How to avoid bad WordPress plugins. This week on the DNW podcast meet Mika Epstein, a WordPress engineer at DreamHost. She explains what to look for in WordPress plugins to make sure you aren’t opening up a backdoor to your website. We also hear ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Why DreamHost is holding off on WordPress 5.0 updates
· ServicesHosting company will delay auto-updates until after Christmas as a precaution. Earlier this week I wrote about how GoDaddy auto-updated its managed WordPress customers to WordPress 5.0 shortly after it came out and why I thought this was a bad idea. ... Continue Reading3 Comments
New TLD Economics with Colin Campbell – DNW Podcast #198
· PodcastsDigging into .Club's revenue and the economics of new TLDs. New top level domain name company .Club landed on the 2018 Inc 5000. The Inc 5000 list shows that it had revenue of $7.2 million but I had lots of questions. Is this “real” revenue? Is the ... Continue Reading11 Comments
DreamHost enables export-to-WordPress for its Remixer website builder
· ServicesNo lock-in with DreamHost's site builder. I've been reviewing non-WordPress website builders over the past month and have more reviews to come. These site builders make it easier for non-techies to build websites than using WordPress. But there's a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Heading to WHD next week? Here are some interesting sessions.
· UncategorizedFrom net neutrality to blockchain, here are three interesting sessions at next week's conference. WorldHostingDays is heading to Las Vegas next week and much of the domain name industry will be there. If you will be at the conference and have something ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen X3.com domain name
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name was transferred to eName, a popular home for stolen domain names. The person who registered X3.com in 1995 has filed a lawsuit to recover the domain name, which he says was stolen from his DreamHost account. Anthony Alfieri-Crispin ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VL.com Domain Name Stolen, Too. Here’s the Inside Story.
· Policy & LawBeware: more stolen domain names. Yesterday I reported about the theft of YH.com. It turns out another valuable domain, VL.com, was also recently stolen. In this case it appears the weak link was web hosting company Dreamhost. That's also the host ... Continue Reading24 Comments