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WordPress Front-End Post Submission Tutorial

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By “submit WordPress posts from the front-end”, I mean some type of front-end editor or form where users can fill in the details and hit submit. Then, that information shows up in WordPress as either a blog post or some other custom post type. Why Let People Submit Posts from the Front-End in WordPress? As I mentioned, there are a ton of different ways in which this functionality comes in handy. If you’re working with regular WordPress posts (AKA blog posts), you could: Let people submit guest posts from the front-end and then save them as a draft for review. Create a more beginner-friendly way for registered authors at your site to create blog posts. Let registered members create blog posts to create a sort of community blog. But I think where this functionality starts really getting flexible is when you combine it with WordPress custom post types. Some examples of what you can do here: A job listing site where companies can submit their open jobs through a form and ...

Make Your WordPress Sites 100% Immune To Phishing

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What is a Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) Physical Security Key? U2F is an authentication standard that lets users securely access their online accounts instantly with a security key – no drivers or client software needed. You just register a physical device with the online service that supports the protocol. It was created by Google and Yubico and now it’s hosted by the FIDO Alliance.  Basically, U2F security keys are physical USB keys that look like a flash drive. You can only access your account by tapping the key while it’s plugged in. As an end user, it feels like a dedicated device for 2-Factor Authentication. Instead of using your phone and the Authenticator app, you carry around a physical key. U2F and WordPress Security I wanted to give it a go on my site. So I purchased a YubiKey of my own. Seeing as this was an experiment and I am not super technical I wasn’t ready to attack manual set up. I searched for a free plugin option on WordPress.org.  Th...