Setting up local WordPress development environments is an everyday task for WordPress professionals. Local development environments, which include WordPress and the full stack of software it needs to run, let WordPress pros work on sites without having to deal with the latencies and complications of working on remote staging or development installations. Local development environments […]
Talk to anyone starting a blog and I bet most people have a dream that their blog turns into a business. And they hope their business will allow them to work anywhere and live all over the world. The lucky few are the ones that get to make it work. To own a thriving business […]
Many WordPress users were disappointed to hear that two-factor authentication provider Clef is shutting down. Clef was popular with WordPress site owners because it let them add an extra layer of security to their site without the complexity associated with other two-factor authentication systems. With over a million installations, the loss of Clef was a […]
OneLogin, a popular single sign-on service, has announced that sensitive data was leaked from its infrastructure during an attack. OneLogin, which is used on many WordPress sites and Magento eCommerce stores, has confirmed that the leaked data could include user information, passwords, API keys, secure notes and other data that could be used compromise user […]
The first thing a prospective WordPress site owner has to decide is where to host their site. There is plenty of advice on the web about how to choose a hosting provider for WordPress. As you might expect, some of that advice is accurate and worth reading, and some of it is so misleading it […]
After returning from the incredible Stockholm, it is time to recap this epic event. Just before the main event, Magento organized a Contribution Day at Nordic Web Team offices. We spent the entire day coding with Magento core engineers trying to improve the Magento 2 platform, and our work led me to submit a pull […]
Black Hat SEOs and hackers are keen to find resources to exploit. A badly secured WordPress site makes a juicy target, and criminals use such sites for nefarious activities ranging from botnets to ransomware distribution. Of late, there has been a rise in a different sort of attack: SEO Spam Malware. What Is SEO Spam? […]
It has recently come to light that several critical vulnerabilities were fixed in the Avada theme in April, although ThemeFusion, the developers of the theme didn’t widely announce the patched release until several weeks later. If you use the Avada WordPress theme on your site, you should upgrade to Avada 5.1.5 as soon as possible. […]
WordPress has announced that it’s joined HackerOne, a platform for researchers to responsibly disclose security vulnerabilities. HackerOne provides a consistent interface for reporting vulnerabilities and reduces the amount of time developers waste responding to common issues, freeing them to focus on security improvements. The HackerOne platform is used by many large organizations for vulnerability reporting, […]
The WordPress development team has announced that WordPress 4.8 will be released on June 8th. WordPress 4.8 will include editing enhancements with a focus on laying the groundwork for an improved text editing experience, but it won’t include the full version of Gutenberg, WordPress’s experimental editor, which is still being developed. The release is on […]
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