Security Update: 4.7.5 WordPress Release
Late yesterday WordPress announced the release of version 4.7.5; a security and maintenance release. Wordfence stated: “We don’t have any data at this time on whether this release includes an additional security fix that is unannounced. But recent history indicates…
Managing Your Website: When to Hire Help
You don’t have to go at it alone, hiring a partner can make sense and save you time in managing your site. Whether they are looking at your restaurant menu before deciding where to have lunch, exploring your product catalog…
Shared, Dedicated, or VPS: Which type of hosting is right for you?
When you are picking a host, it may be difficult to find the right one while channeling through all the different types and providers. You’ll find there are three different types of hosting available: Shared Hosting, a Dedicated Server, or…
Do You REALLY Need an SSL Certificate?
Why your site might need an SSL Certificate, even if you don’t collect private data. New updates to the popular Google Chrome and Firefox browsers are putting more importance on the need to get an SSL Certificate for your website whether…
Critical WordPress Update: 4.7.2
More than 1.5 million WordPress sites have been affected by a vulnerability in 4.7 and 4.7.1 and WordPress has urged users to update as soon as possible to avoid falling victim. The vulnerability in the 4.7 and 4.7.1 versions of WordPress…
WordPress Site Maintenance: Best Practices
Groups: Remove User Automatically From Registered Group
This is a fix for a bug that came through regarding the automatic addition of the Registered group to users. The client's site depended on users only being a member of a single group. My fix is specific for using WooCommerce…
WooCommerce + Groups: Remove Specific Disallowed Items From Cart
Restrict a list of SKUs from being purchased by a specific group The site uses the Force Sells Extension from WooThemes, but the plugin isn’t required to use the below code. The SKUs listed in the original from below were…
WooCommerce: Add Billing Codes To Checkout & User Profile
We got a request to add a custom field to user profiles allowing multiple codes separated by commas and then add a select containing those codes to the checkout page. These codes were going to be used to add a…