Hi Pieter, Yep, and there’s more on the way :) Cheers, Paul. …

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Comment on New Feature Release: Google Analytics Tracking Integration by Paul G..

Hi Pieter,

Yep, and there’s more on the way ๐Ÿ™‚

Cheers,
Paul.

Paul G. Also Commented

New Feature Release: Google Analytics Tracking Integration
Hey Alex,

Thanks for the comment, and we’re delighted to hear you like what we’re doing. There’s lots more to come in the next couple of weeks and months so stay tuned! ๐Ÿ˜€

Cheers,
Paul.


New Feature Release: Google Analytics Tracking Integration
Hi Craig,

The important thing is that you don’t duplicate the tracking code – I’m sure Google is smart enough to handle it if you do that accidentally, but I couldn’t say for sure.

I can’t see that there would be much in the way of performance advantages either way if you use the theme or iControlWP. My guess is that your theme’s implementation is just as simplified as ours (though we do have the added option for excluding logged-in users).

The advantage to our approach, and using a plugin to handle Analytics code in general, is its independence from whatever theme you decide to use in the future. It’ll always be there and you wont have to add it later.

And, if you use iControlWP to handle it, you’ll have it managed from a central place. Incidentally we’ll be adding Google Authentication soon so you can select Analytics IDs and profiles more easily.

Hope that helps!
Paul.


New Feature Release: Google Analytics Tracking Integration
Glad you like it Ken! ๐Ÿ™‚

Remember to remove your old analytics plugins so you don’t double-up.

Cheers,
Paul.


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Security: Hide The WordPress Login and Admin Pages (wp-login.php)
Hey Rob,
Brilliant news… Glad it’s working so well for you!


Part 5: Ultimate Comment SPAM Killer – Shield WordPress Security Plugin
Why does WordPress need to do that? I’ve no idea… that’s the way the author of this particular code decided to implement this. ๐Ÿ™‚

My approach is to take each “spam” word/pattern and I use “stripos()” on each item of the comment that needs to be checked.

The truth is that efficiency isn’t hugely important in this area because it’s only run when a comment is posted. I could probably optimize my approach too, but again, it’s not critical.

Further reading: http://lzone.de/articles/php-string-search.htm


Part 4: Login Protection – Shield WordPress Security Plugin
There’s nothing you can do about that unfortunately if the bots are cracking away at your page. Most bots would get blocked by the automatic blacklist if they’re repeatedly hitting you with this.

As to XML-RPC, we have a couple of options ranging from by-passing the login/user sessions systems to completely disabling it:
https://www.icontrolwp.com/2015/10/automatically-block-brute-force-amplification-attacks-against-wordpress-xmlrpc/


Further WordPress Admin Access Lockdown
Eileen, Lynn,

The automatic updates system is WordPress-controlled and run on a WordPress cron. The Security admin access shouldn’t affect this. If you have enabled automatic updates, but restricted the system using the admin access and you find it’s not working as it should, please let me know in the support forums.

To your first question, if you enable this Security Admin system and lock-down any features, then you must, as an administrator or not, authenticate with the Security Admin system before you can make changes to the zones that have been restricted.

Let me know if it’s still unclear and I’ll elaborate further on areas you need.
Thanks!


Part 5: Ultimate Comment SPAM Killer – Shield WordPress Security Plugin
This is something that you’ll have to test with your particular installation(s) and configuration. Aggressive page caching will probably affect this functionality, but that is the double-edged sword that is “caching”.

I’d be interested to hear what you find with your tests.

Thanks!


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