Things were broken, and now they are not. This week WordPress 5.5 "Eckstine" was released. I upgraded my website, and things immediately went sideways. But the problems started earlier, on 6 August, after I upgraded to JetPack version 8.8.1. I didn't suspect JetPack 8.8.1 as the cause at the time, but my website was slower,…
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Web Application Firewall Summary
The Firewall Summary shows the number of attacks on this website that the web application firewall recently blocked. The summary includes three types of attacks: Complex Attacks, Brute Force Attacks and Blacklist blocks. A complex attack is when a visitor requests the website that is specifically crafted to exploit the site or find a vulnerability…
Read Full PostRemoving IndieWeb WordPress Plugins
I am reevaluating my use of certain IndieWeb technologies. In 2018 I added a set of plugins to my website and started using a microformats 2 theme, SemPress to mark up my website so that content could be interpreted by other sites. SemPress is the only theme in the WordPress repository that is fully microformats2…
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