Are you concerned about your WordPress blog security? Can’t find a good tool/plugin to protect your blog against possible hack attempts? Its time to stop worrying. Maximum Security is what you’re looking for.  Mark E. has just released beta version of Maximum Security an excellent WordPress security tool. You can find detailed feature list here with more on the way.

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Automattic has released an Open Social based open source application for LinkedIn, largest social network for professionals.

Once this app is added and setup, your LinkedIn network will be alerted when you post something to your WordPress.com or self hosted WordPress.org blogs. To add the WordPress App to your LinkedIn account, visit the LinkedIn Application Directory. Select the WordPress App, enter your blog’s URL, and choose to display either all of your blog posts or just those tagged with “LinkedIn.” Save, and you’re all set.

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Are you tired of signing into your blog to view and moderate your comments? Everytime a new comment is held in moderation, your WordPress install uses its notification feature to email you and you have to login in your blog to moderate your comments.

Moderator is an excellent solution to moderate comments from your desktop. It uses combination of WordPress plugin associated with Adobe AIR 1.1, which runs on Mac, Windows, and is currently in beta on Linux.

Some noteable features are,

• Viewing unmoderated comments.
• Dock and system tray notifications of the number of unmoderated comments.
• Accept, delete, and spam comments from within the desktop client.
• Close application window, or minimize it to the system tray while running.
• Shows the Gravatar icons for the user who posted the comment.

Download the current Moderator Plugin Bundle.

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