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One of the largest multilingual plugins in WordPress, WPML, was breached this weekend when customers received an email claiming the plugin released sensitive information. The email encouraged customers to check their databases and passwords and not rely on the plugin’s customer service to fix the problem. FYI: someone hacked @wpml‘s website and sent this out to everyone pic.twitter.com/lMml23qUjD — Ben Word (@retlehs) January 19, 2019 A tweet sent out on Sunday claims the hacker was an ex-employee using a backdoor. It says the plugin itself wasn’t compromised but customers should change their account passwords. We’re very sorry to report that our […]

Which web host to choose is an important question for the majority of new site owners (not to mention some experienced ones). This is because there are so many to choose from, and many questions that need to be answered to find the best option. It can leave you looking to simple, yet restrictive solutions such as ‘site builder’ websites – and they’re not usually cut out for decidedly ‘pro’ use. Fortunately, self-hosted WordPress is easy to install, the hosting options are plentiful and powerful, and what’s more, you always control (and own) every aspect of your site. Even better, […]