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PHP 5.6 support to be extended through 2018

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2016

PHP has voted on a proposal to extend support for PHP 5.6 -- the most recent non-PHP-7 release -- through 2018. The vote is a great step for WordPress, as version 5.6 only has about 12% adoption still. PHP 5.6…

iThemes adding live, incremental backups to BackupBuddy

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2016

BusinessHosting

iThemes has managed and supported BackupBuddy for about as long as any commercial plugin on the market. It's a cornerstone product for them, and it's done very well over the years. With BackupBuddy 7.0, they are adding live, incremental backups…

A new security release for the…

January 12, 2016

Security

A new security release for the WordPress REST API affects both version 2, which is now at beta 10, and version 1.2.x, which is updated to 1.2.5.

WordPress security release, and 4.5 development kicks off

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

DesignSecurity

It was the first truly busy day in WordPress core land since the release of WordPress 4.4. Two big things happened: A maintenance and security update was released in WordPress 4.4.1, and the security component affected all versions back that can…

WordFence — a security plugin to…

December 10, 2015

Security

WordFence -- a security plugin to boot -- has an XSS vulnerability that was recently patched. VaultPress posted more about it, but if you run this plugin, you need to update.

WP Engine requiring mass password reset on all accounts

Brian Krogsgard

December 10, 2015

Security

WP Engine sent emails to all existing (and apparently many former) customers stating that they needed to reset every password associated with their account: While we have no evidence that the information was used inappropriately, as a precaution, we…

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

“Beginning January 12, 2016, only the…

October 13, 2015

Security

"Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates," per the Internet Explorer support policy, as linked to from an announcement about IE11 support.…

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on…

Brian Krogsgard

September 23, 2015

Security

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on Product Hunt. There's not a ton you haven't seen, but apparently there's a new WordPress mobile app that's still in "internal" beta. I wonder if it's using the new REST API? I hope it's…

WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2015

Security

The much anticipated proposal for core inclusion of the WordPress REST API is here. Ryan McCue -- the project lead -- has proposed a draft for the inclusion process that recommends a two stage approach. He recommends that stage one…

Consequences of bumping PHP minimums, from a Joomla lead that’s been there

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

Security

There's a mega Trac ticket to, "strategize the updating of minimum PHP version." Joe and I talked about this on the latest podcast too (in the last segment), if you're curious. The Trac ticket goes every which way, as you'd expect.…

iThemes Security is integrating Sucuri malware scanning

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

Security

iThemes announced today that both their free iThemes Security and their commercial iThemes Security Pro plugins are integrating Sucuri's malware scanning service. The free one is just an opt-in one off option, which is nice but can also be accomplished…

The WordPress security trilogy, parts 2 and 3

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

Security

I love trilogies, and a WordPress security trilogy was completed today. I'm now in that weird state of having just finished a series I was super into and didn't want to end (well minus the security implications). In early August I…

Freelancers and the self-employed are ignored by the government

Brian Krogsgard

September 9, 2015

BusinessSecurity

Sara Horowitz -- who is the founder and executive director of the Freelancers Union -- makes a compelling argument for how important freelancers are to the American economy. She highlights just how big the freelancer economy is: For better or…

Shortcode syntax and API changes drafted and under review

Brian Krogsgard

September 6, 2015

Security

It's been a busy few days for shortcodes. Most, if not all, core committers and project leads would tell you that they'd rather burn the shortcodes API than anything else. But it's one of those things that exists and now…

Million dollar products

Brian Krogsgard

August 27, 2015

BusinessDesign

Kyle Neath isn't a fan of Unicorn culture in tech-land. He would like to see more people aim to create what he qualifies as family businesses, and aim for smaller (more niche) customer bases, provide better service, build companies that…

PHP 5.6 support to be extended through 2018

iThemes adding live, incremental backups to BackupBuddy

A new security release for the…

WordPress security release, and 4.5 development kicks off

WordFence — a security plugin to…

WP Engine requiring mass password reset on all accounts

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

“Beginning January 12, 2016, only the…

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on…

WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages

Consequences of bumping PHP minimums, from a Joomla lead that’s been there

iThemes Security is integrating Sucuri malware scanning

The WordPress security trilogy, parts 2 and 3

Freelancers and the self-employed are ignored by the government

Shortcode syntax and API changes drafted and under review

Million dollar products

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