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[ad_1] A critical severity vulnerability was discovered and patched in the Better Search Replace plugin for WordPress which has over 1 million active website installs. Successful attacks could lead to arbitrary file deletions, sensitive data retrieval and code execution. Severity Level Of Vulnerability The severity of vulnerabilities are scored on a point system with ratings […]

[ad_1] Kinsta launched its static site hosting product today, making a strong entrance into the market with a free tier that is competitive with established solutions from Vercel, Netlify, and GitHub Pages. Companies can host up to 100 static sites for free, including static WordPress sites, which Kinsta deploys from its global edge network of […]

[ad_1] WordPress Playground, an experimental project that uses WebAssembly (WASM) to run WordPress in the browser, makes it possible for users to quickly test plugins and themes without having to set up a local development environment. Ordinarily, testing a plugin or theme with Playground requires visiting playground.wordpress.net, which will instantly create a real WordPress instance with admin access without […]

[ad_1] Hey is a block theme designed by Automattic for users on WordPress.com and also released for free in the WordPress.org Themes Directory. It’s the kind of simple theme that enables you to quickly get started writing online, without having to configure a bunch of design elements. The homepage features a profile image (Site Logo), […]

[ad_1] A hybrid WordPress theme uses theme.json to define styles and customize the block editor while also using traditional PHP template files. Hybrid themes leverage the block editor for content but not for building the theme itself. Block themes use the new Site Editor for building and customizing the theme directly in the block editor. […]

[ad_1] Earlier this year, WordPress’ Themes Team began urging theme authors to switch to locally hosted fonts after a German court case decision, which fined a website owner for violating the GDPR by using Google-hosted webfonts. Since that ruling, German website owners have continued to receive threats of fines for not having their fonts hosted locally. […]

[ad_1] Automattic-sponsored core contributor Adam Zielinski published a demo today of WordPress running in the browser with no PHP server. This is accomplished using WebAssembly (WASM), a format for a stack-based virtual machine that enables deployment on the web for client and server applications, and Emscripten, an open source compiler toolchain to WebAssembly. It’s not […]