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The latest WordPress news from our blog

WordPress is the world’s most popular website platform for a reason. In this section, you’ll find tips, tutorials, and insights on getting the most out of your WordPress site—whether you’re just starting out or looking to enhance your existing setup. From choosing the right plugins and themes to improving performance, security, and SEO, we cover everything you need to build and manage a powerful, user-friendly website with WordPress.
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Tom Furmanski

Update Easy WP SMTP – Vulnerability affecting thousands of sites across the internet discovered

The Easy WP SMTP plugin authors have released a new update, fixing a very critical 0day vulnerability. When leveraged, this vulnerability gives unauthenticated attackers the power to modify any options of an affected site — ultimately leading to a complete site compromise.The vulnerability, found only in version 1.3.9, has been seen exploited in the wild and impacts thousands of sites.

Tom Furmanski 25th March 2019 1:49 pm
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Chris Grant (he/him)

WordPress now powers over a third of the top 10 million websites

Our content management system of choice, WordPress, now powers over a third of the top 10 million sites on the web according to W3Techs. WordPress’ market share has been growing steadily over the past few years, going from 29.9% just one year ago to 33.4% now. 

Chris Grant (he/him) 21st March 2019 7:57 am
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Jenny Howell

WordPress 5.1.1 Patches Critical Vulnerability

WordPress 5.1.1 was released yesterday evening with an important security update for a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability found in 5.1 and prior versions.

Jenny Howell 14th March 2019 2:53 pm
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Chris Grant (he/him)

WordPress 5.1 will replace “blogging” references with “publishing”

WordPress 5.1 will replace the “Happy blogging” language in wp-config-sample.php with “Happy Publishing.” The new era of “Happy Publishing” in 2019 will bring even more progress on that roadmap, enabling users to have a more unified editing experience for other aspects of content management, including widgets and menus.

Chris Grant (he/him) 8th January 2019 1:36 pm
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Chris Grant (he/him)

4 Steps to Take Before Updating to WordPress 5.0

The major change in WordPress 5.0 is the introduction of the Gutenberg editor. Gutenberg is a drag-and-drop interface that dramatically changes how posts and pages are built.

Chris Grant (he/him) 9th December 2018 5:38 pm
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Tom Furmanski

WordPress 5.0 will probably be released Thursday, December 6th 2018

WordPress 5.0 will most probably be released this Thursday, December 6 2018. This comes as a surprise to a lot of people, including us. WordPress 5.0 includes the Gutenberg editor, giving users a brand new editing experience. While we initially see this as an improvement, we doubt if everyone is ready for it at this point.

Tom Furmanski 5th December 2018 12:24 pm
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Chris Grant (he/him)

How to install a WordPress plugin – step-by-step guide with pictures

We often get asked how to install a WordPress plugin – here’s a 3 step guide that gets straight to the point. This will apply to most plugins – although if you’re installing a plugin that needs additional settings or configuration you may need to follow additional steps from the plugin developer.

Chris Grant (he/him) 3rd December 2018 7:46 am