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How to fix OJS judol hack ?

Case Study, Recent Last Updated : July 25, 2025

If your OJS site has been hacked and injected with gambling or “JUDOL” content, you face serious risks including permanent removal from Google Scholar, loss of academic credibility, and potential legal repercussions. To recover, immediately remove all malicious content, conduct a full security audit to eliminate backdoors, strengthen all authentication measures, and submit a formal reconsideration request to Google Scholar to restore your site’s standing. Swift action is crucial to protect your journal’s reputation and search visibility

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Critical Vulnerabilities on OJS 3.2, 3.3 version

Case Study, Recent Last Updated : October 12, 2024

It is time to upgrade your OJS if you are using the > 3.3.12 version.
The bug categorized as urgent since it may compromise the security of your journal. Use the PKP platform with the safest version only.

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How we managed to Optimize OJS Frontend for almost 300% load speed ?

Case Study Last Updated : March 15, 2025

Our client from India complained about the slow access of their OJS system. Their OJS used for conference system and see how we fix it, Free plugin included!.

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How do we remove a bunch of spam users on OJS?

Case Study, OJS tips Last Updated : March 1, 2025

The spam users in OJS database can make many issue in the OJS. If you forget to add protection to your OJS registration, it will invite may spam user to enroll to your OJS. Learn how we remove them.

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How do we fix slow journal access abused by the fake traffic on the OJS? ?

Case Study Last Updated : January 13, 2024

A veteran journal that has been published since 1949 ago get much fake traffic that caused the site to become inaccessible and often the site down for unknown reasons. This is the story of how our diverse team fixes it

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How to merge a journal to another OJS?

Case Study, OJS tips Last Updated : January 13, 2024

Currently there are many universities or organizations that have several journals from different OJS with the use of servers and different versions of OJS even though the journals are under the auspices of the same organization and manager, gradually this will certainly become a problem for journal managers in managing journals. to equalize the quality

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Case Study : Managing journal website availability while ensuring continuous article and visitor processing, with a stable and flexible infrastructure

Case Study, OJS tips Last Updated : January 13, 2024

Case Studies Journal Dompet Dhuafa : Managing journal website availability while ensuring continuous article and growing visitors, with a stable and flexible infrastructure. About The Dompet Dhuafa Education Journal (JPDD) is a scientific journal managed by the Dompet Dhuafa Educational Makmal, part of one of the Dompet Dhuafa Amil Zakat Institutions. JPDD presents articles on

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Restore Downloaded File Naming Conventions in OJS 3.3.x [Free Plugin]

OJS tips, Recent Last Updated : April 22, 2024

Since version 3.3.0 OJS has changed the naming of uploaded and downloaded files. Previously files uploaded in versions prior to 3.3.0 used the naming pattern: SubmissionId-GenreName-FileId-RevisionId-FileStage-DateUploaded.extension For example (on 3.1.2-4 and 3.2.x): In version 3.3.0 the naming of this file becomes: download.extension so for visitors, this is difficult because every file will be downloaded with

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