ByDan Knauss
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WordPress 5.7.2 is available. It’s a security release (Ram Gall talks about specifics on the WordFence blog), so make sure to update if you don’t have automatic updates active on your sites. 🔒
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2019 State of the Word, where he offered a comprehensive overview of the last year of all things WordPress.
Sucuri has found some malware that can disable security plugins to avoid detection. 😨 This is really devious! Luke Leal explains: “If a user tries to reactivate one of the disabled security plugins, [the Malware] will momentarily appear to activate only for the malware to immediately disable it again. This behavior will prevail until the…
In this article I talk about the current state of the wordpress.org repository backed up by recent statistics, and give advice on keeping plugins and themes secure during development.
Will Morris discusses HTTP headers — what they are and how to add five security headers to a site.
It’s a new year, and a great time to set some New Year’s resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.
This is a really nice idea. It’s a coding challenge where you have to audit a plugin for security flaws. A chance to learn more about best practices and getting your code reviewed by core developers.
