Jigoshop is an ecommerce plugin for WordPress. You can download it for free from the WordPress plugin repository, or install it from the convenient plugin installation tab on your site’s administrative back-end. For this review I tested Jigoshop version 1.8.1 on a clean installation of WordPress 3.8.1 running in debug mode, with PHP errors set […]
WP e-Commerce: WordPress ecommerce plugin review
WP e-Commerce is a popular ecommerce plugin for WordPress. It is available for free download from the WordPress plugin repository, or you can install it from the convenient plugin installation tab on your WordPress-based website’s administrative back-end. For this review I tested WP e-Commerce version 3.8.13.3. My test environment is running a clean installation of WordPress […]
WooCommerce Review: E-commerce Plugin for WordPress
WooCommerce is an ecommerce plugin for WordPress. You can download this plugin for free from the WordPress plugin repository, or you can install it with just a click or two from the convenient plugin installation tab within your site’s administrative back-end. For this review I tested WooCommerce version 2.0.20 on a clean installation of WordPress […]
4 WordPress Security Plugins Compared
A stock installation of WordPress is vulnerable to attack. If you don’t want your site to get turned into a zombie in a hacker botnet, you need to install a security plugin to protect your WordPress website. But which plugin should you use? [Update 4-10-14: in the short time since I posted this comparison, the […]
All In One WP Security & Firewall: WordPress plugin review
All in One WP Security & Firewall is a security plugin for WordPress. You can download this plugin for free from the WordPress repository; or you can install it from the convenient plugin installation tab on your website’s WordPress administration back-end. My test environment is running WordPress in debug mode, with PHP errors set to […]
BulletProof Security: WordPress plugin review
BulletProof Security is a security plugin for WordPress. You can download it for free from the WordPress repository; or install it from the plugin installation tab within your website’s wp-admin. For this review I tested BulletProof Security version 0.49.7 on WordPress version 3.7.1 in debug mode, with PHP display_errors on. The .zip file for version […]
Wordfence: WordPress security plugin review
Wordfence is a security plugin for WordPress. You can download Wordfence for free from the WordPress repository. If you prefer, you can use the plugin auto-installer from your installation’s wp-admin. This is a follow-up to my earlier post, a review of Better WP Security. Installing the Wordfence security plugin For this review, I tested Wordfence […]
Better WP Security: WordPress plugin review
[Update: Only a few months later, the plugin “Better WP Security” has recently been turned over to a new developer and completely rebuilt. It has also been renamed “iThemes Security” after the new developer. The new version of the plugin has not been tested by Mardesco, and may be dramatically different from the version tested […]