July 13, 2016
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Author: Rick D'Haene
>Blog>WordPress>WordPress Vulnerability: All In One SEO Plugin version 2.3.7 and earlier
A vulnerability has been recently uncovered in the All In One SEO WordPress plugin, versions 2.3.7 and earlier. If your WordPress website makes use of the All In One SEO plugin it is recommended that you or your website’s administrator take a backup of your website’s database and then update the plugin to version 2.3.8.
All Bellingham WP managed WordPress websites have been updated and secured against this vulnerability.
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September 28, 2015
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Author: Rick D'Haene
>Blog>WordPress>Is it safe to update WordPress or my plugins myself? What about my theme updates?
This is something I often hear from WordPress website owners: “I was going to install my updates but I didn’t want to break anything.” This trepidation is not unfounded. Updates seem to have a way of breaking what we’re attempting to maintain, on occasion. Not always, but sometimes.
The truth is that a WordPress update can cause something to break for may reasons. This can any time an update is applied, without warning. The best course of action to deal with these issues is to have a complete website backup secured and accessible, ready to be restored if needed.
The below information is aimed at helping you understand the various aspects of a WordPress website which must be considered in order to backup your website completely so that it may be restored with ease if the need ever arises.
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