Comments on: Circling the Wagons: How to Protect Your WordPress Site

By: Neil Duckett

Neil Duckett — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:51:40 +0000

Good tip on the plug-in, looks like a time saver.

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By: Sauce The Game

Sauce The Game — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:02:28 +0000

That auto-backup plugin I think may be one of the most useful plugins you listed there, just thinking about it now. It is good to have a backup on your PC/e-mail that you can easily access in the event of a problem.

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The Rhythm of Write » Read On! February 5, 2008 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:17:45 +0000

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By: Start Blogging

Start Blogging — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:20:08 +0000

I need that instant upgrade plugin. I’m always nervous about upgrading my wordpress!

By: Spoof Videos

Spoof Videos — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:26:14 +0000

Thanks Cow this is really a good idea and I am going to back up my blog before performing it…Hope it doesnot break my blog and make me MOO

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:37:37 +0000

@ Hafiz – depends on whether the blog readers gain anything from the post I suppose, although I agree that in general, I’d like to see “original” posts. What constitutes original, on the other hand, is a totally different question.

Just on the blank index.html point, you can achieve the same effect in all directories by creating an .htaccess file in your blog’s root directory (or using the one already there), and adding at the top the line:

Options -Indexes

I just find it easier to deal with all directories at once, rather than looking for any that might be visible manually.

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By: shy guy

shy guy — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:54:51 +0000

I’ve using WordPress Database Backup plugin from that url..
And I stored it at my computer..
But what I want to do if there’s something wrong with my wordpress??
Coz there’ only a word that I don’t understand at that txtfile…
Maybe you can explain ..

By: Hafiz Dhanani

Hafiz Dhanani — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:00:47 +0000

Hmmm. I hate to put a dampener on things, put I’m not convinced that a ‘slightly modified’ guest post should be published on a blog like this. I find the time to read John Chow dot Com because I appreciate the value of the blog. I know that the cow is on vacation, but I still don’t think it’s an excuse.

Am I being too harsh? What do you guys think?

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:13:01 +0000

Nice tips!

By: Blog Contest Central

Blog Contest Central — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:24:15 +0000

Thanks. I think the blank index.html in the plugin directory is a great idea.

By: GlobalMasterPlan

GlobalMasterPlan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:10 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.
@alanj878: You’ll have to weigh the pluses and minuses of using a hosted solution like blogger. The main reason I host my own is because I want to have a backup of everything I create and Blogger doesn’t help with this. It’s also more difficult to monetize a hosted site.

By: Affiliate Confession

Affiliate Confession — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:55:17 +0000

Thanks for the info on how to do this. I need to get on it.

By: Laarni

Laarni — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:40:34 +0000

Thank you for the tip. WordPress should consider this. HEYYYY! I’m in love with your site.

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By: Chris Guthrie

Chris Guthrie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:01:37 +0000

Hmmm, I already have my dedicated server set up to do a dump to the second harddrive everynight but imo the more backups you do the better.

I think I’ll check this plugin out soon.

By: alanj878

alanj878 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:32:17 +0000

How about blogger since it is growing so fast. I wish I knew who could show me how to protect blogger.Since I have multiple blogger blogs

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