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Elementor Opens an MCP Beta to Claude, Codex and Cursor
by Natalia Nowak · 16 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
AI tools can build and edit pages as native, editable Elementor structures. Atomic pages only, and everything lands as a draft.
Security
Ten IP Addresses Sent at Least 94,000 Attempts to Exploit a WooCommerce Plugin.
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Six months after disclosure, a WooCommerce extension is still drawing blocked exploit attempts. The largest spike came on August 30.
Partners
Why Unfinished Websites Are Costing Hosting Companies More Than They Think
by Zachery Mimbs · 15 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
For eighteen years, every client who hired him had already bought hosting from somebody else. He explains what hosts lost along the way.
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EU Software Makers Now Have 24 Hours to Report an Exploited Flaw.
by Natalia Nowak · 14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
The EU now requires software makers to report actively exploited flaws within 24 hours, and a GPL plugin with a paid tier counts as a product.
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Automattic’s Board Put Matt Mullenweg on Paid Leave. He Still Leads the WordPress Project.
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Automattic's board put Matt Mullenweg on paid leave and made CFO Mark Davies interim CEO. No change has been announced to his leadership of WordPress.
Security
Nearly Two-Thirds of All-in-One WP Migration Installs Remain Unpatched Two Weeks Later
by Natalia Nowak · 4 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Only 35 percent of All-in-One WP Migration installs run the 7.110 fix. About 3.2 million sites are on a vulnerable version as the exploit chain goes public.
Security
Attacks on the Elementor Pro Flaw Began the Day It Was Disclosed
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Exploit attempts against the Elementor Pro file upload flaw began the day it was disclosed, and one firewall alone blocked over 190,000 of them.
Security
A High-Severity Patch for Five Million WordPress Sites Was Labeled as a Text Fix
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
High-severity fixes for All-in-One WP Migration and Gravity Forms shipped August 20. One changelog called it a text fix, the other used a stock phrase.
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InMotion Rolls Out Monarx ThreatShield Inside the PHP Engine Across Its Fleet
by Natalia Nowak · 26 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
InMotion is deploying Monarx ThreatShield across its server fleet, moving attack blocking into the PHP engine itself.
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What WebHosting.Today Learned at WordCamp US 2026
by Jason Nickerson · 24 Aug 2026 · 22 min read
Four companies at WordCamp US split on how far AI should go, and two of them want two-factor authentication built into WordPress core.
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