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Elementor Opens an MCP Beta to Claude, Codex and Cursor
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.
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
For eighteen years, every client who hired him had already bought hosting from somebody else. He explains what hosts lost along the way.
Security
EU Software Makers Now Have 24 Hours to Report an Exploited Flaw.
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.
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
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
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.
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A High-Severity Patch for Five Million WordPress Sites Was Labeled as a Text Fix
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
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
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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