Tag: Wordpress

These site were built using WordPress. I recommend WordPress for simple content sites and blogs because it’s easy to use and maintain.

WP Restore and Enable Classic Widgets Plugin Crashes WP Sites

If you run the “WP Restore and Enable Classic Widgets Plugin No Expiration” By Bill Minozzi on your WordPress powered website, the auto-update for v2.5 and v2.6 on August 28th has probably crashed your site. Here is how to fix it. Your WordPress website may have sent you a crash report that looks like this: … Continue reading WP Restore and Enable Classic Widgets Plugin Crashes WP Sites

Add PayPal Order Description to Forminator Payment Form

The current version (1.24.1) of Forminator form builder for WordPress does not set a payment description for Paypal transactions. This is a problem for my client, because they need to know where the money comes from. So I create a custom solution. You can find a link to my solution, a WP mu-plugin below. If … Continue reading Add PayPal Order Description to Forminator Payment Form

How To Reposition WordPress Gutenberg Gallery Figure Caption Below The Image

By default, WordPress Gutenberg Galleries place the figure caption as on overlay on top of the image, with a black tint behind the caption. If you want a standard caption that is positioned below the image, here is how to override the Gutenberg Gallery figcaption style using your themes stylesheet or WP Customize Additional CSS … Continue reading How To Reposition WordPress Gutenberg Gallery Figure Caption Below The Image

Joomla Site Infected With khutmhpx.src = jqscr.com/XXxxxXXn

On a site I support I found this infected code in the /plugins directory. The infected file injects JavaScript code into the top of the rendered HTML page, above the <head> tag. The infected file only runs once a day, per user, so it’s hard to spot. For a user’s first visit of the day, … Continue reading Joomla Site Infected With khutmhpx.src = jqscr.com/XXxxxXXn

Scam: Register-Collection.com

Watch out for this scam email from register-collection.com. This is NOT for your domain name registration. This is a trick.  Register-Collection.com is a scammy service offering to manage your “Domain name search engine registration“. A service you do not need. You do not need to register your website in order for your site to show … Continue reading Scam: Register-Collection.com

Password Generator – WordPress Plugin

I created this Password Generator plugin for WordPress. Running my own random password generator I can be sure 1) the passwords are truly random, and 2) the passwords are not copied or saved at all when they are generated. My plugin adds a shortcode to WordPress and accepts the following parameters: The display below has … Continue reading Password Generator – WordPress Plugin

Scanning For Vulnerabilities: 185.16.237.59

In reviewing a website log this morning I came across this string of hits. The of this traffic is about 1 hit every 3 seconds, or 20 hits per minute. This is clearly from a bot at IP 185.16.237.59, in Sakarya, Turkey. This log includes the Referrer (where the traffic was came from) which I … Continue reading Scanning For Vulnerabilities: 185.16.237.59

Mary A. Sweeney Home Website

Mary A. Sweeney Home is a senior housing community for single women located in Nashua, NH. The Mary Sweeney Home features 31 apartment-style residences each with a unique view and amenities. Seniors choose to live at Mary Sweeney Home because of the peace of mind, and healthy and social living it affords them. The Home lost … Continue reading Mary A. Sweeney Home Website

Website for Grasmere Village Water Precinct

This December I built a new WordPress site for the Grasmere Village Water Precinct, in Goffstown NH. This Water Precinct provides water service and fire protection for the small village of Grasmere in Goffstown NH. For the site I created a custom WordPress Theme based on Neve By Themeisle. Neve promotes itself as a “super fast” … Continue reading Website for Grasmere Village Water Precinct

Website Upgrade for Eastman Charitable Foundation

Eastman is a non-profit charitable foundation that promotes environmental stewardship, education, and green recreation in Grantham, Enfield, and Springfield New Hampshire. This project was to modernize Eastman’s old WordPress website, and give it a new cleaner look. I based my custom theme for this one on the Khaown theme for it’s ADA compliance and it’s Bootstrap … Continue reading Website Upgrade for Eastman Charitable Foundation

Website for New Hampshire Sustainable Forestry Initiative

NH SFI is a local non-profit organization that promotes sustainability forestry through forest-focused collaborations. SFI works with the forest sector, brand owners, conservation groups, resource professionals, landowners, educators, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, governments, and universities to achieve a vision of a world that values and benefits from sustainably managed forests.

Solarize Plus Template for WordPress

Looking for a WordPress Template or Website for a community Solarize+ project? I built a mobile friendly WordPress template in 2018 for Nashua Solarize+. This template includes all of the features you need for your community Solarize+ project: Events schedule on every page Company and sponsor logos on every page Contact Form on the homepage, … Continue reading Solarize Plus Template for WordPress

Known WordPress Vulnerabilities – July 2019

According to Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures and The Free and Open Software Security Community here are the main current security issues with WordPress. The known issues are in plugins and one theme. The WordPress Application itself (the Core) does not have any know issues at this time. The plugin names in bold are ones I’ve … Continue reading Known WordPress Vulnerabilities – July 2019

NOAA Weather Forecast – WordPress Plugin

I built a WordPress plugin for displaying the weather forecast. The forecast data is pulled from the NOAA NWS Forecast API. The plugin has a shortcode that can be placed on a post, page, or in a widget, anywhere you want to show the forecast. The shortcode takes two perimeters: 1) the location (as latitude, … Continue reading NOAA Weather Forecast – WordPress Plugin