Category Archives: WordPress

WordPress 5.8

Jason Benway July 23, 2021 No Comments

Its that time again, another release of WordPress. Please let me know in the comments below if you run into any issues on the site. Go to the source for what’s included in WordPress 5.8 News – WordPress 5.8 Tatum – WordPress.org

WordPress 5.5

Jason Benway August 12, 2020 No Comments

Upgraded to wordpress 5.5 this morning. Testing the site for any issues or noticeable changes. Below is a summary of whats new in 5.5 Speed Posts and pages feel faster, thanks to lazy-loaded images. Images give your story a lot of impact, but they can sometimes make your site seem… Read more »

WordPress plugins to insert stock photos

Jason Benway April 6, 2020 3 Comments

Having a photo in your blog post helps add context and color to your writing, when its shared on social media it more likely to be read and clicked when a photo is attached. But where and how do you find photos to add to your post? There are a… Read more »

Upgraded to WordPress 5.4

Jason Benway April 3, 2020 Comments Off

WordPress 5.4 was released recently, I just upgraded this site today. I’m testing as much as I can, please leave a comment for any issues you run into. 5.4 brings some new features a few new block types, some privacy settings, and improvements for developers The interface for creating a… Read more »

Upgraded wordpress and php

Jason Benway May 20, 2019 Comments Off

This morning the site was upgrade to the latest wordpress and php. I haven’t seen any issues and I’m running through some basic functions of the site, but if you run into any issues leave a comment or a DM on twitter @benwaynet Thanks!

WordPress 5.1 upgrade complete

Jason Benway February 26, 2019 Comments Off

Upgraded the site to WordPress 5.1. Now the normal testing of post and comments to confirm everything is working 🙂 Please let me know in the comments if you experience any issues from the upgrade. Thanks! Here’s the official word about the latest version. https://wordpress.org/news/2019/02/betty/ Site Health With security and… Read more »

Reset Your WordPress Admin User Password

Jason Benway June 2, 2018 Comments Off

Had an issue with code getting injected in this site (which is why I moved hosts and started over with just a wordpress export/import of the post) At the same time I got locked out of my admin account. Because I was using a VPS I didn’t have a cpanel… Read more »

Upgrade to wordpress 4.4.2 now

Jason Benway February 2, 2016 Comments Off

An emergency security release of wordpress was just put out. It fixes a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and an open redirection vulnerability. From wordpress team: The details of the two fixes according to the WordPress blog are: A cross site scripting vulnerability for “certain local URI’s” was resolved. This kind of… Read more »

WordPress Embedded post

Jason Benway January 12, 2016 Comments Off

One of the features of wordpress 4.4 was the ability to embed post, videos and music from other sites by just dropping the link into a post. I haven’t had the best luck with it so far. So today I’m going to find some links to test with. Ten… Read more »