For any business, a high-performance website isn’t just a choice anymore. It’s a must. Let alone maintaining a stunning online presence, a website is crucial for attracting potential customers. The same goes if you have a security company. A fast-paced and responsive website can give your security business an extra edge, guiding them to explore […]
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The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Security: From SSL to VPNs
WordPress powers more than 40% of all websites, which makes it both powerful and a frequent target for hackers. Securing your site isn’t optional, it’s essential to protect your data, your visitors, and your reputation. From SSL certificates and firewalls to backups and VPNs, building a multi-layered security strategy can make the difference between a […]
Continue reading#161 – Robert Jacobi on WordPress, Security, and the OSI Model – WP Tavern
[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, WordPress, security, and the OSI model, which underpins the entire internet. If you’d like […]
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For any business, a high-performance website isn’t just a choice anymore. It’s a must. Let alone maintaining a stunning online presence, a website is crucial for attracting potential customers. The same goes if you have a security company. A fast-paced and responsive website can give your security business an extra edge, guiding them to explore […]
Continue readingWordPress.org Introduces New Security Measures for Plugin and Theme Authors – WP Tavern
Starting October 1st, 2024, WordPress.org will roll out new security measures aimed at enhancing the safety of accounts with commit access to plugins and themes. This was announced by the Automattic-sponsored developer Dion Hulse. Mandatory Two-Factor Authentication Beginning next month, WordPress.org will make two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for all plugin and theme authors. Authors can […]
Continue readingWooCommerce 5.7.0 Patches Security Issue that Could Potentially Leak Analytics Reports – WP Tavern
WooCommerce shipped version 5.7.0 through a forced update for some users earlier this week. The minor release was not billed as a security update but the following day WooCommerce published a post explaining that the plugin was vulnerable to having analytics reports leaked on some hosting configurations: On September 21, 2021, our team released a […]
Continue readingWeekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.8.1 Security Release
Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, WordPress released a security and maintenance update with 60 bug fixes and 3 security fixes. We recommend updating your sites if you haven’t yet. Beyond that, Jetpack acquired Social Image Generator, a plugin that automatically creates social share […]
Continue readingACF 5.10 Introduces Block API v2 Support, Block Preloading, and Security Improvements – WP Tavern
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) has released version 5.10, the first major release since the plugin was acquired by Delicious Brains. It introduces several new features that were previously experimental, closing out tickets that were started by previous owner Elliot Condon. The release enables HTML escaping by default, which helps prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. It […]
Continue readingWordfence and WPScan Publish Mid-Year WordPress Security Report – WP Tavern
WPScan is on track to post a record-breaking year for WordPress plugin vulnerabilities submitted to its database, according to a collaborative mid-year security report the company published with Wordfence. In the first half of 2021, WPScan has recorded 602 new vulnerabilities, quickly surpassing the 514 reported during all of 2020. The report is based on […]
Continue readingWooCommerce 5.5.2 Fixes Performance Issues Found After Forced Security Update – WP Tavern
WooCommerce has shipped version 5.5.2 as a follow-up to the forced security update that patched a SQL Injection vulnerability last week. The vulnerability impacted versions 3.3 to 5.5 of the WooCommerce plugin, as well as versions 2.5 to 5.5 of the WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin. The team created a patch for more than 90 releases, which was sent as […]
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