WordPress 4.4.2 is now available for download. Users are strongly urged to update as soon as possible! This update addresses two security issues: A possible XSS for certain local URIs and an open redirection attack. According to the announcement, all versions of WordPress preceding 4.4.2 are affected. The issues were reported by Ronni Skansing and Shailesh Suthar, respectively. 4.4.2 also addresses 17 bugs found in 4.4.1 and 4.4 including, wp_list_comments ignores $comments parameter Pagination issue on front page after 4.4.1 ModSecurity2 blocks Potential Obfuscated JavaScript in outbound anomaly You can update to 4.4.2 in the dashboard or download it directly. If your site […]
A Look At Popular JavaScript Design Patterns
JavaScript can be used to power both big and small web applications. In order to write structured and orderly code, many JavaScript developers rely on certain design patterns. In simple words, a design pattern in JavaScript helps make your code more readable and reusable, and it also lends a form of organizational structure to your code. In this post, we will be taking a look at some of the most common JavaScript design patterns. What Is A Design Pattern In JavaScript? Design patterns are reusable pieces of code that are used in JavaScript to address similar sets of issues. On […]
Deep JavaScript: WordPress REST API And JavaScript Promises
When Matt Mullenweg told everyone to learn JavaScript, deeply, the community went crazy trying to decipher what this means for WordPress. What should you learn? Should it be a framework, a library, or just vanilla JavaScript? By now if you have been inclined to pick up anything, you are ready to go deeper. Even if you just start out learning a simple library like jQuery, once you get past the basic animations and fades, you will want to learn more. A few years ago, Promises were natively added to JavaScript. Before we get into Promises, let me first explain the […]
What’s New In WordPress: 2/1/2016
Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. 7 Steps Every Business Owner Can Take To Increase Brand Awareness: A huge part of running a successful business is creating brand awareness and creating a presence online. Devs Dominate A Day of REST Attendee List : A Day of REST is so successful they are planning for next year. 6 Things We Learned In 2015 As A WordPress Agency: After growing to 20 members, Devrix learned a lot about creating a WordPress company. A/B Testing In […]
Devs Dominate A Day Of REST Attendee List
A Day of REST, a conference focused entirely around the REST API, was held yesterday at Conway Hall in London. According to event organizer Petya Raykovska, 221 people from all over the world attended the conference. “We had representatives from many WordPress companies — Automattic, 10up, XWP, required, Alley Interactive, Pragmatic, and Inpsyde,” Raykovska told Torque. “We also had representatives from big-name clients like the New York Times, Time Inc. UK, Condé Nast, and more.” A follow-up survey went out late last night to gain feedback on the conference. “The feedback we’ve been getting has been great so far — people loved the […]

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