Archive for May, 2008

Stopping nonces with WordPress NONCE: Part 1 — Basic Nonce Usage

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Christopher O'Connell
on May 3, 2008
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In the introduction, I provided a brief overview of Numbers used ONCE (nonce) and how they are implemented in WordPress. In this part, I’ll introduce you to creating and verifying a nonce.

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Stopping nonces with a WordPress NONCE: Part 0 — Background

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Christopher O'Connell
on May 3, 2008
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It is with depressing frequency that blogs get hacked. Even with relatively secure software, like WordPress, it happens all to often. The ability to create plugins, and moreover, the recent fascination with adding AJAX type interfaces to the WordPress administration areas has resulted in a proliferation of ‘unsafe’ plugins which have the potential to provide unfettered access to hackers.

Fortunately, WordPress supports Numbers used ONCE (nonce) as a way of keeping nonces (pedophiles, hackers, and people who talk at the theater) out. Follow along as I show you how to keep your plugin from being the door to hackers.
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µAudio 0.3 Released

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Christopher O'Connell
on May 1, 2008
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Well, if you were lucky, you missed the entire disaster that was the µAudio 0.2 releases. If not, sorry!

A new, improved and very throughly tested 0.3 branch is out. Check out my µAudio page, or head over to µAudio at wordpress.org for a copy of your very own.

Thanks to WordPress.org user jonner for pointing out a couple of bugs.