143 – Beef Up the Security to Your WordPress Site
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I was shocked when I took a small survey at WordCamp and found out that a majority of people weren’t using Better WP Security. In this episode, I share some of the key features that will help you keep your website secure.
Listener Feedback
Cody asks about why you need a WordPress.com to use Akismet. I share how to get Akismet activated.
Beef Up the Security to Your WordPress Site
It is my pleasure to bring you an interview from WordCamp Grand Rapids. I met Brennen Byrne in between sessions and he showed me he really neat WordPress plugin GetClef.com.
This think made me feel space age as it eliminates the need to log into your WordPress site.
Beef up your security to your WordPress site on this week's Your Website Engineer podcast: http://t.co/YV2DVwQa6T Learn about @getclef
— Dustin Hartzler (@DustinHartzler) August 28, 2013
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Dustin, the featured image is broken at the top of this post and on the archive pages (e.g., http://yourwebsiteengineer.com/category/podcast/). However, the thumbnail shows up on the homepage.
Aug 28, 2013DustinHartzler getclef Great podcast. Been playing with #clef very cool
Aug 28, 2013GreggFranklin Thanks for the nod Gregg. We would very happy to tell you more about Clef. Just DM us with your info. #nopasswords
Aug 28, 2013Great interview! Clef is a very cool product. Secure AND fun to use!
Aug 28, 2013I must be missing something. When you lose your phone/it breaks/gets stolen, you no longer have access to your web sites?
Aug 29, 2013I hope there’s a Plan B in place.
Keeper Dan Hi Dan. I believe the way it works is that the actual “key” is stored on the Clef Server when you sign up (getclef.com). When you start the app on your phone, you have to put in a pin number that (hopefully) only you know. So, if you phone gets lost, broken or stolen, you just need to add the app on the replacement phone, put in your getclef login credentials, know your pin and you’re good to go. At least that’s how I think it works. 🙂
Aug 30, 2013DesktopServer Keeper Dan that’s how I understand it works too. Maybe @getclef can chime in an validate our hypothesis 🙂
Aug 31, 2013Hi Dustin, Great show this week. I was wondering if you really need to use Akismet with livefyre. I use livefyre with all of my sites but only use akismet with one of them. I see very little difference with the amount of spam between the two but will most likely install akismet on all of my sites as well. Better safe than sorry!
Aug 31, 2013Pete
http://www.atpeace360.com
AtPeace360 I’m not sure if it matters or not. I know that I saw a significant drop in the spam that was going to akismet when I activated Livefyre.
Sep 2, 2013Can’t wait to go to my next client and login with clef, it will stun the pants off them 🙂
Sep 6, 2013