Tag: wordpress

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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 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.
Security
An Unauthenticated Path to Code Execution in WordPress Core, Already Being Exploited
by Łukasz Nowak · 18 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
A flaw in WordPress core hands strangers the keys to your site, no password required, and attackers are already walking through the door. It is already being exploited.
Partners
Top 5 Mistakes Hosting Companies Make That Drives Churn and How to Fix Them
by Xiomara González · 14 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Extendify on the five experience gaps that quietly drive hosting customers to churn, and how to close each one.
Security
Three Unauthenticated File Flaws in a Week, and One Root Cause: Validation by Shortcut
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
In one July week, three unauthenticated file-handling flaws surfaced across WordPress plugins and a web FTP client, all rooted in validation by shortcut.
M&A
Automattic Has Taken Over WebHosting.com. The Plan Is Still a Coming-Soon Page.
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Automattic has taken control of WebHosting.com, a premium one-word domain formerly held by AT&T, now showing an Automattic-branded "coming soon" page.
Industry reports
AI Agents Now Run Hosting Operations, Not Just Content. Pressable’s June Update Is the Tell.
by Natalia Nowak · 1 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Pressable's June MCP update lets AI agents run backups, SSL, WP-CLI and bulk operations across WordPress hosting, moving agents from content into infrastructure.
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