If you’re at all involved in the WordPress community, it’s likely you’ve heard about a small commercial theme company called pipdig, which has found itself at the center of some very serious controversy. And while it’s been a little over a week since the scandal broke, people that have been using a pipdig theme or any one of their plugins (specifically pipdig Power Pack (p3)) might find themselves not knowing what to do next. How it All Started On March 29, 2019, Wordfence threat analyst Mikey … [Read more...] about Pipdig Under Investigation (and Your Options If You Want Out)
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Jetpack’s Feature Suggestions Are Hijacking What WordPress Is All About
Jetpack 7.1 was released a little over a month ago. And while it’s not unusual for people to discuss plugin updates when it comes to new features, security fixes, and more – especially on such a widely used plugin as Jetpack – this release is stirring up some lively debate. This release proudly presents six new blocks for WordPress’ new editor: Ads, Business Hours, Contact Info, MailChimp, Slideshows, and Videos. But what many people don’t realize is that this release is also implementing … [Read more...] about Jetpack’s Feature Suggestions Are Hijacking What WordPress Is All About
How to Protect a WordPress site from being Hacked
“WordPress is the best thing ever! I love it!” – said no person ever who’s site got hacked. People tend to blame their hosting providers, plugin, theme and WordPress developers, hackers for not having a better thing to do than hack their site… The reality is simple. This can happen to anyone and it’s your responsibility to prevent it. Or at least make it extremely difficult. If you are reading this, you probably had a bad experience with malware or you’ve heard stories and don’t want that from … [Read more...] about How to Protect a WordPress site from being Hacked
0-day Vulnerability for Social Warfare WordPress plugin
Today, March 21st 2019, Social Warfare plugin has been removed from WordPress.org repository due to a 0-day vulnerability for version 3.5.2 which allowed attackers to inject malicious Javascript code into plugin's social share links published on any site using it. **1st Update** https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108853377155375104 Social Warfare plugin was patched only hours ago so if you have any site using it you should either upgrade to version 3.5.3 or de-activate and remove it … [Read more...] about 0-day Vulnerability for Social Warfare WordPress plugin
20 Most Promising WordPress Blogs to Follow in 2019
WordPress above all is an ecosystem where everyone can easily enter and start learning from day one. There is so much information on the web regarding WordPress that a newbie may have a hard time finding a worthy WordPress resource website. This blog post will feature 20 of the promising WordPress blogs to follow in 2019. We tried to go out of the ordinary route because we wanted to show new WordPress resources or ones which weren't well known. Being a relatively new WordPress service … [Read more...] about 20 Most Promising WordPress Blogs to Follow in 2019