WordPress publishing startup Storipress raises $500,000 in funding from Tim Duggan and Starmate

The platform has taken inspiration from e-commerce platform Shopify, replaced the need for services like Trello or Google Docs and integrated the workflow process into the Content Management System.

It has also integrated services like Facebook, Twitter, Google Analytics, blog comment hosting service Disqus, Slack, Google AdSense and Mailchimp, without the need to know how to code.

The platform provides a number of options for users from a free personal offering to a “blogger” tier for $US16 a month and a “publisher” tier, which costs $US24 a month where users can install a paywall…


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WordPress Themes Directory Adds Block Themes to Filter Menu – WP Tavern

This week has been heavy with theme news, as the discussion around improving block themes’ visibility in the directory became heated before the Themes Team landed on a course of action. Meta contributors added a new “Block Themes” menu item to the filter menu on the directory homepage, a solution that some classic theme developers fought tooth and nail to discourage in the ticket over the course of seven weeks.

Clicking on Block Themes displays themes that have the full-site-editing feature tag. Previously, block themes were buried three clicks deep and users had to know how to…


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Beware this WordPress add-on that could lead to site takeover, threat intel team warns

Wordfence researchers are warning security teams to remove a WordPress add-on that researchers have observed a sudden increase in attack attempts. (“WordPress” by Huasonic is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.)

The threat intelligence team from Wordfence this week reported that it has been monitoring a sudden increase in attack attempts targeting Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Add-ons.

In a blog post, the Wordfence researchers said the critical vulnerabilityCVE-2021-24284 — was not patched, but was previously disclosed and that plug-in was closed down. The researchers said…


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Buggy WordPress plugin allows complete site takeover • The Register

Miscreants have reportedly scanned almost 1.6 million websites in attempts to exploit an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in a previously disclosed buggy WordPress plugin.

Traced as CVE-2021-24284, the vuln targets Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons and, if exploited, it would allow criminals to upload malicious JavaScript files and even completely take over an organization’s website.

Wordfence disclosed the flaw almost three months ago, and in a new advisory this week warned that criminals are increasing attacks — the WordPress security shop claims it blocked an average of…


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TopDevelopers.co announces list of Fastest growing WordPress Development Companies for July 2022

List of fastest growing wordpress developers for July 2022

Find only the best WordPress Developers for your business popular for delivering quality.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, July 15, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Web developers know that a well built appealing website can catapult revenue generation of the site owners easier. When it comes to any websites or blogs, a constructive content management system and easy edit options are vital. Interactive and well designed websites and proper CMSs can help any business or blog,…


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TopDevelopers.co announces list of Fastest growing WordPress Development Companies for July 2022

List of fastest growing wordpress developers for July 2022

Find only the best WordPress Developers for your business popular for delivering quality.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, July 15, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Web developers know that a well built appealing website can catapult revenue generation of the site owners easier. When it comes to any websites or blogs, a constructive content management system and easy edit options are vital. Interactive and well designed websites and proper CMSs can help any business or blog,…


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Attackers scan 1.6 million WordPress sites for vulnerable plugin

Security researchers have detected a massive campaign that scanned close to 1.6 million WordPress sites for the presence of a vulnerable plugin that allows uploading files without authentication.

The attackers are targeting the Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder, which has been abandoned by its author before receiving a patch for a critical severity flaw tracked as CVE-2021-24284.

The vulnerability would allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious Javascript to sites using any version of the plugin and perform actions like uploading and deleting files, which could lead to…


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PayPal phishing kit added to hacked WordPress sites for full ID theft

A newly discovered phishing kit targeting PayPal users is trying to steal a large set of personal information from victims that includes government identification documents and photos.

Over 400 million individuals and companies are using PayPal as an online payment solution.

The kit is hosted on legitimate WordPress websites that have been hacked, which allows it to evade detection to a certain degree.

Breaching websites with weak login

Researchers at internet technology company Akamai found the phishing kit after the threat actor planted it on their WordPress honeypot.

The threat actor…


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WordPress Performance Team Proposes Adding Persistent Object Cache and Full Page Cache to Site Health Checks – WP Tavern

In the near future, WordPress may be able to provide better caching recommendations for site owners. Performance team contributors are proposing two new Site Health checks for Persistent Object Cache and Full Page Cache. The modules have been tested inside the Performance Lab plugin and version 1.2.0 has them both in a state the team says is ready for merging into core.

Here is an example of what users might see on the Site Health screen if page caching is not detected:

The modules are extensible so hosting companies and developers can further customize the output that users…


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SEO: WordPress Plugins to Surface Older Posts

A challenge of optimizing a blog for organic search is that older articles fade into the archives. The result is fewer internal links to that dated content and a gradual loss of rankings.

Luckily for WordPress users, there are plugins that facilitate internal links no matter the post’s age, solving the problem.

What follows are my favorite WordPress plugins to surface older content. The list is deliberately short, as I prefer minimizing installed plugins. I’ve focused on scalable internal linking strategies:

  • Related posts,
  • Popular posts,
  • Contextual linking,
  • Internal…

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