Final Installment of How Do WordPress Sites Get Hacked?

• Oliver Slid, CEO and co-founder of Patchstack, explains more common ways that sites get hacked.
• Nefarious Nulled Plugins – Hackers modify premium plugins to remove licensing checks, then distribute them for free download. These “nulled” plugins contain backdoors granting the hackers remote access and control.
• Trojan Horse Updates – When plugin developers hand over their projects, hackers may release updates containing hidden backdoors.
• Oliver explains other hacking methods and ways to mitigate against them. Read the full article here.

WordPress Bets on Speed with Pre-Rendering and Lazy Loading

• The Core Performance Team released two plugins that accelerate lazy loading and pre-render predicted page navigation.
• The Auto-Sizes for Lazy-Loaded Images plugin sets the “sizes” attribute to “auto” for deferred images. This speeds up the download of images that will be needed when users scroll.
• The Speculation Rules plugin predicts which pages visitors may navigate to next. It pre-renders those pages before links are even clicked, using the Speculation Rules API.
• What do you think about the added value to WordPress from the recent work of the Core Performance Team?
• Read more about these new plugin offerings.

A Deep Dive Into Passion and Strife

• Matt Merdieros and Cory Miller chat about how the WordPress community is negatively impacted by clashes between Matt Mullenweg, Automattic, and other community members.
• Labelling these issues as #wpdrama really doesn’t help our community (specifically those who are involved with the issues) because it shrugs off the actual strife and pain that it causes.
• How are you affected when these situations occur? How do you think the ongoing debates impact WordPress agencies?
• Listen to the full discussion and join the conversation.

Worth a Look…

• Josepha Haden Chomphosy returns to the roots of WordPress – Blogging. Listen to get some fresh ideas to boost your blog in 2024.
• Did you know you can disable specific blocks in the Block Editor to simplify the editing experience, maintain consistency across your site, or for some other reason? Find out how in this easy to follow guide.
• Discover the latest Google Business Profile changes, update features, and keep your profile engaging for optimal visibility and impact. Read this in-depth article from Search Engine Journal.
• Have a little fun and play “Dodge – An Interactive WordPress Game”. Play it here.