The majority of WordPress vulnerabilities, about 67% of them discovered in 2023, are rated as medium level. Because of they’re the most common, it makes sense to understand what they are and when they represent an actual security threat. These are the facts about those kinds of vulnerabilities what you should know about them. What … Read more
WordPress powers hundreds of millions of websites, but it is not the only content management system (CMS) option. There’s a diverse marketplace of publishing platforms for those seeking alternatives. This review provides an overview of 25 leading alternatives to WordPress across key website categories. We explore user-friendly website builders like Wix, Squarespace, and Weebly, which … Read more
WordPress announced the rollout of Studio by WordPress, a new local development tool that makes it easy for publishers to not just develop and update websites locally on their desktop or laptop but is also useful for learning how to use WordPress. Learn about Studio and other platforms that are make it easy to develop … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about a WordPress site that was completely deindexed from Google Search after changing to a different web hosting platform. Mueller’s answer shows where to start investigating the reasons why that happens. Dropped From Index After A Site Migration A submitted question to the Google Office Hours podcast related that … Read more
WordPress powers hundreds of millions of websites, but it is not the only content management system (CMS) option. There’s a diverse marketplace of publishing platforms for those seeking alternatives. This review provides an overview of 25 leading alternatives to WordPress across key website categories. We explore user-friendly website builders like Wix, Squarespace, and Weebly, which … Read more
WordPress security scanner WPScan’s 2024 WordPress vulnerability report calls attention to WordPress vulnerability trends and suggests the kinds of things website publishers (and SEOs) should be looking out for. Some of the key findings from the report were that just over 20% of vulnerabilities were rated as high or critical level threats, with medium severity … Read more
WordPress released an official plugin that adds support for a cutting edge technology called speculative loading that can help boost site performance and improve the user experience for site visitors. Speculative Loading Speculative loading is a technique that fetches pages or resources before a user clicks a link to navigate to another webpage. The official … Read more
WordPress announced the 6.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release update that patches a store cross site scripting vulnerability and fixes over a dozen bugs in the core and the block editor. The same vulnerability affects both the WordPress core and the Gutenberg plugin. Cross Site Scripting (XSS) An XSS vulnerability was discovered in WordPress that could … Read more
The popular Beaver Builder WordPress Page Builder was found to contain an XSS vulnerability that can allow an attacker to inject scripts into the website that will run when a user visits a webpage. Beaver Builder Beaver Builder is a popular plugin that allows anyone to create a professional looking website using an easy to … Read more
WordPress security researchers at Patchstack published their annual State of WordPress Security whitepaper that showed an increase of high and critical severity vulnerabilities, highlighting the importance of security for all websites on the WordPress platform. XSS Is Top WordPress Vulnerability Of 2023 There are many kinds of vulnerabilities but the most common by far was … Read more
Researchers have issued advisories for eleven separate Elementor add-on plugins with 15 vulnerabilities that can make it possible for hackers to upload malicious files. One of them is rated as a high threat vulnerability because it can allow hackers to bypass access controls, execute scripts and obtain sensitive data. Two Different Kinds Of Vulnerabilities The … Read more
A widely used add-on plugin for a popular WordPress site builder installed an anti-piracy script that essentially unpublishes all posts. WordPress developers are livid, with some calling the script a malware, a backdoor, and a violation of laws. BricksUltimate Add-On For Bricks Builder Bricks site builder is a site building platform for WordPress that is … Read more
WordPress.com and Bluehost announced a new managed WordPress cloud hosting solution that offers optimized WordPress performance features unavailable to traditional shared, VPN and dedicated hosting environments. The new managed WordPress cloud service handles virtually all of the technical details for maintaining a fast and secure website with 100% uptime. Managed WordPress Hosting Managed WordPress hosting … Read more
The Cwicly WordPress website builder toolkit announced that they are shutting down by the end of the year and refunding all 2024 clients. The decision forced developers to halt current projects and begin the process of migrating client websites to other WordPress site builder platforms. It is an unexpected end to what was regarded as … Read more
When you‘re just getting started with making a website, I know that the process of learning how to use WordPress can feel overwhelming. We’ve all been there, so you’re certainly not alone. While WordPress does have a bit of a learning curve, I still think it‘s something that anyone can use to build a website … Read more
A comparison of January 2024 core web vitals scores of the top content management systems (CMS) shows that all platforms are improving, with Squarespace, WordPress and Wix showing the strongest year over year rate of growth in improvement when compared to the previous year. Core Web Vitals is comprised of a suite of metrics that … Read more
Bricks Visual Site Builder for WordPress recently patched a critical severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 which is actively being exploited right now. Bricks Builder Bricks Builder is a popular WordPress development theme that makes it easy to create attractive and fast performing websites in hours that would costs up to $20,000 of development time to do … Read more
WordPress released the results of their annual user and developer survey which showed mixed feelings about the direction the software is going and an increasing sense of not being welcome in the overall WordPress community. The Gutenberg Editor Gutenberg is the modernized version of the the default site editor which brings the paradigm of a … Read more
