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WooCommerce Social Login vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of ecommerce sites.
WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a safe way for fast-growth brands to modernize and scale while preserving design, SEO, and user experience.
The WordPress 7.0.1 maintenance release improves PHP compatibility and contains a bug fix to a security-related function.
WPVibe WordPress plugin makes it easy to connect virtually any AI to your WordPress site and safely edit virtually anything.
WP Rocket now offers free CDN, lowering the barrier to meaningful performance improvements on the most important pages.
WordPress developers question whether the platform’s AI ambitions are pulling attention away from what users have been asking for all along.
WordPress plugin vulnerability rated 8.8/10 enables attackers to gain full site access.
MonsterInsights WordPress plugin site has been taken down and is warning against phishing attempts currently under way.
Vulnerability enables attackers to take control of affected WordPress sites and install malicious files.
WordPress announced the Protect The Shire initiative for securing all plugins and themes in its repositories and directories.
WordPress is losing market share for six months in a row as competing platforms hold steady or grow more popular.
WordPress and Astro emerge from the latest performance comparison as a contrast between platform complexity and lightweight publishing.
WordPress 7.0 exposes AI API keys worth thousands of dollars. Security researcher says there “will be an absolute rush by hackers to steal” them.
WordPress 7.0 may be the most consequential CMS release to date, with changes that extend far beyond the platform’s new AI features.
WordPress 7.0 was expected to focus on real-time collaboration, but native AI integration may define the release and the platform’s future.
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A Liquid Web rebrand of StellarWP plugins triggered backlash after users reported missing pages, login issues, and license confusion.
WordPress delays rollout of real-time collaboration. Co-founder Mullenweg cites WPE lawsuit as a distraction hampering progress.
WordPress is losing market share, with over 10% of sites abandoned. Astro is downloaded 2.5 million times a week.
Google and WooCommerce announced today that the Google for WooCommerce extension now enables merchants to sell products directly through YouTube. The update connects WooCommerce stores...
Will WordPress’s troubled real-time collaboration feature be worth delaying the release of WP 7.0?
Matt Mullenweg invokes Will Smith’s Oscars slap in response to Cloudflare’s boat that EmDash is a successor to WordPress.
Cloudflare’s WordPress competitor EmDash may be the future of CMSs, but there are six reasons why it’s not that CMS today.
Delay in release of WordPress 7.0 stems from concerns over the real-time collaboration feature. The focus is on targeting “extreme stability.”
Yoast SEO founder shares that most sites don’t need content management systems like WordPress anymore.
The official WordPress Plugin Checker provides automated code review for security and best practices, perfect for checking vibe coded plugins.
Formidable Forms WordPress vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to pay a small amount and have a larger purchase marked as paid.
Gutenberg 22.7 adds features that lay the groundwork for a role as an AI publishing platform and improve the editing experience.
WordPress issues second security release 6.9.4 to address vulnerabilities that version 6.9.2 apparently failed to patch.
Official WordPress AI Experiments plugin enables users to get advance access to AI features right now.
