Comments on: WordPress 3.0 RC1 – a look

By: studionashvegas

studionashvegas — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:13:10 +0000

Megan,

Great question: Picking admin as a username (the default wordpress
username) is giving a hacker 50% of the information he needs to hack
your account. Whereas, picking it yourself (not admin) at least makes
it harder.

3.0 introduced CORE abilities to pick your username - other installers
(Fantastico) have given you that ability for a while now.

By: megan

megan — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:11:06 +0000

Hey Mitch, this is a great post. I've been anticipating 3.0 for a while and am glad to see that you give it your seal of approval.

A question, though: Couldn't you pick your own user name before when installing WordPress? Is there something new about how you choose it now? (I'm also curious as to why picking “admin” is a bad idea.)

By: studionashvegas

studionashvegas — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:13:00 +0000

Megan,

Great question: Picking admin as a username (the default wordpress
username) is giving a hacker 50% of the information he needs to hack
your account. Whereas, picking it yourself (not admin) at least makes
it harder.

3.0 introduced CORE abilities to pick your username – other installers
(Fantastico) have given you that ability for a while now.

By: megan

megan — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:11:00 +0000

Hey Mitch, this is a great post. I’ve been anticipating 3.0 for a while and am glad to see that you give it your seal of approval.

A question, though: Couldn’t you pick your own user name before when installing WordPress? Is there something new about how you choose it now? (I’m also curious as to why picking “admin” is a bad idea.)

By: studionashvegas

studionashvegas — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:40:44 +0000

once or twice

And i can't wait either – not being able to deploy it on client's sites is
harsh. I'm fairly sure it's stable enough, but i want to be super-sure.

By: studionashvegas

studionashvegas — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:40:00 +0000

once or twice

And i can’t wait either – not being able to deploy it on client’s sites is
harsh. I’m fairly sure it’s stable enough, but i want to be super-sure.

By: Matt Tarr

Matt Tarr — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:57:00 +0000

Great insight, great synopsis of the new features in Three-Oh.

This is the first comment I’ve made on your site, but I’ve read a bunch of your stuff previously. Consistently good material, always enjoy reading your perspective. Keep up the great work!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:20:05 +0000

I am seriously looking forward to WP 3 going Gold .. seriously .. did I mntion the serious part

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:20:00 +0000

I am seriously looking forward to WP 3 going Gold .. seriously .. did I mntion the serious part