We recently got a client support request for a fix regarding an issue they were constantly experiencing while trying to edit or publish a post on their WordPress news site. It seems that now and then, the Author was locked out of the post and had to re-login to continue editing the post. Every time the Author experienced this glitch, one of the following warnings was displayed on his post-edit page. "Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response." or "Updating failed" After creating a staging site, we tried and finally managed to experience the issue ourselves. The first thing we did to troubleshoot the issue was … [Read more...] about How to Fix the WP API Returning Invalid User Id Issue
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The free.xjs.lol Spam Injection WordPress Malware Cleanup
A few days ago, we received a hack removal request for a WordPress website using both Malcare and WordFence; it kept getting hacked and injected with Japanese spam malware repeatedly. The site owner told us that he found two scripts injected into his WordPress site; the first one was located under the site's root directory with the name sw.js, while the other was sitting under wp-includes/js directory with the name font.js. The owner also mentioned that they suspect there is a backdoor which is used to keep infecting their site again and again. While auditing the site for malware, we immediately confirmed the site owner's findings; we … [Read more...] about The free.xjs.lol Spam Injection WordPress Malware Cleanup
How to Fix the grecaptcha not defined warning when using WP Rocket
Just recently I was contacted by a client trying to find a WordPress Fix for making his Contact Form 7 work when using Google's ReCaptcha v.3. It seems that this was actually an issue related to the site's optimization plugin, WP Rocket. I had to deal with the same issue today on another client's WordPress site, only a few days after the first Fix Support Request, so I decided to create a Guide showing How to Fix the grecaptcha not defined warning when using WP Rocket. How to debug grecaptcha is not defined If you're using both WP Rocket and Contact Form7 along with Google's ReCaptcha addon-on then there is a big chance that your … [Read more...] about How to Fix the grecaptcha not defined warning when using WP Rocket
June WordPress Security Updates and News-Volume 2
The world of WordPress is always busy with news and updates. The second half of June has seen a number of WordPress Plugin vulnerabilities affecting a big number of websites. Let us take a closer look at this security news and updates and see how these have been handled. WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Following you will find a list of the most critical vulnerabilities. Namely Prismatic. This WordPress Plugin has been hit with a high-risk vulnerability, a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting, affecting over 2000 websites. A fix has been released and it is available in the latest update, so you can tackle the issue. You can find out more … [Read more...] about June WordPress Security Updates and News-Volume 2
June WordPress Security Updates and News-Volume 1
The first half of June was a period of time with a great number of WordPress security incidents. Over 40 Plugin Vulnerabilities were detected affecting more than 7 million websites. This is indeed a number that can not be ignored. So let us take a closer look at some of those vulnerabilities. WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Jetpack. With over 5 million installations this Plugin was affected by a Carousel Non-Published Page/Post Attachment Comment Leak. A patch is released in the latest version and you can find out more here. MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress. This very popular WordPress Plugin was hit by two medium-risk … [Read more...] about June WordPress Security Updates and News-Volume 1