Wil Brown

WordPress Consultant & Educator

Wil Brown is a Sydney-based WordPress consultant, developer, and digital strategist who helps organisations gain greater visibility into the websites and digital platforms they rely on every day. With more than 18 years of experience, he works with associations, research organisations, education and training providers, and not-for-profits to improve website governance, reduce operational risk, and build sustainable digital systems that support organisational goals. Wil co-organises the WordPress Sydney Meetup, regularly speaks at industry events, and has been involved in the WordPress community for many years. He's also a dad, technology enthusiast, chilli lover, and remains quietly fascinated by unusual engineering ideas.

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Genesis 2.0 Hook Reference

Genesis 2.0 Hook Reference Guide – use with converting your old XHTML Genesis themes over to new HTML 5 Genesis 2.0 themes.

Disabling WP Cron

Disabling WP-Cron in WordPress

WP-Cron sucks. A lot! Here’s how to disable WP-Cron in WordPress and use a server Cron Tab to manually run WP-Cron properly. Your scheduled posts will love you for it.

Installing Linux Malware Detect on a CentOS 6 VPS

As a prelude to my upcoming WordPress Sydney meetup talk on WordPress Security I’m going to show you how you can beef up security on your Virtual Private Server (VPS) by installing a piece of software called Linux Malware Detect or LMD.

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Drop-Ins and Must-Use WordPress Plugins

Drop-ins allow you to replace some of the core WordPress functionality and Must Use plugins are always active and can’t be uninstalled from the dashboard. Let’s find out more.

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