WordPress Plugins

Android 5.0 Lollipop Status Bar Customizer

Customise the status bar of Android devices running Android 5.0 Lollipop using this plugin. You can customise the colour for all pages, with specific colours for Posts and Pages.

Android, Android 5.0 Lollipop, PHP, WordPress, WordPress Plugins

Show Post Shortcode Plugin

This simple shortcode plugin allows you to list posts as a bulleted list linking to the full article. You can limit the list to posts from a specific category and you can select the number of posts to show.

Plugin, WordPress

Review: Amazon Echo Buds

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I’ve owned the Amazon Echo Buds wireless headphones for over a year now, since they were first made available in the UK. And while the headphones have served me well for the past 12 months, I’ve had several issues that has left me overall disappointed with the product.

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Amazon, Gadget, Review
Review: RhinoKey Titanium EDC Multitool

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I was a backer of the RhinoKey EDC tool on Kickstarter, but it was a big mistake. If you are thinking of buying one as a gift (or for yourself), avoid this particular brand and get yourself a SmartKey or something else instead.

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EDC, Gadget, Review, RhinoKey
Hardening Apache Using Security Configuration

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When setting up a new Apache server to run your application, it’s always a good idea to setup some initial security settings as part of the process. Luckily, Apache comes with a default security.conf file that can be enabled and updated to add basic hardening to your server.

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Apache, Hardening, Security
Reporting cPanel cPHulk IPs to Abuse IP DB

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But did you know that you can configure cPanel, and specifically cPHulk Brute Force Protection to automatically report abusive IPs to the IPAbuse database.

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Brute Force, cPanel / WHM, cPHulk, Security
3 Tools to Help Secure Your Server or Website

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In a recent project, I’ve been liaising with web security experts to carry out security testing on a number of client servers. During my research, I’ve come across various free tools that can help you identify any potential issues.

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Penetration Testing, Security, Server Configuration, SSL
Auto-Reporting LFD Block Reports to Abuse IP DB v2

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Due to popular demand, I have upgraded my initial LFD reporting script to use the IP Abuse DB v2 APIs. This post covers the new script and how it can be used. Please read my previous post to understand the background of the script.

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Firewall, Hacking, IP Abuse, Security
Creating Symlinks to Libraries in Composer

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When developing a new library in PHP, it’s sometimes useful to symlink the library into a project while you work on it. Find out how to update your Composer config to achieve this.

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Composer, Development, PHP, Tutorial
Auto-Reporting LFD Block Reports to Abuse IP DB

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I created a PHP script that would allow the CSF / LFD firewall plugin on my server to report IPs that brute-force logins or port scan my server to the AbuseIPDB website. This tutorial shows how I achieved this.

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Firewall, Hacking, IP Abuse, Security
Making Ajax Calls Sequentially using jQuery

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In a recent project, there was a need to make ajax calls to a remote server in a sequential manner to synchronise data. Each call would wait for the previous one to complete, before triggering the next one. See the code here.

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Ajax, JavaScript, jQuery, Tutorial
Dynamically Adding Passwords to PDFs using PHP

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In a recent project, I was asked to modify uploaded PDFs to dynamically insert a user specified password to keep files secure. This tutorial shows you how this can be achieved using PDF libraries from Setasign.

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PDF, PHP, Security, Tutorial