ByBrian Krogsgard
Posted on
iThemes Security Pro introduces a new feature – WordPress version management. This feature automatically updates your site to new versions of WordPress, along with themes and plugins, and has the ability to, “scan for other out of date WordPress sites,” on your hosting account. It’s a nice extra layer of protection, and a continuation of the WordPress security software feature wars.
On WP Shout, Fred Meyer makes an impassioned case for the front-end editor, and why he believes it deserves a renewed effort as a WordPress feature plugin and eventual WordPress core inclusion. It’s a really thoughtful post, and at well over 5,000 words, it’s an investment to read. But I think it’s a good post…
Jetpack is working on a plugin called Jetpack Onboarding that alters the default WordPress “Welcome” screen in the dashboard with a step by step onboarding process. Right now there are four steps for setting up a basic site: The repo descriptions states that these steps are customizable to hosts that bundle the plugin out of…
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 other ways. But the pro version allows for automated scheduling of scans, with notifications to…
Gary Pendergast announced a “baby step” toward a better contributor experience in WordPress Core. Custom Docker images are now available for running WordPress on PHP versions 5.2 to 7.3. These images aren’t intended for hosting Docker-based WordPress sites but instead should be used to create a local development environment for WordPress.
NitroPack is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, September 14th at 5pm EET / 11:00am ET, NitroPack’s team jointly with Salvatore Denaro, Technical Consultant at Google, will discuss all things Core Web Vitals, web performance, and WordPress. Register today!
Robert Rowley has been monitoring insecure WordPress plugins which exposed PHP objects to potential injection on Pagely servers — and shares how they addressed the issue. There are several interesting takeaways, but I especially liked his note about communicating with plugin authors: Plugin security reporting works, when all parties treat each other respectfully and talk…
