WordCamp New York City 2009

November 14–15, 2009
...was awesome!

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Writing secure plugins

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Mark Jaquith

WordPress plugins are infinitely powerful. This power makes WordPress great, but it also gives plugin developers the ability to shoot themselves (and the users of their plugins) in the foot. This technical and code-heavy presentation will teach plugin developers the skills they need to write plugins that will never be a security liability to their clients and users.

You’ll learn the functions to use, when to use them, attitudes and best practices to avoid security holes, as well as explanations of why they are holes — which will hopefully help hone your sense of skepticism so that you can stay ahead of the curve and start protecting against tomorrow’s attack vectors. I will also be holding an unconference workshop session on plugin security where we can go through your plugin code and identify problem areas. I normally charge lawyerly rates for this kind of code review — you should definitely take advantage! I’ll announce the time and place of that workshop session during the main security talk session, which is at 1:30pm on Saturday.

Locking Down the Chastity Belt on WordPress Security

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Brad Williams

WordPress Security isn’t the sexiest topic, but with a little chastity belt reference and some hot security tips I plan on changing that!  Security is a major concern for all website administrators and WordPress powered websites are no different.

picture of an open padlock emblazoned with the WordPress logoImagine losing all of your content, including posts, media, and comments. Even worse imagine spam links hiding in your content destroying your search engine ranking. Keeping your website safe from hackers and bots should be a top priority for anyone running their own website. In this presentation I’ll cover the essential WordPress Security tips that ALL WordPress administrators should use to keep your website safe and secure.

Is your WordPress website as secure as it can be? Do you have spam links hidden in your site? How many of these tips do you follow? You’ll have to attend my presentation to find out!

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