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Flaw in YellowPencil plugin leaves over 30K WordPress sites open to hacking
YellowPencil, a popular WordPress plugin for visual style editing, has got hacked. Last week, the attackers infected the plugin with a couple of software vulnerabilities that could allow them to updat...
WordPress latest release fixes critical cross-site scripting vulnerability
With the release of WordPress 5.1.1, the developers behind the platform have fixed critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and introduced several fixes and enhancements. The XSS vulnerabilit...
Former employee hacks WPML WordPress plugin site to spam users
A few hours ago, the website of popular WordPress plugin WPML (WordPress Multilingual Plugin) got hacked by an ex-employee who had left a backdoor in the site. After hacking, the attacker sent out a m...
First release candidate of WordPress 5.0 now available
Following the release of 3rd beta version of WordPress 5.0, the core developers behind the leading content management system (CMS) have announced the availability of first release candidate (RC) for W...
WordPress 5.0 Beta 3 released. What’s new?
Release of WordPress 5.0 is just a couple of weeks away. Before general availability, the core developers behind the content management system are trying best to fix as many issues as possible. Curren...
Smart Updates – What makes Plesk the preferred choice of WordPress developers?
In the last years we saw WordPress continuously increasing market share and becoming the CMS standard for building websites. Today, more than 31% of all websites worldwide are built with WordPress and...
WordPress 4.9.7 fixes critical media vulnerability in 4.9.6 and earlier versions
WordPress has fixed a very critical vulnerability existing in the versions 4.9.6 and earlier. The latest WordPress 4.9.7 has been released with more security and maintenance improvements. According to...
WordPress 4.9.6 release helps site administrators respond to GDPR compliance
WordPress community unveiled WordPress 4.9.6, updated with new privacy features that will support site owners to comply with GDPR (General Data Regulation Privacy Regulation) taking effect on May 25. ...
49% top WordPress sites not using latest version, vulnerable to attack: Hashed Out by The SSL Store
WordPress community releases new versions of WordPress on a regular basis to add new features, fix the bugs, improve security, make the software better and modernize the experience for bloggers, devel...
GoDaddy to migrate most of its IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services
The web hosting firm, GoDaddy, recently announced its intent to migrate most of its IT infrastructure to AWS public cloud as a part of a multi-year transition. The move will help GoDaddy to use a wide...
DreamHost launches new managed WordPress hosting offerings for advanced WordPress users
DreamHost, the leading web hosting provider, is expanding its Managed WordPress Service, DreamPress, with three new packages for advanced WordPress users. DreamPress was launched in 2013 to bring affo...
Bug in new WordPress version removes future auto-update. Users will need to manually update sites
WordPress recently released version 4.9.3, fixing 34 bugs in all 4.9 versions, including fixes for widgets, visual editor, customizer changesets, and PHP 7.2 compatibility. However, WordPress v4.9.3 i...
