Some circumstances may arise that prompt you to initiate a mandatory website password change. Doing this can be tricky if you’re not sure where to begin. But if you have access to your WordPress dashboard, it’s a cakewalk to change your WordPress…

After considerable discussion, the WordPress Community Team is lifting the requirements of the in-person meetup safety checklist for meetups that gather fully-vaccinated attendees. The checklist is still applicable to all meetup groups but in places where vaccines are freely available, meetup organizers can now forego its requirements if they limit gatherings to those self-reporting as fully vaccinated.

When Andrea Middleton proposed adding vaccination status to the checklist in mid-May, the idea was met with a wide range of concerns and strong opinions. WordPress’ global…

Automattic released a new plugin titled Sketch Block earlier today. It is a one-off block that allows end-users to draw directly in the editor. The plugin is marked as a beta release and requires Gutenberg to be activated to use. It is a part of the company’s Block Experiments project.

To be perfectly honest, I spent an excessive amount of time playing around with this block plugin today. And, if I am going overboard with that honesty, most of that time was just trying to write out my name. It was hard not to. Drawing things directly in the editor is just kind of fun.

WordPress is a frequent target for hacking. Hackers are targeting the theme, the core WordPress files, plugins, and even the login page.

These are the steps to take to make it less likely to be hacked and to be able to recover easier if it should still happen.

How Hackers Attack WordPress

All sites on the web are under constant attack – whether it’s a phpBB forum or a WordPress site – all sites are being probed by hackers. It’s not unusual for a hacker to scan thousands of pages or try to login in hundreds of times a day.

And that’s just one hacker. Sites are under attack by several…

Rich Tabor, the Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience at GoDaddy, tweeted that he had an idea for a new block at the end of last week. Shortly after, the Markdown Comment Block plugin appeared on WordPress.org.

The plugin is a one-off block. It allows users to enter notes directly into the post editor that will not appear on the front end of the site. Tabor said he came up with the idea when working on an article for building single-block plugins.

There are few things I love more than simple plugins with a tight focus, performing a single function. Markdown Comment Block…

When you’re looking to create an e-commerce website so you can sell products, which platform is best: Shopify or WordPress? We’ll break down both so you can choose the right fit for your needs.

What is Shopify?

When someone wants to build and launch an online store, they often turn to Shopify, as it’s a web application that was specifically made for that purpose. Whether you want to sell digital goods like online courses or physical products like watches, you can do so through Shopify.

If you choose Shopify to create your e-commerce site, you won’t actually “own” the software….

Jessica Haworth

29 June 2021 at 14:53 UTC

Updated: 29 June 2021 at 15:12 UTC

Quartet of critical web security flaws plague CMS software

Multiple vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin used to upload profile photos could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE), researchers warn.

Four security issues, which were all assigned a high CVSS score of 9.8, were discovered in May by researchers from Wordfence.

These flaws made it possible for an attacker to escalate user privileges…

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced all Local tools and features for WordPress development, including those previously exclusive to Local Pro, are now free to everyone. Local is the most relied upon set of local WordPress developer tools and solutions with almost 300,000 users who enjoy its easy development environment to build WordPress sites, test those sites and speed up their development workflow.

Local is the fastest, easiest way to build and develop WordPress websites on a computer. Even without…