iThemes Patches Vulnerability in BackupBuddy, Wordfence Tracks 5 Million Exploit Attempts
BackupBuddy, a commercial plugin from iThemes that performs scheduled backups with remote storage options, has patched a vulnerability that allowed for arbitrary file download by unauthenticated users. iThemes published an advisory ...
WordPress To Drop Security Updates for Versions 3.7 Through 4.0 by December, 2022
WordPress’ Security Team announced it will be dropping support for versions 3.7 through 4.0 on December 1, 2022. To give some context for how old these versions are, in 2013, WordPress ...
Optimal Content SEO Word Count for WordPress
The longer your content’s SEO word count is, the better its ranking potential. Right? The average first page Google result contains 1,447 words. Some writers use this number as a strict ...
Gutenberg Contributors Make Progress on Distraction Free Mode
During last week’s Editor chat meeting, Automattic-sponsored Gutenberg contributor Andrei Draganescu reported that he is “slowly but definitely going to introduce distraction free mode,” a project he has been working on since ...
WordPress Labor Day Sales, Coupons & Deals 2022
It’s Labor Day weekend! Monday is an official holiday over here in the USA, which means while most folks are off having a 3 (or 4 if you’re super lucky) day ...
Gutenberg 13.9 Adds New Shortcut to Wrap Selected Text in Quotes
Wouldn’t it be convenient to select a sentence or paragraph and instantly wrap it with quotes by tapping on the quote key? This is a fun little feature that was tucked ...
Jetpack Performance Team Takes Over WP Super Cache Development
WP Super Cache, one of the oldest and most widely used static caching plugins for WordPress, is changing hands. After 15 years, the plugin’s author, Donncha Ó Caoimh, is handing over ...
How to Add WordPress Profanity Filters
Spam and profanity are a big problem for anyone with a WordPress site. Whether yours is a simple website with a few pages or a multi-user platform that hosts tons of ...
#41 – Laura Nelson on How To Create a Profitable Newsletter
On the podcast today, we have Laura Nelson. Laura is a Content Marketer at WooCommerce where she’s responsible for creating and planning engaging content for their users. Prior to WooCommerce she ...
WP-Optimize Denies Allegations of Cheating Performance Tools
Yesterday, we published allegations from Gijo Varghese against UpdraftPlus, the makers of WP-Optimize. Varghese is founder of FlyingProxy, a competing company, and identifies himself as a “performance enthusiast.” He accused the ...