Linked – WordPress Plugin Hacked By Former Employee
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Linked – WordPress Plugin Hacked By Former Employee

I’m not sure about this headline, it appears that, according to the company that makes WordPress Multi Language, the plugin code itself wasn’t hacked, just the customer database. Nevertheless, we see yet again that it wasn’t outside hackers causing problems for the company, it was an inside job. WPML claim that the email came from…

How I Consume and Curate: Step One – Inputs
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How I Consume and Curate: Step One – Inputs

(Ed. note- updated this in Oct. 2020, changes noted below) From time to time, I am asked how I can keep up with numerous blog topics, twitter accounts, and Facebook pages while not making myself crazy. Well OK, maybe I am actually crazy, that is up for debate. However, what isn’t up for debate is…

MailChimps Social Plugin Finally Just Stops Working
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MailChimps Social Plugin Finally Just Stops Working

It’s been awhile since MailChimp retired their popular, and extremely useful, plugin that gathered up comments, likes, retweets, etc. from Facebook and Twitter and showed them right here on the blog. I continued to use it simply because tbhere is no other plugin that does both and does it so seamlessly. I knew, eventually, I…

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Linked – Facebook Introduces WordPress Plugin for Instant Articles

To be honest, I’ve not paid much attention to the upcoming availability of Facebook’s Instant Articles for all publishers. I know the big “plus” seems to revolve around advertising revenue, and since I don’t have ads at all, that doesn’t appeal to me. I am somewhat curious about whether Instant Articles could grow an audience…