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Who is buying commercial WordPress themes?

ByBrian Krogsgard

To say the theme marketplace is undergoing a transition is probably an understatement. We’ve seen many shops sell or change focus over the past year. A few have maintained their place in the market or even grown some, but it’s not easy work. One theme shop that’s seen steady growth since launch is Theme Furnace. They’ve learned…

What we learned today

ByBrian Krogsgard

In my blog post about today’s coordinated plugin update, I discussed the logistics of many of the top WordPress plugins working together to put out an update to fix the misuse of add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg(). Throughout the day, I’ve tracked other plugins as they update, and my list has around 35 plugins on it — and…

Mika Epstein notifies developers of a…

ByBrian Krogsgard

Mika Epstein notifies developers of a recent plugin guideline change in the WordPress plugin repo. Guideline 12 (“Public facing pages on WordPress.org may not spam”) is now more clear in broadcasting the message “Do not use your readme to spam.” This includes tags, keyword stuffing, and affiliate links. Guideline 13 has been completely rewritten for…

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This is a security nightmare: a…

ByDan Knauss

This is a security nightmare: a researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies’ internal systems (including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, and more) in a software supply chain attack. 😱 The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including PyPI, npm, and RubyGems, which then got distributed downstream automatically into many companies’ internal applications….