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WordPress News

WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 is now available for download. If you like playing with the latest builds, be sure to download it and try it out.

WordPress Stats

WordPress 3.3 has been downloaded over 12 million times.
16% of all websites run on WordPress in 2012.
Indonesians are the most prolific WordPress users on the planet.
WordPress holds 53.8% of the market share for Content Management Systems.
WordPress has been translated and localized into at least 73 different languages.
There are 19,017 plugins freely available in the WordPress Plugin Directory.
Over 20,000 people make their living with WordPress.
Speaking of which, WordPress skills are in higher demand than ever.

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Listener Feedback

Speed Up Performance of Shared Hosting Account

I received some helpful feedback on a couple of mistakes I made on previous episodes and Chris wrote in to clear some of the things up. He shares a way in a blog post on how to improve the performance of your site on a shared hosting account. Read Full Article.

8 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Site

1. Remove the admin user
2. Use a strong password
3. Always update WordPress ASAP
4. Remove WordPress version number
5. Change file permissions
6. Backup your database
7. Hide your WordPress plugins
8. Have a plan in place to restore from backup

Code to remove WordPress Version Number:

remove_action(‘wp_head’, ‘wp_generator’);

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1. 031 – WordPress Website Security, Keep Your Site Safe!
2. 054 – Organic Ways to Improve WordPress Loading Time
3. 035 – Increase the Performance of Your WordPress Site