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[ad_1] The NextGen Gallery development team has addressed two severe CSRF vulnerabilities to protect sites from potential takeover attacks. NextGen Gallery, a WordPress plugin used for creating image galleries, currently has over 800,000 active installs, making this security update a top priority for all site owners that have it installed. Backdoor injection and site takeover The two NextGEN Gallery security vulnerabilities are rated as high and critical severity by Wordfence’s Threat Intelligence team who discovered them. Both of them are Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) bugs which, in the… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WordPress VIP (WPVIP), Automattic’s enterprise-focused content management platform, has acquired Parse.ly, an engagement analytics platform aimed at online publishers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. While Automattic is perhaps better known as the parent company of WordPress.com, it also operates a host of third-party services including WPVIP, which is a managed hosting service for  enterprise and high-traffic websites. With WPVIP, which is an official Automattic subsidiary with some 150 employees and its own leadership and development teams, companies such as Salesforce,… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Companies use platforms like WordPress VIP to publish and manage articles and other content online. Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Zuma Press WordPress VIP is buying content analytics company Parse.ly in… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Best WordPress directory plugins Directories are highly useful to find new businesses or providers based on particular search criteria. Not only that, but directories can also be used by a company to provide an online listing of their employees, for instance.  There are a myriad ways to use online directories, and if your site is powered by the website builder and web hosting solution WordPress, then you can add a directory simply by installing a plugin. But which one should you use? That’s always the daunting question, so in order to make the selection process easier, we’ve looked at… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Best WordPress directory plugins Directories are highly useful to find new businesses or providers based on particular search criteria. Not only that, but directories can also be used by a company to provide an online listing of their employees, for instance.  There are a myriad ways to use online directories, and if your site is powered by the website builder and web hosting solution WordPress, then you can add a directory simply by installing a plugin. But which one should you use? That’s always the daunting question, so in order to make the selection process easier, we’ve looked at… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Best WordPress directory plugins Directories are highly useful to find new businesses or providers based on particular search criteria. Not only that, but directories can also be used by a company to provide an online listing of their employees, for instance.  There are a myriad ways to use online directories, and if your site is powered by the website builder and web hosting solution WordPress, then you can add a directory simply by installing a plugin. But which one should you use? That’s always the daunting question, so in order to make the selection process easier, we’ve looked at… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Best WordPress directory plugins Directories are highly useful to find new businesses or providers based on particular search criteria. Not only that, but directories can also be used by a company to provide an online listing of their employees, for instance.  There are a myriad ways to use online directories, and if your site is powered by the website builder and web hosting solution WordPress, then you can add a directory simply by installing a plugin. But which one should you use? That’s always the daunting question, so in order to make the selection process easier, we’ve looked at… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] An CRSF-to-stored-XSS security bug plagues 50,000 ‘Contact Form 7’ Style users. A security bug in Contact Form 7 Style, a WordPress plugin installed on over 50,000 sites, could allow for malicious JavaScript injection on a victim website. The latest WordPress plugin security vulnerability is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) problem in Contact Form 7 Style, which is an add-on to the well-known Contact Form 7 umbrella plugin. It ranks 8.8… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1]   The Times-Union is closing all blogs to new posts, explaining that staff resources can no longer be devoted to dealing with the problems some blogs caused. Newspapers like the T-U perform a vital role in our democratic society. They’re under tremendous economic pressures. I hate to think what America will be like without such newspapers holding folks to account. (Just as Trump wanted.) Hosting blogs is at best peripheral to their mission. THIS BLOG — THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST — WILL CONTINUE  at its other (and original) site:

[ad_1] During the times of the pandemic, it has become clearer than ever that businesses need to be serious about their website presence. What once might have been considered a luxury or a nice to have is now essential to find a way forward. Still, how do you know the best platform for your business? Many businesses enjoy the ease of publishing content on the WordPress platform. Now that you’re determined to get your website in order, keep in mind that Google’s best practices say that your website should load in three seconds are less. Speed is so important in today’s… [ad_2] More Info