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GoDaddy Averages 24 Million Domains Per Brand. team.blue Averages 163,000.
Natalia Nowak · 11 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
#acquisitions#consolidation#domains
Consolidation is not one strategy. Some groups buy scale and run three brands, others buy presence and run forty-one, and the gap between them is about 150 to 1. Meanwhile six in ten tracked domains still sit outside every group we track.
Articles tagged #plugin
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Security
Forminator’s 9.8 Flaw, and Eleven More Fixes in Nineteen Days
by Natalia Nowak · 20 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Forminator's file upload flaw scores 9.8 and needs no authentication, but it takes a form with both an upload and a select field, and the default .htaccess meant to stop execution does nothing on NGINX. The changelog records twelve security releases in nineteen days.
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Automattic Turns the WordPress Admin Into a Desktop Software
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Automattic's Desktop Mode turns /wp-admin into a desktop OS: resizable windows, a dock, virtual desktops, and AI search. Built in three days during Radical Speed Month, it signals the same UX rethink behind WordPress 7.0 and WooCommerce 10.9.
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Protect The Shire: WordPress Adds a 24-Hour Default Delay to Plugin Auto-Updates
by Natalia Nowak · 8 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
Matt Mullenweg announced Protect The Shire on June 5, 2026: a 24-hour default delay before every WordPress plugin release reaches auto-updates. The infrastructure has existed as opt-in since August 2025. The shift cites AI-accelerated supply chain risk after Mythos and Essential Plugins.