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

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
Securing Your WordPress Site with .htaccess

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There are many ways to help secure your WordPress website from hackers and other malicious users, including plugins and server configurations. If you’re on a unix based server with Apache installed, you can use some basic htaccess settings to improve security further.

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Apache, Security, WordPress
Meeting your GDPR Obligations with New Export Features in WordPress

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By now, your WordPress blog or website should be GDPR compliant (the law came into affect today). WordPress 4.9.6 makes it easy for you to fulfil some of your GDPR obligations by providing owners with new tools.

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Data Export, GDPR, WordPress, WordPress Plugins
Setting up Subversion on cPanel with EasyApache 4

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Subversion (SVN) is not directly supported by cPanel and EasyApache 4, but it’s relatively easy to install and setup. This tutorial guides you through the process for installing an SVN server on Apache 2.4 running on CentOS 6.

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Apache, CentOS, Subversion, Sysadmin, Tutorial
Wildcard SSL Certificates with Let’s Encrypt

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This tutorial shows you how to create a wildcard SSL certificate using Let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt launched wildcard certificates in March 2018, so the process is relatively new.

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Command Line, HTTPS, Let's Encrypt, Linux, Security, Server, SSL
AWS SNS: Sending a SMS Message using the AWS PHP SDK

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Amazon makes it really easy to send SMS messages worldwide using their SNS or Simple Notification Service. This tutorial shows you how you can send a SMS in less than 10 lines of code. This particular example uses composer to install the AWS SDK.

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Amazon Web Services, PHP, SMS, Tutorial