Free Software Foundation Adds a Code of Ethics for Board Members
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Patchstack, a WordPress security maintenance and management tool, has published its “State of WordPress Security” whitepaper for 2022, tracking a few key metrics on publicly reported vulnerabilities. The findings highlight the risk of using unmaintained themes and plugins along with developers’ need to keep pace with updates to libraries and dependencies included in their work….
If you run a WordPress site, you might be aware of the many security risks that could threaten your business. For example, Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks can exploit your website vulnerabilities to steal data, destroy your content, or take over your site altogether. Fortunately, you can easily protect your website by understanding the ins…
As AI-powered technology is rapidly evolving to exponentially extend human capabilities, WordPress contributors do not want the platform to get left behind. AI-powered website creation could even become a threat to its existence, more than a competing CMS, if WordPress doesn’t ensure the platform is easily pluggable for AI-powered extensions. A new discussion on the…
Background tools in Gutenberg are currently limited to the Cover block, but contributors are working on expanding support so that any block can opt into it. Discussions about the best way to do this have been happening for the past two years and now are gaining some momentum. “Right now it’s possible to add video…
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be challenging at the best of times. Between multiple online competitors and Google’s ever-evolving algorithms, you’ll likely have your hands full. Throw in the challenge of using SEO tools that don’t work well with your native language, and the process can be a headache. Fortunately, the Yoast 17.0 update has…
WordPress core committer Jonny Harris merged a patch into WordPress core for a 12-year-old ticket that he says has the potential to bring “a massive effect on performance for custom pages.” The change, which will be included in the upcoming 6.0 release, stops unnecessary queries when developers are using the do_parse_request filter, thanks to a refreshed patch…