Tag: wordpress

71 articles

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.
Security
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.
Events
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.
Security
Forminator’s 9.8 Flaw, and Eleven More Fixes in Nineteen Days
by Natalia Nowak · 20 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Forminator's 9.8 file upload flaw was patched seventeen days before it went public, and the changelog shows eleven more fixes around it.
Security
WordPress 7.0.4 Fixes a PNG That Runs Code. The Flaw Was Almost 10 Years Old.
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
WordPress 7.0.4 fixes a flaw where an image hiding PostScript runs code on the server. It needs an author account, and multi-author sites should hurry.
Industry reports
Google’s Field Data Ranks the Platforms Behind Live Sites by Speed, and the Gap Is More Than Twofold
by Natalia Nowak · 12 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Google's field data, broken out by host: Wix customers pass Core Web Vitals at 80%, HostGator's at 39%. A measured speed ranking for the industry.
Security
An AI Model Found the WordPress Flaw in Ten Hours for $25. Attackers Weaponized the Patch in Ninety Minutes.
by Natalia Nowak · 7 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
An AI model found the WordPress core flaw in ten hours for about $25. After 7.0.2 shipped, attacks started 90 minutes later. WordPress 7.0.3 is out.
Security
A Once-a-Decade WordPress Core Flaw, and the Gap Between Patched and Safe
by Natalia Nowak · 21 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
WordPress did the rare thing and forced a core security fix to millions of sites. Within 72 hours the break-ins started anyway. The gap is the story.
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