The ball is moving on a nine-year-old effort to migrate BuddyPress’ custom URI parser to use WordPress’ Rewrite API. BuddyPress currently requires sites to use pretty permalinks in order to be compatible with its URL parser. The plugin analyzes the URL for whatever component you are viewing and performs internal checks to decide what to […]
Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, there was a critical vulnerability found in the popular WP Statistics plugin installed on over 600,000 sites. This flaw has been fully patched so make sure to update your plugin to the latest version. Beyond that, WordPress News […]
Hey, WordPress friends! Have you already taken WordPress 5.9 for a spin? This week, we learned about the general scope of the planned features to land in WordPress 6.0. According to this proposal, there will be two major releases this year – 6.0 in late May and 6.1 in mid-October. Meanwhile, the Gutenberg development team […]
The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, with over a million users recently patched multiple vulnerabilities that could have allowed malicious attackers to run arbitrary code on a targeted WordPress website. LFI to RCE Attack Vulnerability According to the U.S. Government NIST website, vulnerabilities on the Essential Addons for Elementor plugin made it possible for […]
Hey, WordPress friends! This week, WordPress 5.9 ‘Joséphine’ was released with the help of hundreds of contributors. This release is a remarkable milestone for WordPress as it comes with the long-awaited full-site editing features. WPTavern discusses all of the highlights of this release in their post. Beyond that, registration for WordFest Live, the 24-hour festival […]
WordPress 5.9 code-named Josephine has been released. The big news about 5.9 is that Gutenberg finally has full site editing capabilities which means that Gutenberg is ready to be used in a live publishing environment. WordPress Gutenberg is the future of content management and with the release of WordPress 5.9 that future is right now. […]
Hey, WordPress friends! This week, WordPress 5.9 is getting its final touches and is almost ready to launch. Since RC2, testers have found and fixed two bugs along with 14 Gutenberg fixes. We’re only a week away from the official launch, mark your calendars. Beyond that, Gutenberg 12.4 landed in the WordPress plugin directory with […]
Hey, WordPress friends! We’re getting closer to WordPress 5.9’s monumental launch scheduled on January 25. But there’s still time to help test out the new features. There’s also a short-cycle security release this week that includes four security fixes. We recommend that you update your sites immediately. Beyond that, Microsoft released a plugin for WordPress […]
WordPress powers 39.5% of the world’s websites. As a leader in digital experiences, WordPress currently runs some of the most prominent websites like Sony, Microsoft, TechCrunch, and more. Enterprise businesses require a scalable, credible, and reliable website to earn top domain authority and stay competitive. While many organizations have turned to expensive solutions that often […]
Happy New Year, WordPress friends! We are back with your latest dose of WordPress news after taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays. We enjoyed our break and we hope you did as well. Here’s to a better year for all of us! This week, WordPress 5.9 gets ready for prime time with […]