Wordpress and Mailgun - Making the Records Verify If you are here you already know why we are using Mailgun with WordPress, so we'll skip that. Mailgun DNS Records Won't Verify! I tried a number of solutions to get mailgun to verify my DNS records and it was a nightmare guessing game. That being said, I figured it out. A quick note on SPF records before we continue: [box … [Read more...] about Setup Mailgun with cPanel and Google Apps
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How to Find a List of Wordpress Category IDs – 2011 – in under 5 minutes!
There are a lot of way out there to try to find a list of the Wordpress category IDs, but sometimes a simple, barebones approach is the easiest way. Let's take a look at how to find your Wordpress category ID's in around 5 minutes. A. Get into phpMyAdmin 1. If you are running Wordpress then you have a database, and thus you have a way to access your database. For most of us … [Read more...] about How to Find a List of Wordpress Category IDs – 2011 – in under 5 minutes!
Defensio Anti Spam – A Top Anti Spam Plugin for Wordpress
I was looking for a free anti-spam Akismet replacement plugin for Wordpress and I came across Defensio. I run multiple Wordpress blogs and I needed a reliable and accurate (and easy to use) anti-comment-spam plugin. I've been running Defensio for around a month now on a few sites and I must say that I've been extremely pleased. The amount of wordpress comment spam has … [Read more...] about Defensio Anti Spam – A Top Anti Spam Plugin for Wordpress
The Case Against Wordpress Frameworks – Why I love the Wordpress Codex
I've been using Wordpress for quite a few years now, and once again after doing some research, I've decided once again to stay away from Wordpress frameworks and templates that are based on custom coded frameworks. And let me say that it's not for lack of programming experience -- I'm more than happy to work with HTML/CSS/PHP -- so coding isn't a problem. I appreciate the … [Read more...] about The Case Against Wordpress Frameworks – Why I love the Wordpress Codex