Comments on: 3 Tips to Avoid Dangerous Themes and Plugins

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:55:17 +0000

Just do

grep -R “base64″ *

If it finds something suspicious, you definitely should check thoroughly the plugin/theme in question.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:26:53 +0000

Great tips, will definitely use these as a guiding stone when choosing plugins. Thanks

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:36:20 +0000

Never thought that Themes can be a problem. I am not sure if AVG free edition is the best choice. I prefer Avast since Avast will notify me of any malicious websites and downloads.

By: tightjj

tightjj — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:40:54 +0000

OK, AntiVirus is good, but you give an example of AVG Free edition which is PC only.

What’s the best for the MANY OF US out there on Macs?

By: hiroshi

hiroshi — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:08:27 +0000

I would recommend some anti-virus other then AVG free edition. That’s not much secure using free edition of AVG. We can try kaspersky or Rising antivirus free edition. Thanks for tips!

By: Check Your Wordpress Security | Online Marketing | Search Engine Marketing | SEO | PushON blog

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:43:54 +0000

[...] Be careful about which themes and plugins you install – you may be installing a virus, hidden links, etc. [...]

By: a WP user

a WP user — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:25:28 +0000

“… when making decisions on which plugins to include in your website, it is important to make smart choices, such as only using plugins >> that are popular << or developed by reputable authors. Additionally, try to keep your plugins to a minimum.”

So being a popular makes it reliable?….

Bit of a silly thing to say.. usuage does not dictate the quality of the code written by any means, take Windows as one of many examples…

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:45:23 +0000

Very good tips, and thanks for the mention.

Scanning downloads is SUPER IMPORTANT. And as you mentioned, even ‘reputable’ software/downloads can be problematic. And even though that WordPress problem that you referred to happened over a year ago, you never know what some enterprising hacker can do…

Also, when it comes to plugins that I don’t completely trust, I am savvy enough to review and edit the source code.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:26:39 +0000

Thanks for the tips – As a relatively new Wordpress user setting up several blogs for myself and clients, it’s great to hear ways of protecting my sites. Really appreciated.

By: Chung Bey Luen

Chung Bey Luen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:22:52 +0000

Great security tips to protect our blog. Keep it up.