them for eons in development, but what about after we’ve handed it over to our client? What happens if something goes wrong? This talk will introduce the benefits of logging and monitoring and a few tips on how to implement them.

Tidy Up Your WordPress Site for the New Year

With the start of the new year, now is the time to ensure that your content is up-to-date.

Accessibility Panel – June 2015

A LeanCoffee style panel discussion covering accessibility and vulnerability within WordPress.

Cacheing WordPress with .htaccess

A lightning talk discussing WordPress cacheing using the .htaccess file.

WordPress Security

The recent HeartBleed vulnerability has brought web security into the mainstream news recently. This talk will cover some aspects of web security from a WordPress perspective and talk about some things you can do to make your sites more secure.

Let’s move it!

Migrating WordPress sites, from server to server, or from domain to domain, is a remarkably fraught experience. There are a few ways to do this painlessly. In this talk I give a rundown on the ways to move WordPress websites around, where it all goes horribly wrong, and how to make sure you don’t lose anything in the process.

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