WordPress News

News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

Tom Hirst makes a business case…

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Dan Knauss
Tom Hirst makes a business case for headless WordPress. 💼 Tom rightly notes that a business "has to be comfortable at the bleeding edge of web technology," but if you're not ready today, good news — "if you start with…

If you or your clients use…

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Dan Knauss
If you or your clients use Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder (10k+ installations), then you might want to uninstall it when you can. Wordfence is reporting a critical zero-day vulnerability. And if you use Elementor, make sure it's updated. A vulnerability…

Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is…

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Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is happening now for the first time between April 15-17. 🌎 WordCamp Greece is happening online today, April 16. 🇬🇷 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by…

Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design…

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Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design — a combination of unpleasant UX that follows unhealthy design fads, broken links, and quick fixes. 🗑️ Websites should last for years, so think about what your site will look like in 2, 5,…

Topher DeRosia debunked some common myths…

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Dan Knauss
Topher DeRosia debunked some common myths about eCommerce with Brian Krogsgard for Commerce Journey. 💥 If you know someone starting out with an online business who isn't sure how their traditional business experience translates — or if they have none…

YouTube is experimenting with hidden dislike…

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Dan Knauss
YouTube is experimenting with hidden dislike counts on videos. 📺 Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal has branched out from his annual benchmarks for general web hosts and WordPress hosts with a new set of tests for WooCommerce hosting. He talked…

WordPress Slack was down for a…

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Dan Knauss
WordPress Slack was down for a brief period of time on Tuesday morning. Here's the conversation that emerged about this in Post Status Slack, and a Trac ticket opened by Tor-Bjorn Fjellner. 🎫 What happened? Nothing too exciting — not…

Robert Jacobi reports that SiteLock has…

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Dan Knauss
Robert Jacobi reports that SiteLock has been acquired by Sectigo. SiteLock was a well-known security company within the WordPress community, and I recall them having a regular presence at WordCamps and other events.

The official PHP Git server was…

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Dan Knauss
The official PHP Git server was attacked this past week. The attack is still under investigation, but actions were quickly taken to protect it, and there is no active security risk. To learn more, you can read Enrico Zimuel's explanation.…
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