About Chris Wiegman

Chris is the owner of Bit51 where he blogs about web development and works on WordPress plugins such as Better WP Security. In addition Chris is a Senior Developer for Springbox in Austin, TX where he develops a host of solutions for clients large and small.

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The Anatomy of Bit51 v2.0 – Tools and Services for Your Website (part 2)

June 17th, 2013 Leave a Comment

Last week I talked about some of the must-have plugins I use on Bit51 as well as the theme the site is built on. In doing so I listed the plugins I use on every WordPress project I develop but didn’t get to all the ones that are unique to Bit51 nor did I get to the services that interact with Bit51 and help me deliver my content to folks in the most efficient way possible.

As we all know, every project is different and each requires a special set of parts to come together. That said, here are the rest of the parts including plugins and other services I’ve used to bring Bit51 together. [Continue Reading...]

Better WP Security 3.5.3

June 16th, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Better WP Security WordPress plugin has been updated to version 3.5.5 with a number of new and updated translations as well as minor bug fixes and an improvement to the handling of banned address through a proxy.

I would like to extend a special thank you to the following folks for their language and code contributions:

Simplified Chinese by 海滨
Persian by Ibrahim Jafari
Typo correction by ihuston
Better proxy support for ban users by kalvindukes
Updated Spanish translation by Pablo Romero

If you would like to contribute to the Better WP Security plugin please see my post, Contributing to Better WP Security.

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Contributing to Better WP Security

June 15th, 2013 1 Comment

The idea of Better WP Security from the very beginning was a community project. To date I frankly haven’t been the greatest at getting the word out. It’s time for that to change.

Do you want to be a part of one of the largest plugins in the WordPress.org repository? Better WP Security could use your help to continue to grow and be the leader in WordPress security. Whether your skills are in code, content, or something else I would love to add you as a contributor to a plugin with almost 750,000 downloads and growing. Here’s how you can get involved: [Continue Reading...]

Adding a Widget Area After Your Post In WordPress and Genesis

June 12th, 2013 2 Comments

The space after your post on WordPress is a great place to display information to your audience for maximum exposure and, hopefully, high click-through rates. It can be a place to post advertising, link folks to other posts, or add just about anything else you want. For example, this site uses the area after the post to link to other relevant articles using the nRelate related content system. Just by adding this little section I was able to drop the bounce rate of this site almost 10% overnight. It really can be that effective.

So how do you add content after the post and, more importantly, how do you add content after the post that can be changed and updated as needed? If you’re using WordPress and the Genesis Framework (affiliate link) it’s easy. This tutorial will walk you through adding a widget area to your post right after the post content itself just as the related content section is used on this site. [Continue Reading...]

Better WP Varnish 1.0

June 11th, 2013 3 Comments

Thanks to the help of Roy over at KartHost.com I’ve upgraded the Better WP Varnish WordPress plugin to version 1.0. This latest version includes a reworking of both the functionality and the user interface to make Better WP Security both more reliable and easier to use, two improvements that should greatly help the usability of this handy plugin.

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