WordPress Plugins: Can You Have Too Many?

When it comes to WordPress Plugins, the team at Dalen Design is often asked “Can you have too many?”  In our opinion, yes. WordPress Plugin Directory At present, the WordPress Plugin Directory offers more than 40,500 free plugins.  Some assist with SEO,...

WordPress Plugin: DISQUS

Tired of the deficiencies built into the core WordPress commenting system? In our on-going series of WordPress Plugin reviews, the team at Dalen Design wanted to draw attention to DISQUS. Regarded as the most popular, dynamic, and interactive external commenting...

WordPress Plugin: Send email only on Reply to My Comment

One of the major complaints about WordPress relates to the comments functionality. Site visitors who leave a comment need to manually check for replies. To combat this frustrating setup, there are plenty of WordPress plugins you can explore. Today, we look at the...

SoakSoak Vulnerability

In recent days, WordPress sites have been under attack. Russian malware, known as SoakSoak, has infected over 100,000 sites. SoakSoak is capitalizing on a vulnerability in a WordPress third-party slideshow plugin, called Revslider.  You can read more about the...
WordPress Automation

WordPress Automation

Businesses of all sizes have recognized the importance of communicating with consumers on social networks. Thanks to demand from the market and the ingenuity of developers, WordPress automation tools are helping ease the stress associated with social sharing. Here is...

WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release

On November 20, 2014, the WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release was announced. This release is considered a critical security update, which impacts all previous versions. If your site supports automatic background updates, you may have noted an update to WordPress 4.0.1...