Bacapa No. 2017/02/019

Doing a back post for the first time in this year. Hopefully, it’s also the last. Total 28 posts.

Productivity

• Programmers Should Blog (Including You) | Tom McFarlin – Absolutely agreed. Only one problem: Time! (Jan 2017)
• What is a Senior Developer in WordPress?
• Scheduling Time (With “Less, but Better”)

Techno

• More Than 50% of Web Traffic is Now Encrypted
• A Beginner’s Guide to JavaScript Variables and Datatypes
• Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Giant Shared Hosting Companies
• Linus Torvalds Shares Lessons from 25 Years of Open Source Project Maintainership, Decries Tech Innovation Hype

WordPress

• How Laravel Forge Can Help You Run WordPress in the Cloud – WordPress Tavern – Would like to try this, especially since finding managing server is a daunting task. But the $15/month is a deal breaker. Having $5/month for Digital Ocean itself is already a burden. (Jan 2017)
• WordPress 4.7.1 is already released. (Jan 2017)
  • WordPress 4.7.1 Security and Maintenance Release
  • WordPress 4.7.1 Fixes Eight Security Issues – WordPress Tavern
• Cookies and WordPress: How to Set, Get and Delete – WPMU DEV – Nice additional knowledge about Cookies. (Jan 2017)
• From Post Status: “How Much Should a Custom WordPress Website Cost?”
• BlogVault Security Breach Infects Customers’ Sites With Malware
• WordPress for Android Closes Google+ Community for Beta Testers
• WP Super Cache 1.4.9 Patches Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
• OSTraining Partners with GoDaddy to Launch Free WordPress Beginner Course on YouTube
• A quick interview with Justin Tadlock (Theme Hybrid)
• 10 Amazing WordPress Plugins for 2017 You Haven’t Heard Of – nice compilation
• WordPress REST API Vulnerability is Being Actively Exploited, Hundreds of Thousands of Sites Defaced
• 10up Unveils ElasticPress.io: Elasticsearch as a Service for WordPress Sites
• WordPress REST API Vulnerability Exploits Continue
• Why Plugins Sometimes Disappear From the WordPress Plugin Directory
• How to Check if Installed Plugins Are No Longer in the Plugin Directory
• How Many WordPress Plugins is Too Many? The Answer Might Surprise You – the question many have asked
• WordPress Rest API Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in 4.7.1 – this explain things
• A Case for REST API
• Top 10 WordPress Podcasts You Should Tune Into Right Now
• NextGEN Gallery Patches Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability