March 2018 – Custom Post Types

Our August meetup was online so we were able to record it! Passwords are hard. Convincing non-technical users that they should be using strong or random passwords that are different for each site is a challenge. The recent attacks on LastPass show that even if we follow “best practices,” we can still get bit. Luckily,…

This week we talked about choosing plugins and things to consider when picking a plugin with your site.  Slides  can be found here:  Picking a Plugin Kim   Ken will post his PDF of suggested plugins.

Many thanks to Liam Dempsey for sharing his method of working with Bitbucket and the GitHub desktop application. For reference you can find Liam’s slides here.

Remember, security can be broken into 3 parts…Prevention, Detection, Recovery! For prevention some simple things YOU can do today… No user named ADMIN! Strong Passwords – http://correcthorsebatterystaple.net Use 2 step authentication like Clef or other plugins. Only give users permissions they need. Keep WordPress and Plugins Up to dated! Delete plugins and users that are not being…

Here are the topics we’ll hit at tonight’s meetup. WordPress 4.9 updates http://www.wpbeginner.com/news/whats-new-in-wordpress-4-9/ What is WordPress.org Creating a Profile on WordPress.org / joining WordPress.org slack https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/2017/10/03/slack-101-connecting-with-other-wordcampers-on-slack/ Gutenburg https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen: Gutenberg and the WordPress of Tomorrow State of the Word from WCUS 2017 Recap articles https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-297-wordcamp-us-2017-recap https://poststatus.com/matt-mullenweg-state-word-2017/?mc_cid=3aa12e0657&mc_eid=290a23d1c3

We kicked off the new year with a WordPress Help Desk night. This meeting happed at our Bethlehem Southside location.