So here we are at the end of another decade. It seems appropriate to write about major milestones in my life during the last decade so here goes: Served in the United States Marine Corps (1999-2003) Adopted my two best friends: Lecter and Clarice (2002) Lost my Mom to cancer (2002) Stationed in Kuwait/Iraq for […]
Have you ever wanted to create an easy backdoor way to auto-create an administrator account in WordPress? The below code snippet does just that! Simply place the code in your themes functions.php flie and upload to your web server: To activate this code simply visit http://example.com?backdoor=go When triggered the code will create a new administrator […]
I had the pleasure of interviewing Andy Peatling, the founding developer of BuddyPress, on the SitePoint Podcast last week. Andy and I discussed many different topics including current BuddPress features, upcoming features, release of the new BP default theme, importing data, and much more! Andy is a great guy and was a lot of fun […]
I just returned from an awesome weekend at WordCamp NYC 2009! This years event was massive, with 8 tracks of WordPress related sessions and over 700 attendees, all gathered for the love of one software package: WordPress This year I attended with Matt Martz, Jeff Chandler, Travis Ballard, and the entire WebDevStudios crew. We had […]
Happy Halloween 2009!
I’m extremely excited to announce a new book I am co-authoring: Professional WordPress. Professional WordPress will be a WROX publication, which is the technical branch of Wiley books. I have the honor of writing this book with David Damstra and Hal Stern, both of which have an extensive background working with WordPress. We have officially […]
I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress, for the SitePoint podcast recently. Matt and I covered a range of topics including WordPress and MU, contributing to WordPress, commercial plugins, what to expect in the future of WordPress, and how to get involved with WordPress. Matt is great to interview […]
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending WordCamp Montreal. I gave a presentation on WordPress Security at the event. You can view my slideshow presentation below: WordPress Security
I’m writing this blog post from an Amtrak train on my way to Montreal, Quebec for WordCamp Montreal! As we cruise along the train tracks I’m working on the final touches to my WordPress Security presentation for the event. Taking the train really is the way to go. The ride is much longer (12 hours […]
Next stop on my WordCamp Tour is WordCamp Montreal! I will be giving a presentation on WordPress Security at the event. My presentation will cover how to keep your WordPress powered website secure from hackers and exploits. I’ll show examples of hacked sites, share tips and plugins for keeping WordPress secure, and talk about my […]
Brad Williams is a computer programmer and tech junkie who enjoys exploring technology and sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
CEO of WebDevStudios, Maintainn, and Pluginize. Co-author of Professional WordPress and Professional WordPress Plugin Development.
Brad resides in Philadelphia.
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