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Tech Roundup Week Ending July 28

Mike Demopoulos

July 27, 2023

WordPress 6.3 Release Candidate 2 – WordPress News WordPress 6.3 Release Candidate 2 is available for download and testing. It is currently under development and should not be installed on production or critical websites. It is scheduled for release on…

Tech Roundup Week Ending July 21

Mike Demopoulos

July 21, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

WordPress 6.3 to Introduce a Development Mode WordPress 6.3 will introduce a new development mode. This mode can be initiated by declaring the WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE constant. It is not recommended for production sites. Possible values for WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE include core, plugin, theme,…

Tech Roundup Week Ending July 14

Mike Demopoulos

July 14, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

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Tech Roundup Week Ending July 7

Mike Demopoulos

July 8, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

WordPress Dropping support for PHP 5 WordPress has announced that they will discontinue support for PHP 5 in the upcoming WordPress version 6.3, set to release on August 8, 2023. This decision implies that the new minimum supported PHP version…

Tech Roundup Week Ending June 30

Mike Demopoulos

July 3, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

iThemes: Why WordPress Malware Scanners Are Worthless In a thought-provoking article recently published on iThemes, the effectiveness of WordPress malware scanners is critically examined. The article suggests these tools may not be as reliable as users hope, often failing to…

Tech Roundup Week Ending June 2

Mike Demopoulos

June 2, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

Tech Roundup Week Ending June 2: Check out what happened in WordPress (and other) tech this week.

Tech Roundup Week Ending May 12

Mike Demopoulos

May 12, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

WooCommerce 7.7 If you're running an online store using WooCommerce, you'll be excited to hear about the recent 7.7 release! This latest update focuses on improving performance, security, and user experience. Among the key features in version 7.7 is the…

Tech Roundup Week Ending May 5

Mike Demopoulos

May 5, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

New Community Theme Launched WordPress Themes Team released a new block theme, Stacks, designed to build slide decks. Stacks was designed and constructed by Saxon Fletcher with help from Ben Dwyer. After customizing the theme, users can create slides on…

Tech Roundup Week Ending April 28

Mike Demopoulos

April 28, 2023

TechThe Week in Review

Accessible Target Sizes Cheatsheet Vitaly provides practical guidelines for preventing rage taps, and rage clicks on mobile devices, including recommended target sizes for icons, links, and buttons. It also offers helpful conversion tables for translating point units to CSS pixels…

A Taxonomy of Access Control

Dan Knauss

August 26, 2022

NotesPlanet

Once you know these states, you can assign probabilities of transitioning from one state to another (someone hacks your account and locks you out, you forgot your own password, etc.) and then build optimal security and reliability to deal with it. It’s a truly elegant way of conceptualizing the problem.

Tony Perez’s approach to WordPress security…

Dan Knauss

July 2, 2021

Security

Tony Perez's approach to WordPress security is not about complex configurations but three key tenets. These include 1) limiting access to the server stack to known and trusted sources, 2) limiting file access and knowing what is modified and introduced,…