ZATZ Lab Notes
It’s not the years. It’s the lines of code.
My Private Site 4.1 adds registration spam and reCAPTCHA protections to free version
When I released My Private Site 4.0, the focus was on controlling access and discouraging unwanted automated activity. With version 4.1, the plugin adds new protections aimed at a different but closely related problem: automated registrations and login abuse. My...
My Private Site 4.0 launches with built-in AI Defense and Digital Fortress security tools
When I first released My Private Site, it was with a simple idea: let WordPress site owners lock down their sites without needing to learn complicated membership systems. With one checkbox, you could make your entire site private: every post, every page, hidden from...
My Private Site Guest Access Tech Briefing
My Private Site Guest Access is a premium add-on that extends the core My Private Site plugin’s privacy controls. While My Private Site locks down your WordPress site for logged-in users only, the Guest Access add-on provides a safe way to invite external visitors...
My Private Site Block IP Tech Briefing
My Private Site Block IP is a premium add-on for the My Private Site plugin that empowers administrators and site owners to block specific visitors by their IP address. It adds an extra layer of security and control to your private WordPress site, allowing you to...
My Private Site Visitor Intelligence Tech Briefing
My Private Site Visitor Intelligence is a powerful add-on that extends the My Private Site plugin with robust visitor activity tracking and analysis. It transforms your private website into an insight-rich platform by recording key visitor events and highlighting...
My Private Site Advanced AI Defense Tech Briefing
My Private Site Advanced AI Defense is a premium add-on that supercharges the basic AI protection in the free My Private Site plugin. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools to defend your website’s content against AI web crawlers and scrapers. Some AI Defense...
Must read: The sunsetting of Seamless Donations
Effective today, Seamless Donations will no longer be updated. Existing add-on licenses will continue to function during their license period but will not renew, at which point they will cease functioning. The add-on store for Seamless Donations is closed as of today....
How to export donation data from Seamless Donations
I previously showed how to export donor information. In this Lab Note, I'll take you through the process of dumping data from all your donations. Export any WordPress data to XML/CSV As before, I recommend you install a plugin called Export any WordPress data to...
A plugin reunion
Eight years ago, I adopted a set of WordPress plugins from a developer who suddenly found himself in a caregiver role and wasn’t able to maintain them. I adopted them to keep them alive, secure, and supported for the tens of thousands of users who relied on them (and...
Seamless Donations 5.2 introduces completely new PayPal interface
This Lab Note contains instructions for setting up the new PayPal interface in Seamless Donations version 5.2.0 and later. Be sure to read the guidelines below. A lot has been going on behind the scenes. Since early 2022, I've been working with the development team at...
