Extracting unique words from all my blog post titles
Had an idea to extract all the unique words from my blog post titles and sort and rank them by frequency. I used MySQL, sed, tr, grep, cat…
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WP-BOFH
A small WordPress plugin to create a BOFH excuse using a shortcode anywhere on your WordPress website shortcodes are supported. Usage [[bofh]] Output Example [bofh] wp-bofhDownload Continue reading
Login to WordPress from Python
I've been trying to learn some Python and have been tinkering with the requests module. Here is how I am able to log into a webpage, such as…
WordPress TwentyTwenty Theme – Inter font Apache2 error
I'm testing out the development version of TwentyTwenty theme from WordPress on this site. I noted that calls to /assets/fonts/inter/Inter-upright.var.woff2 were causing some grief for Apache2 (Error 500):…
WP Preserve Backslashes
I created a WordPress plugin based on a personal dilemma I ran into with my site being stripped of backslashes. Upon post save, it converts backslashes to HTML…
All my backslashes are gone in WordPress. Yikes.
Discovered that my most recent conversion from SQLite to MySQL seems to have screwed up my backslashes in all my posts that have backslashes. This is bad because…
WordPress SQLite to MySQL Migration Complete
Just finished migrating my website from SQLite to MySQL. What a rush. (lol) It was actually not as bad as I thought. A lot of sed, grep and…
WordPress Unauthorized Password Reset Vulnerability (CVE-2017-8259)
A vulnerability reported to WordPress in July 2016 was publicly released recently and identified as CVE-2017-8259. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a…
From Linux Install to WordPress
A typical installation of Debian 8.x (Jessie) precedes this where I only select base system and ssh server options during operating system installation. After installation, this is a…
WordPress 4.7.2 is Available for Update
Security vulnerabilities are addressed in WordPress 4.7.2. An XSS and SQL injection vulnerability (wp_query()) were discovered and have been patched.Update your sites.
Change WordPress Password using MySQL
If the Forgot password option doesn't work for you (which it really should), then you can change the password of your self-hosted WordPress login. Check the contents of…
Part 1: Analysis of a WordPress Malware
I had some time at lunch to kill, so I decided to see how Malware techniques were improving in the land of WordPress and free premium theme download…
Use YOURLs Shortlink with Xoogu's Simple Social Sharing Plugin
I installed Xoogu's Simple Social Sharing Plugin and have been using it on my site for visitors to share content. I also use YOURLs to create shortlinks to…
Disqus WordPress Plugin Vulnerability
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Disqus plugin for WordPress allowing for Remote Code Execution. The Disqus plugin is used on nearly 2 million WordPress blogs. Who is…
Feeling Blue
I'm not really feeling blue. Blue just happens to be my favorite color. When someone asks me Rich, what is your favorite color?, I respond with #336699.