[hackerspaces] WordPress websites - what features/plugins and configurations do your spaces use?

[charlie wallace]

can't have been to that many then.

saying that no language is secure or the coders are at fault, doesn't
mean one particular software package or PHP isn't even less secure or
the best choice. Pretty much every time a site we run used wordpress
has been owned, there are so many exploits for it and like windows
there are a lot of people trying to break into it because its so
popular.. they did improve it a lot, but its the attack vector of
choice. I can show you more secure languages, and less secure
languages, but that is not a useful metric for this usage case, how
secure something else has zero to do with wordpress/php.

sure you can do all of these things that take time and money to make
it less of an attack vector, run what you like.



On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 1:57 AM, Jurgen Gaeremyn <jurgen at gaeremyn.be> wrote:
> Heya,
>
> Didn't know hackerspaces also kept trolls...
>
> PHP and WordPress are known to be unsafe because many people can use it, but
> many don't have the needed skillset or/and discipline to maintain code.
> Please point me to a language that is inherently safe, and I will bow to
> your superiority.
>
> As for the question on topic... Not that familiar with WordPress, but apart
> from a blog per user, a calendar is always nice... Maybe add a honeypot to
> see how many script-kiddies tried to perform an xml-rpc attack on your site.
> ;-)
>
> charlie wallace <charlie at finitemonkeys.com> schreef op 1 november 2015
> 02:56:05 CET:
>>
>> Good security and wordpress/php in the same sentence . It is Halloween
>> after all
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2015 5:35 PM, "Shirley Hicks" <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The remote exploits are awesome. Much love to xml-rpc.
>>>
>>>
>>> Answer to that is good security, CDNs and regular updates. Boxes ticked.
>>> — Shirley
>>>
>>>
>>> On October 31, 2015 8:01:23 PM EDT, Shirley Hicks
>>> <shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Learning more WordPress, working on the Birmingham Red Mountain Makers
>>>> site to take our site up to the next level of usefulness.
>>>> What types of functionality have you all found most useful or fun within
>>>> wordpress websites?
>>>> If it’s useful for all, I’ll compile answers and stats.
>>>>
>>>> — Shirley Hicks
>>>> Red Mountain Makers.
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