Super useful plugin from Pieter, to help restore WordPress closer to its foundational philosophy of “Clean, Lean, and Mean”. Lean WP disables LOTS of potential bloat like Emojis, REST API, Embeds, XLM-RPC, et al. Pieter also offers some other great plugins.

It’s happening: WordPress is being forked. Meet ClassicPress. The original, Gutenberg-free WordPress publishing platform.

It’s been a BUSY year! So far most of my work is focusing on WordPress plugins. Recently announced Disable Gutenberg and Gutenberg Custom Fields plugins. And now I am pleased to announce 5 more plugins designed to improve your WordPress workflow: Disable Responsive Images, Disable WP REST API, Enable Database Tools, WP Cron HTTP Auth, and the BEST for last: Contact Form X. Please check ‘em out, and THANKS for your generous attention.

Announcing my latest WordPress security plugin, Banhammer! It makes monitoring site traffic and banning unwanted guests waay too much fun. Navigate logged requests via slick Ajax UI, and enable sound effects for banning and warning bad users and bots. Check out the video on YouTube and download Banhammer from the WP Plugin Directory.

Update! Banhammer Pro now available :)

On certain server setups, WordPress is vulnerable to an email interception attack. Basically WP uses the $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] variable for the “From” header in email notifications. On certain systems this can be exploited by an attacker to gain access to your site. This issue has been known about since WP 2.3, but nothing has been done about it. So I decided to write a plugin to fix it up.

After months of hard work, I am excited to announce the launch of my new video course on developing WordPress plugins. It covers the entire process of building, securing, and optimizing your own plugins, including 50+ ready-to-go demo files, examples, and plugins. The course is focused on developing plugins using the WP API and Standards. Covers basics and gets into advanced topics like HTTP API, REST API, and WP Cron. Truly packed with practical examples and techniques to help you create your own awesome plugins.

Pleased to announce the Pro version of my WordPress security plugin, Blackhole for Bad Bots — now available from Plugin Planet. Blackhole Pro stops bad bots, spammers, scrapers, and other automated threats. Trap bad bots in a virtual Blackhole and save precious server resources for your legit visitors.

Really enjoying the fresh WordPress content that Devesh has been rocking over at WPKube. If you’re unfamiliar or just want another amazing WordPress resource, check out WPKube for some excellent tutorials, reviews, news, and everything in between.

Launching my 20th WordPress plugin! Prismatic makes it easy to display beautiful syntax-highlighted code using either Prism.js or Highlight.js. Also includes a “plain flavor” option for escaping code without syntax highlighting. Prismatic is fast, flexible, and 100% free! :)

Just launched my latest WordPress plugin, Theme Switcha — theme siwtching done right. It enables you to develop, test, and preview themes without your visitors knowing. Lots of great features and super flexible. 100% free :)

Launch! Lynda.com just released my new course, WordPress: Developing Secure Sites, featuring over 30 video tutorials. The course is jam-packed with 10+ years worth of frontline WordPress experience, and is loaded with tips, tricks, and techniques for keeping your WordPress site safe and secure.

Digging Into WordPress is updated for WordPress version 4.6. The new version is a FREE download for everyone who owns the book. This is the the book’s 19th update! Log in to the Members Area to download the latest version, or if you don’t own the book you can get it here.

Digging Into WordPress is updated for WordPress version 4.5. The new version is a FREE download for everyone who owns the book. This is the the book’s 18th update, which means that some people have received 17 free updates over the past 5 years! Log in to the Members Area to download the latest version, or if you don’t own the book you can get it here.

Just launched my latest WordPress plugin, Dashboard Widgets Suite. It provides a bunch of awesome Dashboard widgets that I use on my own sites. Widgets include User Notes, Debug Log, System Info, Social Media, RSS Feeds, Custom Menu, and even a widget to display any other widget, right on your WordPress Dashboard.