Make a MailChimp subscribe form by hand

I used to just take the MailChimp for WP plugin until it stopped working – at least the front-end facing JavaScript part of it did. Looking at the code that handles form submission on front-end gave me a headache so I decided it was time I wrote it myself… Read More

WordPress Security

The title feels like an oxymoron. Out of the box WordPress is horribly insecure but that doesn’t mean that core developers write bad code. Considering the scale of deployment WordPress is actually doing an amazing job. Lets look at what makes sysops frown at the word “WordPress” and what we… Read More