Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. WordPress 5.2 is here and full of new features. In this week’s News Drop we talk about Site Health, Fatal Error Recovery Mode, and support for cryptographically-signed updates. Love WordPress News but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. Site Health section of the admin panel, support for a modern cryptography library, and support for cryptographically-signed updates. WordPress 5.2 launches today, May 7th and […]
Torque Toons: How To Prep Your WordPress Site for GDPR
4 easy steps to GDPR compliance. Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!
Torque Toons: Who Are You Wearing?
Of course everybody is talking about this year’s Plugin Madness competition, which kicks off on Monday March 5th, but the big question is: What WordCamp swag will the nominees be wearing as they walk the red carpet?
Doc Pop’s News Drop: 4.9.3 Breaks Auto-Updates, Browsealoud Breaks Government Websites, and WCEU Call For Volunteers
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. This week Doc talks about how WordPress version 4.9.3 breaks the auto-update feature and how 4.9.4 fixes it. Doc also covers the recent Browsealoud plugin hack, which used a supply chain attack to take advantage of site visitor traffic for cryptomining purposes. WordCamp Europe is looking for volunteers. Don’t forget to nominate your favorite plugins for our Plugin Madness competition. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Google Dives Into WordPress, 4.9.4 Update, and Plugin Madness!
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. On this week’s News Drop, Doc talks about Google’s move into open source CMSs, the WordPress 4.9.4 (and 4.9.3) update and… something else.. I can’t remember… PLUGIN MADNESS!!! Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. March is a month away, which means it’s almost time for Plugin Madness. Plugin Madness is our bracket style competition where we pit 64 WordPress plugins […]
Torque Toons: Are You Ready For Some Updates?
While most folks are getting set up for Super Bowl Sunday, I’m getting ready for Monday’s WordPress 4.9.3 release.
Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 4.9 early preview
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. WordPress version 4.9 isn’t out yet, but this week we take a look at an early beta release full of awesome new Customizer features like saving drafts, scheduling changes, and shareable preview links. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. WordPress 4.9 is almost here. What originally sounded like a minor update actually has some cool new features. The final release […]
Torque Toons: Update Your WP
With the recent set of hacked WordPress sites, it didn’t take long for a new update to come along and fix the problem. Now the community is trying to spread the word: Update, update, update! Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!
This Week In WordPress: 04/27/2015
Have a news tip or upcoming WordPress event you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Inside Automattic’s hiring process: How Automattic hires most of its remote employees without a single voice conversation. WP Engine search: WP Engine Labs takes a crack at solving search on WordPress sites. m.website.com: XKCD’s take on mobile optimized sites. First impressions for 4.2: WordPress 4.2 is here. Here are some of our early impressions. WordPress 4.2 stored XSS: Just a couple days into its release, and researchers have discovered an exploit in which WordPress commenters can leave malicious JavaScript to take control of a server. WordPress 4.1.2 security release: A […]
This Week In WordPress: 04/20/2015
Have a news tip or upcoming WordPress event you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Update Your Plugins (again): Until recently, 15 or more popular plugins (including Jetpack and WordPress SEO) were vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting. “The developers assumed that these functions would escape the user input for them, when it does not. This simple detail, caused many of the most popular plugins to be vulnerable to XSS.” How to avoid clients from hell: Brandon Yanofsky talks about clients from hell, and how you can avoid them, and make freelancing fun again. Adding IPTC’s camera metadata to WordPress 4.2: What it took […]
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