My wordpress site isn't linking

As per the information available on whois.com, your site is a self-hosted WordPress.org site.

Name Servers:ns01.domaincontrol.com ns02.domaincontrol.com

As I'm unsure, why it's showing ns1.wordpress.com doesn't exist, I have tagged this thread with modlook.

You can seek help for WordPress.org sites here: https://wordpress.org/support/

You can find WordPress.org support documents here https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

And for app support please check https://apps.wordpress.org/support/

Read the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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Setting Up a 2017 MacBook Pro for WordPress Development

Last Thursday was rough. If I were to explain everything that went down both with my computer and my personal life, you'd think I was making the whole thing up.

It'd be like the adult equivalent of "my dog ate [the last month of] my homework." Or something like that.

First, as far as my personal life is concerned, this has nothing to do with the well-being of my family. Just a local debacle of waiting two hours during the workday to get something handled. Irrelevant other than, you know, taking a hefty chunk out of a workday.

Secondly, the computer stuff can all be summed up easily: There was a completely pathetic series of unfortunate events that led to its demise. Essentially, "I killed the car."

So I had to order a replacement in short order (which is not something I wanted to do), had to have to delivered the next day before noon (which is not something I like to pay for) nor is it something that I had planned as a business expense for at least another year or two.

But here we are.

And this leads me to write this post: It's a walkthrough of the process I follow and of the applications I install whenever setting up a new machine and how I configure it.

It's not going to be incredibly detailed, but it's a starting place for if this ever happens again or for any developer looking to set up a new machine or repurpose an existing machine.

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I've thought about how to group all of the applications together, how to group my setup together, and how to group the miscellaneous setup together in a way that seems to flow well.

And I think it's easiest just to list out everything I use, link to things where I can, and then provide the details on the various steps I use. So that's what I've done and what you can expect.

Here we go.

My Applications

After running all of the necessary updates and restarting the machine, I begin going through and installing and configuring all of my tools.

The following list is a comprehensive list of everything I install. Some of them are free applications, some of them are not. I've tried to give a short description of what each does, but your mileage may vary should you choose to install any or all of them.

Atom. Though I used to use this as a general IDE, I now use it as a text editor, markdown editor, and so on.

Bartender 3. This is my favorite application for cleaning up my Mac menu bar. It helps to keep distractions to a minimum while making sure I still have access to all of the apps I need quickly.

Better Rename 9. I'm compulsive about how I organize and back up my photos and videos so I use this app to use the media's EXIF data to organize it based on the timestamp.

CardHop. This is a newer application to my arsenal (at the time of this post, at least) and it's simply used because I get easily frustrated with Apple's Contacts app and because I think Flexibits writes good software.

CleanMyMac. MacPaw is another company that produces good software. I run this at the end of each week to make sure I'm getting rid of a lot of junk (generally various cache files from various applications) that has accrued over the week. Further, it helps in the uninstallation process if you've installed something and you're looking to fully remove it.

CodeKit. I've written about this app in a number of posts. I still recommend it, but it depends on the project. I also use tools like Gulp and various packages (which I cover later in this post).

Dropbox. This is for general file syncing between applications (like Transmit) and sharing files with designers and family and friends.

Droplr. This has become my de-facto application for sharing images, screencasts, and other media with peers. It's fast, provides useful stats, is minimal, and is worth the yearly subscription.

Evernote. I take a lot of notes using my iPad and Notability and no other app yet has the handwriting recognition search than Evernote.

ExifPurge. This is useful for whenever you want to share media with others but I don't want them to have the ability to extract data on where or when the media was shot.

Fantastical. It's the best calendar application I've used. I've tried to break up with it before, but I keep coming back. It's yet another Flexibits product.

Gemini. I use this in conjunction with Better Rename 9 (which I covered above). In short, it removes any duplicates). Though I don't often have many, it's nice to make sure I'm removing any that I do have before storing them in external storage.

Homebrew. I've not always used this, but once I started, it became harder not to use it especially when it relates to development tools (which I'll cover below). It's a package manager but I find it extremely useful when working with development-related tools.

ImageOptim. Removes metadata, saves space, compressing images, and does so in a lossless way. Great for anyone who uses images in their blog posts, documents, or simply shares lots of images with others who don't have a lot of bandwidth.

Kaleidoscope. Every developer working with a team or working on open source software needs a good diff tool. Some prefer the command-line, others prefer a GUI. I'm in the latter camp and this has always been my favorite application.

Mac DVD Ripper. If you've got DVDs you're looking to backup or you have kids and you're looking to load up an iPad with videos, this application makes it as easy as possible: Select which part of the DVD to rip and then let it do its thing.

Mac VideoRipper Pro. This is the easiest ways to download videos from the web from sources like YouTube. It's great for when you want to watch talks, presentations, or videos offline.

PhpStorm. My preferred and favorite IDE for development (despite its name, it's also solid for all of the languages that work in conjunction with it such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS or its pre-processors, and so on).

Postman. If you work with any APIs, especially REST APIs, Postman is solid at helping you test your API or someone else's before trying to integrate calls to it within your application.

ScreenFlow. This is the best app for whenever you have to do some serious high-level screencasting.

Sequel Pro. This is my preferred database front-end.

Slack. At this point, I don't think this app needs any type of description. It's how my team and I keep in touch with one another, integrate our services, and generally get work done.

Skitch. This is good for quickly annotating images, though Droplr isn't bad at this either. It depends on what you need, really, but I still recommend it for certain use cases.

Spotify. Though we have an Apple Music membership as well, this is my choice app for streaming services. Its discover features and it's ability to generate playlists on my listening habits are what's made it hard to quit. So I don't.

Spotify Notifications. A solid application for giving notifications about what song is playing along with its album art, etc. It's a missing feature of Spotify and does a good job bringing it full circle to things iTunes offers.

Super265. Though I'm a fan of Handbrake as well, I've found that this particular app – and it's newer, to be sure – does a stellar job of taking a video and compressing it (sometimes via 50%) with lossless quality.

Things. Hands-down, my favorite "get things done" app and it's integration with Apple's Reminders and Siri along with iOS syncing make it all the better.

Tower. In the last year or so, I've gotten more and more comfortable with Git on the command-line, but there are still projects I'm working on that I've used Tower since the initial commit. It's my preferred Git GUI.

Transmit. My preferred S/FTP client.

TweetBot. My preferred Twitter client (and it's integration with Pocket and Droplr make it all the better, too) on both macOS and iOS.

uTorrent. If you have to download anything via torrents, this is the client I recommend.

Versions. If you need a solid Subversion GUI (such as if you're keeping up with the bleeding edge of WordPress), I really like this. Cornerstone is a nice alternative, but I don't use it as much as I used to and I don't use Subversion for much so Versions simplicity is what has won me over.

VLC. Every now and then there are certain video files in the format of, say, mkv that I don't want to bother to convert. This is a fantastic open source video player (for a variety of formats, too).

Windscribe. This is my favorite macOS and iOS tool for using a VPN when browsing the web. Its price is fair and the apps (and browser extension) are solid.

Xcode. Apple's proprietary development platform that's also needed for a number of things to run that you'll see later in this post.

I try to keep things lean, but there are reasons that I use the applications that I do. And despite my attempts to be as secure as possible, there are some applications that I use for reasons other than "just storing stuff."

So, you know, the usual disclaimer about being careful what you store and what you use to store it. Be smart about how you're saving sensitive information.

Development-Specific Tools

The following list of tools isn't necessarily exhaustive. That is, some projects require certain packages that simply don't make sense to list here.

Instead, this is the general set of tools I use for my development environment. It covers everything from what font I prefer to the IDE of my choice and everything in between.

Fira Code. This is my favorite font for any IDE or text editor.

Material Theme. This is completely subjective (as are most things in this list) but I've found this to be the theme I've stuck with the longest when using PhpStorm.

PHP. The runtime that's needed for WordPress and general PHP development. I'll have configuration instructions for this (and other tools) later in this document as to how to install it using Homebrew to make managing the package easier.

Composer. If you're working with various dependencies in your projects, then you should be using Composer to manage those packages.

WP-CLI. This is a fantastic command-line interface for WordPress that's under some seriously fantastic development that makes working with WordPress at the command-line level not only possible but easy, too.

PHPUnit. If you're going to be writing unit tests for your project, then this is the framework I recommend.

PHP Code Sniffer. This is the library to make sure your code is following any of the standards I list in the next item. It makes sure that you're following proper guidelines and writing things properly.

PHP Coding Standards. There are two general types of coding standards that you're likely to use (if you're reading this blog) and that's either the PSR or WPCS. Depending on which one you use will depend on how you install them. Regardless, each requires PHP Code Sniffer to be installed first.

Valet. I've written about other out-of-the-box tools like MAMP in other posts, but I've been using Valet for the better half of 2017 and it really, truly "just works." It's really easy to work with and makes setting up new sites and projects a cinch.

Xdebug. If you're writing server-side code (and if you're writing PHP, you are), then there's more to debugging than echo and var_dump. Enter Xdebug.

Node. This is another package manager for using a variety of different JavaScript libraries. If you're going to be doing anything with Sass, Less, JavaScript, Image Compression, and so on, I recommend incorporating it into your workflow. See also this post.

Once you have all of this installed, there is still configuration that needs to happen. I'll cover that, as well.

Configuring My Development Tools

As mentioned earlier, many of the packages that I install at this point are done via Homebrew so this assumes you have Homebrew installed.

So the first step will be installing Homebrew. Everything after that is exactly what's needed to enter into your terminal to install it and nothing more.

If there are any notes around a particular package, I'll incorporate it into the associated gist.

A Note About Homebrew

The reason I recommend using a package manager is that it makes it much, much easier to install and uninstall particular packages as you need them.

It makes things more, ahem, manageable. And it keeps things a bit cleaner on your system (for those who get [oddly] compulsive about that stuff).

1. Installing Homebrew 2. PHP 3. Composer 4. WP-CLI 5. PHPUnit 6. PHP Code Sniffer 7. Valet 8. Xdebug

If you're using Valet, then you're also going to need to add a few lines of configuration so you can properly use Xdebug with Valet in conjunction with PhpStorm.

To do that, add the following lines to /usr/local/etc/php/7.0/conf.d/ext-xdebug.ini:

Of course, your idekey and configuration file location will vary based on what version of PHP you've installed and what IDE you're using.

9. Node Browser Extensions

I've included just a few of the browser extensions I use below. These are primarily for development purposes or to cut the crap out of the web that I can't stand seeing whenever I'm browsing it:

Facebook Ad Blocker. I don't use Facebook much, but when I do I want a little distraction as possible.

Awesome Screenshot. For when you need to take a shot of something to send to someone else, of course. Works well with Droplr.

Buffer. I like to buffer a lot of my tweets and this makes it easy to do so.

ColorZilla. When you're grabbing colors for an existing image, design, or theme, this helps to get the RGB and hex values.

Ghostery. People have mixed feelings about this (and that's fine with me), but this is to stop advertising and tracking.

Grammarly. To make sure that I'm actually doing a decent job of constructing sentences and writing words.

Merge Windows. First, we had too many windows, so we introduced tab browsing. Now we just have too many windows with too many tabs. This merges all of the windows into a single window.

Remove W3Schools. Removes W3Schools from Google search results so you can get better results.

Tab Sorter. When your tabs get out of control between Asana, Trello, Pocket, Reddit, and so on, this helps to organize them by their type.

Throttle. This works in conjunction with the Throttle web service to create throwaway email addresses (that you can still use to read email) for services with which you don't necessarily want to keep up.

Toby for Chrome. Great for saving and groups tab sessions (if you opt not to use Tab Sorter) so you can come back to work on whatever it is you were doing when you stepped away, restarted, or whatever.

Xdebug Helper. Works in conjunction with Xdebug to help debug, profile, and trace the performance and code in a local web application.

There are other extensions I use for applications like 1Password and Pocket but they don't seem to be as relevant so I've opted to exclude those especially because those services are less development-oriented.

The End

Why are my browser extensions last? I know, it seems kind of silly – wouldn't they be part of, say, my standard set of applications?

Simply put, there are a few that are more development-related, so I wanted them to come after I'd covered everything else.

On another note, there are times where I have to change things around from using, say, PHP7 to PHP5.6 depending on a project. There are also times where I use other libraries like PHPMD, etc., that I haven't covered here because they are project-specific tools.

But from setting up my system, this is the general overview. So now I have a documented reference of what I need to install from the Mac App Store, from various places around the web, the commands I need to run, and how I can get a machine up and restored quickly should something ever break again.

With all of that said, I'm wondering if it's not worth buying a cheap backup machine just in case.

But I dunno. That's another post.

Epilogue

If you're looking for yet another post to follow that's similar though more details with regard to some tooling, I recommend checking out Carl Alexander's post.

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Why do we love to write

How should a writer's web page look

Choosing the best writer WordPress theme

Is it all we can offer you?

Why do we love to write

This is a question that I often ask my fellow writers and authors that prefer to express themselves by writing articles, e-books or any other kind of content. Let's call us the content makers. I believe that someone who writes books and is well known for his/her talent will have more substantial things to say about their writing passion, but since I am a content maker and a copywriter, I will express my very own feelings on this topic trying not to make it look prettier than it is.

Writing is something you must enjoy and love with all your heart. I know a lot of people who approach it as a regular day to day job, and they fail. That's because writing is all about your personal feeling towards the act of expressing yourself to the audience/people.

So, it is simple: we write because we want to express ourselves, we want to tell our story, and we want it to reach our audience, we want it to reach the people and bring something meaningful to their life.

That's a primary reason why you start your Medium blog, standalone blog or a WordPress site becoming an internet writer/blogger who tells stories about this and that or showcase their eBook.

How should a writer's web page look

Nowadays it's unusual to see a writer or a content maker without a site. Even the oldest scribblers have their page. Of course, all templates they usually put on look awful and tasteless, because they don't have time to watch out for the trends and to follow them.

So, let's say you are a writer or considering yourself as one. As any person who offers products, you need your web page. And I don't think that it's all about marketing and money. The rule is quite simple: If you are not on the internet, you do not exist. That's the central principle of our new world. So, I don't care how old are you or how conservative you are; you've got to get yourself a personal page.

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WordPress Vs Blogger: Which Blogging Platform Is Right For You?

What's the best blogging platform?

It's a frequent question received here on Blogging Wizard.

And with so many blogging platforms available it's an entirely valid question. But what suits one person, won't suit another.

So to help you overcome your selection headache, we've compared WordPress and Blogger. And what's more, we've included both flavors of WordPress, so there are three great blogging platforms for you to mull over.

Let's get started.

Blogger

Blogger was founded in 1999 by Pyra Labs and acquired by Google in 2003. By 2006, every account was hosted on Google's servers, making the platform a lot more reliable.

Blogger or BlogSpot?

Before we go any further, let's clear up any confusion regarding the terms Blogger and BlogSpot.

Blogger is a free publishing platform, while BlogSpot is a free domain service provider.

They're both owned by Google and are used together on the Blogger platform.

When you create your blog on Blogger, you'll automatically get a BlogSpot domain. But you don't have to use the BlogSpot domain; you can also add your custom domain:

To summarize: Google hosts your blog on their Blogger platform with a default BlogSpot domain.

Setting up your blog

Creating your blog on Blogger is straightforward. You'll need a Google account if you don't already have one.

Enter a name for your blog.

Choose a Blog Address (URL) – Blogger confirms if your chosen blog address is available.

Pick a Theme – There are a handful of themes (templates) displayed as you create your blog, but you can browse more and customize your blog later.

Here's how I created my blog:

After you've created your blog, Google offers you the chance to buy a custom domain from them. It's an optional step, and you can always change it later:

Here's a sample of the domains it found related to Azahar Media:

Notes:

I've already purchased the domain Azaharmedia.com, so it's unavailable.

Prices are shown in GBP as Google recognizes I'm UK-based.

You can also buy your domain from another provider like Namecheap and then point it to your account.

Managing your blog

After the optional step of buying a domain, you'll see your blog dashboard.

At the moment it's empty, but this is where you'll manage your blog.

From the left-hand menu you can:

Create and view your posts, pages, comments, and statistics

Change the layout and theme

Manage earnings, campaigns, and settings

Above the menu, you can click the link to view your blog:

There are no blog posts yet, but in the right-hand sidebar, there's an 'About Me' section that uses your default Google+ profile information.

Creating a blog post

Blogger has a basic WYSIWYG editor with the option to toggle into HTML mode. You can add images and video to your post, or you can embed YouTube videos. If you prefer, you could create your post in Google Docs, and then copy and paste it into the editor, like this:

On the right-hand side, you have Post settings for adding labels (Tags), scheduling the publishing date, defining your permalink, plus options for commenting and privacy.

Here's what the example published post looks like:

Personalizing your blog

You can change the appearance of your blog using different themes and layouts.

Start with a base theme and customize your background, layout, colors, fonts and more. You can either use the Blogger Theme Designer or edit the HTML code yourself:

Blogger offers lots of themes, but you can also upload free and premium themes from third-party vendors.

Blogger uses Gadgets (the equivalent of WordPress Widgets) to help design the layout of your page. You can use Gadgets to do things like display your blog's archive, show blog labels in a list on every page, or put your profile on every page.

Once you've added a gadget you can drag-and-drop it on your page layout as you wish:

What we like about Blogger

Simple to get started

Easy to use and manage

Hosted by Google so no installation issues

Don't have to worry about software updates

Options to monetize with Adsense and promote with Adwords

What we don't like about Blogger

Social sharing is geared towards Google+ rather than all social networks

Google can suspend your blog at any time, or even cancel the Blogger service altogether.

WordPress.com

Launched in 2005, WordPress.com is a freemium blog service that combines the free WordPress blogging platform and premium hosting in one package:

WordPress.com is home to everyone from brand-new bloggers to Time, CNN, TechCrunch, and more.

It starts with a free plan, and then adds three more premium levels. The more you pay, the more features and flexibility you get:

Includes a WordPress.com subdomain, basic design customization, and 3GB Storage to get you started.

Personal = $2.99 per month, $36 billed yearly

Includes a free custom domain name, 6GB Storage, and removes all WordPress.com advertising.

Premium = $8.25 per month, $99 billed yearly

Includes advanced design tools, CSS editing, 13GB Storage for audio and video, plus the option to monetize your site with ads.

Business = $24.92 per month, $299 billed yearly

Includes SEO Tools, Google Analytics support, Unlimited Storage, plus the option to install third-party themes and plugins, and remove the WordPress.com branding.

Getting started

Starting on WordPress.com is easy. Once you have your account, you can create your site in three steps:

Choose what type of site you want – Blog, website, portfolio or online store. (You can always change your settings later.)

Choose a theme – There's a small selection displayed, but you can choose from more themes later.

Choose an address – You can go free, use your registered domain if you've already bought one, or buy one from WordPress.com.

After those steps, you're taken straight to your site that includes a sample first post. It's an excellent way to see what your new site is going to look like without you having to write a post.

But your new site also includes a few more items:

At the top is a menu with links to sample About and Contact pages.

On the right-hand side is a Text Widget that you can customize with Text or HTML, and a Search Bar.

And at the bottom of the screen are some social sharing icons alongside the WordPress.com branding as this is a free plan.

Managing your site

WordPress.com has a similar menu to Blogger for managing your site:

From the four sections of the left-hand menu you can:

Check site stats and the different plan options

Create and view your blog posts, pages, and media

Change the theme and appearance of your site

Configure social sharing, users, plugins, domains, and settings

The last option is a link to WP Admin – the same admin dashboard that you get in WordPress.org. But you can manage most things on your site without heading there.

Creating a blog post

Sooner or later, you'll want to create your first blog post. The WordPress.com editor has the same kind of options you get in a word processor, plus the option to code in HTML if you prefer.

If you prefer to create your blog post in Google Docs, you can use the WordPress.com app to upload your post and images directly to your site as a draft post.

The insert content option in the top left corner lets you add Media from your computer, photos from your Google Photos account, or a Contact Form to your blog post:

And over on the right-hand sidebar is the Post Settings menu for setting the blog posts status, assigning categories and tags, adding your featured image and social sharing buttons.

Personalizing your site

The WordPress Customizer opens up lots of different options to help you personalize your site:

From the left-hand menu, you can change colors and backgrounds, fonts, menus, widgets, and more. There are also edit icons on the main screen that take you to the relevant customization option; e.g. the Site Identity for changing your Site Title and Tagline.

What we like about WordPress.com

Simple to get started

Easy to use and manage

Hosted by WordPress, so no installation issues

Don't have to worry about software updates

More social sharing options than Blogger

What we don't like about WordPress.com

You don't own your blog; WordPress.com can suspend and delete your account if they find you are violating their terms of service.

You have to pay a high premium to use third-party themes and plugins.

WordPress.org

WordPress.org started in 2003 as a basic blogging tool, but has evolved into a full Content Management System.

WordPress has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.

As it's part of the Open Source project, you're free to use the software for anything without paying anyone a license fee.

Getting started

Starting your WordPress.org site takes a little more time and planning than Blogger and WordPress.com because it's a self-hosted option.

Choose a WordPress web hosting service

The first thing you need to do is find a suitable web host. There are hundreds of companies offering web hosting, so look for one that specializes in WordPress hosting.

Buy a domain

After you've sourced a web hosting service, you'll need to purchase a domain. Don't be tempted to register your domain with your hosting company (even if it's free). We register our domains with Namecheap because it gives us greater control, added security and redundancy.

Install WordPress

Installing WordPress varies from host to host. Most offer one-click installation routines that do everything for you. If your WordPress web host doesn't include this or you prefer to do it yourself, then we have some information to help you.

Managing your site

Once you've installed WordPress you can access your WordPress Admin Dashboard:

The dashboard contains many of the same options as WordPress.com, but they're presented differently.

From the left-hand menu you can:

Create and view your blog posts, comments, pages, and media

Change the appearance of your site with themes and widgets

Add more functionality with plugins and tools

Manage users and settings

Because WordPress.org is self-hosted, you're responsible for managing and maintaining your site. Here are a few essential tasks that you or your hosting partner need to complete:

Backups – You need a good backup system in place so that you can restore your site quickly if you hit problems. Cheaper web hosting services can't always be trusted to take backups and are notoriously slow in restoring your site if there's a glitch. Managed WordPress hosting services like WPX and Kinsta and have good backup systems.

Our advice: We recommend Jetpack for your backups; this feature is available on their personal plan which costs $3.50/month and offers priority support. Or, you could use a free plugin like UpdraftPlus.

Security – You need to protect your site against hackers. Because WordPress powers over 25% of the web it's a prime target for hackers. Again, some web hosting services keep you safe more than others by patching security issues at the server level.

Software Updates – You need to ensure you keep WordPress, plus your Theme and Plugins updated; otherwise, your site is more vulnerable to security breaches. Software Updates include both bug fixes and enhanced functionality, but it's the bug fix updates (usually denoted as minor updates) that are more important.

Note: Starting with version 3.7, WordPress introduced automated background updates for all minor releases, such as 3.7.1 and 3.7.2.

Personalizing your site

Using the WordPress Customizer – as we saw earlier – you can change colors and backgrounds, fonts, menus, widgets, and more.

But there are more ways to customize your site by installing themes and plugins.

WordPress.org comes with a default theme; e.g. Twenty Seventeen, Twenty Sixteen, etc. It's fine to start with, but soon you'll probably want to install a theme of your choice.

If you want to find a free theme, the best place to look is the official WordPress theme listings. Or you can search right from your Admin Panel:

If you don't find a free theme that works for you, then you can buy a premium theme. More often than not, the premium themes have more functionality and can be market-specific.

For instance, take a look at these selections:

Or check out these marketplaces and vendors:

ThemeForest – The biggest premium theme marketplace. Easily searchable by tags and prices.

Elegant Themes – Currently 87 themes including the all-singing all-dancing Divi Theme.

Thrive Themes – Not as many options as the first two, but their themes are conversion-focused.

Plugins allow you to extend the functionality of WordPress even further. Again, there are both free and premium plugins available.

Nowadays, it's quite common for plugin developers to offer a basic free version and an enhanced premium version. For example, the Elementor and Elementor Pro Page Builder Plugin:

You can start by searching for free plugins in the WordPress.org plugin repository, or from the admin panel:

We've also made some useful collections to help you:

The possibilities for personalizing your site are endless.

What we like about WordPress.org

It's open source and free

Once installed it's easy to use and navigate

It's more versatile and customizable as there are no platform restrictions

You own your site so your content can't be suspended or deleted

What we don't like about WordPress.org

There are more things to consider before you can start creating content

It takes more time to manage and maintain

Comparison table

Here's a quick comparison table to recap on the key differences.

* Click here for Web Hosting options.

** Support for using your own domain.

Domains can be purchased from Namecheap.

Final verdict

Now you have the information on the different blogging platforms, you need to consider which one suits you best.

Here are our thoughts.

Blogger is great for beginners and casual bloggers. You can start for free and get a good understanding of what blogging is all about. But before you go too far on your blogging journey, then consider switching to WordPress.

The WordPress.com free plan is also great for beginners and casual blogging. It'll help you get the hang of the WordPress platform and blogging in general. However, it's limited.

If you have any aspirations of using your site for business purposes, then you'll need to move onto the premium plans.

According to WordPress:

Sites with a paid WordPress.com plan had 34% more monthly page views than sites without one.

A WordPress.com premium plan gives you more features and options plus robust hosting. But you're still on rented space.

If you want complete autonomy, then choose WordPress.org. Yes, it's a little harder to get started, but in the long-run, you'll appreciate the initial learning curve. The endless customization options mean you can create the perfect content management system.

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Cryptocurrency Miners Exploiting #WordPress Sites

Cryptocurrency Miners Exploiting WordPress Sites During the last month, the information security media has paid a lot of attention to cryptocurrency mining malware. The Wordfence team has been monitoring the situation, and we are now starting to see attacks attempting to upload mining malware, and site ... read moreSurreptitious cryptocurrency miners hide on Politifact and hundreds of other sites Politifact is the latest and perhaps most high-profile website to have hosted code that secretly hijacks visitors' CPUs to mine cryptocurrency ... nor is it strictly speaking a virus or exploit. JavaScript is used for all kinds of things in the ... read moreHacking Cryptocurrency Miners with OSINT Techniques We will be gathering critical data for Cryptocurrency ... The best bitcoin ASIC miner is Antminer S9/S7. The miner's hardware use "lighttpd/1.4.32" web server and some of these have open SSH Port. There is an exploit for "Lighttpd 1.4.31" version. read more

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Cryptocurrency Miners Exploiting WordPress Sites

This entry was posted in Research, WordPress Security on October 26, 2017 by Brad Haas   3 Replies

During the last month, the information security media has paid a lot of attention to cryptocurrency mining malware. The Wordfence team has been monitoring the situation, and we are now starting to see attacks attempting to upload mining malware, and site cleaning customers that are already infected.

In this post, you'll learn what cryptocurrency mining is, what's in it for the attackers, how to check if you have this issue and what to do about it if you do.

Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks on WordPress

For those of you who aren't up to speed, cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that can act as an alternative to traditional currencies. Examples include Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Monero, among many others. Cryptocurrency mining is a computationally intense process that contributes to the operations of the cryptocurrency network while generating new currency. It takes a massive amount of computer resources to generate meaningful income. People interested in cryptocurrency mining generally need to invest in expensive equipment and solve for the power consumption and heat generated by hardware.

Recently online platforms have emerged that allow website owners to harness the computing power of their website visitors to mine cryptocurrency. Website owners simply sign up for an account and add some JavaScript to their site. The downside is that their visitors' experience is likely quite poor as their computer resources are then put to work mining. It is debatable whether website visitors will ever view this practice favorably, but it will be interesting to watch the trend evolve.

We saw the first attack on a WordPress site attempting to embed cryptocurrency mining code on September 17. Attack volume has been very low and unsophisticated so far. However, our Security Services Team is starting to see hacked websites with this malware, so the attackers are starting to have some success.

The attacks we have analyzed are all trying to exploit well-known security vulnerabilities that have been around for a long time; for example, the Gravity Forms exploit from mid-2016, or the Joomla com_jce exploit from early 2014. We have also seen quite a few attempts to insert mining code using compromised WordPress administrator accounts, as well as some attacks using compromised FTP accounts.

How Attackers Profit From Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

Attackers are embedding Javascript code from Coinhive on websites they have compromised. Coinhive provides a way to mine a cryptocurrency known as Monero. Monero differs from other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, in that it does not give miners who use GPUs or other specialized hardware a significant computational advantage. That means it is well-suited to use in web browsers, executing as JavaScript on consumer CPUs.

Site owners who place the Coinhive code on their websites earn Monero currency. The Coinhive code uses site visitors' computational resources to mine Monero. An attacker can place the Coinhive code on thousands of websites and earn Monero from the mining that happens in site visitors' browsers.

The following is an example of embedded Coinhive code that will mine Monero currency:

The research team at Checkpoint analyzed the profit potential for an attacker planting this malware. They concluded that an attacker successful enough to average 1,000 concurrent users across all infected sites would generate $2,398 in monthly revenue.

We think these attacks will grow in popularity very quickly given how lucrative they are. Attacks that attempt to embed cryptomining malware are currently unsophisticated, but we expect to see an increase in the sophistication of attacks as word gets out that this is a lucrative enterprise. We also expect these attacks to target higher-traffic websites, since the potential to profit increases greatly with higher numbers of concurrent site visitors.

How to Check if Your Site Is Infected With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

The Wordfence firewall blocks attacks attempting to infect sites with this malware. We have added detection capability to Wordfence for cryptominer scripts. This means that the scanner will warn you if it detects this type of script on your site. It also means that the Wordfence firewall will block any uploads that contain the script.

Wordfence Premium customers currently already have access to this detection capability. Free users will get access to this capability on November 24 via the Community version of the Threat Defense Feed.

It is important to make sure you detect an infection quickly if an attacker should manage to slip through your defenses. Below is an example of a scan finding that would indicate this infection exists on your site.

We have also added detection capabilities to Gravityscan. To run a scan on your site, simply go to the Gravityscan website and run a scan. For best results we recommend that you install the Gravityscan Accelerator.

Below is a scan finding example from Gravityscan.

(If you have intentionally added a cryptominer script to your site, of course, you can simply ignore the finding on either platform.)

Some cryptomining malware may be more hidden or obfuscated, so always pay attention if many of your visitors start reporting poor performance by their browser or computer while visiting your site.

A few hackers have adjusted the miner settings so that it only uses only a portion of the available CPU power, or so that only one instance of the miner script can run at a time (even if it's open in multiple tabs).

But many of them are still set to use 100% of available resources, no matter what.

Changes in Attacker Business Models

New business models are constantly emerging for attackers. Historically, attackers would use compromised websites to generate spam content or spam email. In the past decade, ransomware has gained popularity among attackers, as it allows them to extort money from  victims. More recently, using stolen computational resources to mine cryptocurrency has emerged as a way for bad actors to profit from compromised systems.

This emerging business model has now made its way into the WordPress ecosystem as a way for attackers to profit from compromised WordPress websites and the computational resources of website visitors. It is imperative that WordPress site owners deploy a firewall and malware scan on their sites to quickly detect this new threat and ensure that their site visitors' resources are not hijacked to mine cryptocurrency.

What to Do If Your Site Is Infected With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

The most reliable way to recover if your website is hacked is to use our site cleaning service. Our team of experts will clean your site and get it back online as quickly as possible, and the service includes a detailed report and a 90-day guarantee. You can also use the Wordfence site security audit to do a comprehensive security inspection of your website.

If you prefer to try to fix any infection yourself, you can follow our guide to fixing a hacked website with Wordfence.

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