When Claude audited kindoflost.com, the security findings weren’t dramatic. There was no sign of an active breach, no malware, no obvious damage. But there were several open doors that bots probe automatically every day on every WordPress site on the internet — and all of them were unlocked. This post covers exactly what we found and what we did about it, none of which required editing a theme file or writing PHP.
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How to Set Up Cloudflare Correctly for a WordPress Site
Cloudflare is one of the best free tools available for a small WordPress site. It sits between your visitors and your hosting server, handling caching, security, and DNS — all at once. But having Cloudflare installed is not the same as having it configured correctly. When I used Claude to audit kindoflost.com, we found that Cloudflare was active but had several misconfigurations that were silently causing problems — a duplicate DNS record, services being proxied that shouldn’t be, SSL running in a weaker mode than necessary, and no real caching rules in place.
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My WordPress Site Was a Mess. Here’s How I Found Out.
If you run a small WordPress site and haven’t thought much about optimization, security, or caching — this series is for you. A few weeks ago I used Claude, an AI assistant by Anthropic, to do a full technical review of this very site — the one you’re reading right now. Claude walked me through every problem it found and every fix in real time, while I made the changes directly in my dashboards. What we uncovered was not great — but the process turned out to be genuinely useful, so I’m documenting every step here so you can do the same thing on your own site.
Cashvertising (book review)
Are you tired of your marketing efforts falling flat? Do you want to know the secrets to create compelling ads that actually convert? Look no further than “Cashvertising” by Drew Eric Whitman.
As a seasoned copywriter with over a decade of experience, Whitman knows a thing or two about crafting messages that resonate with consumers. And lucky for us, he’s shared his expertise in “Cashvertising”, a must-read for anyone looking to up their advertising game.
Learning to blog
So, I never thought blogging would be easy, and I started mostly because 1) I thought learning to blog would be fun and, 2) I had quit my regular/full-time/corporate/”real” job and it appeared that I would have a lot of time on my hands (haha, little did I know…). BUT! no matter how hard you think blogging is, it is harder.
