Essential Addons for Elementor, a plugin with more than a million active installs, has patched an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in version 5.7.2. The vulnerability was discovered on May 8, 2023, and reported by Patchstack researcher Rafie Muhammad. It was given a 9.8 (Critical severity) CVSS 3.1 score and is not yet known to have been exploited. Muhammad outlined the vulnerability …
WP Engine Releases Frost, A Free Block Theme for Website Builders
The WordPress Themes Directory is now hosting more than 300 block themes, a milestone for the dedicated theme developers who have persevered through the growing pains and evolution of block theming. WP Engine is one of the newest theme authors who helped put the directory over the 300 mark with its submission of Frost. With its clean, minimal design, 36 …
WordPress Community Team Evolves WordCamp Format to Promote Adoption, Training, and Networking for Professionals
WordPress’ Community Team hailed a new era of WordCamps in its recent announcement outlining a significant shift in the purpose for the events. In the past, WordCamps have had a mostly predictable format of presenting inspirational talks on exciting things people are doing with WordPress, business topics, and the latest trends, with short networking opportunities and a contributor day appended …
5 Questions That Separate a Successful Podcast From a Failed One
If you want to create a podcast that lasts, ask these five questions before you hit record. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordPress Contributors Discuss How Core Can Better Enable AI Innovation
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 Core developer’s blog asks what …
Creators Are the Future. Here's How To Work With Them
Creators are becoming a high-demand resource for brands. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Advanced Custom Fields Plugin Patches Reflected XSS Vulnerability
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) has patched a reflected XSS vulnerability that affects versions 6.1.5 and below of ACF and ACF Pro, potentially impacting more than 2+ million users. It was discovered by Patchstack researcher Rafie Muhammad in May 2, 2023, and patched by ACF developers in version 6.1.6 on May 5, 2023. Patchstack published a security bulletin and Muhammad described the …
Gutenberg 15.7 Adds Site Logo Upload to Inspector Controls
Gutenberg 15.7 was released this week, adding Site Logo upload and replacement from the inspector controls sidebar. This feature is still available in the block toolbar but it feels like a natural addition to the inspector, as it was previously available in a similar fashion in the Customizer. Here users can easily adjust the logo width and set whether the …
Caseproof Acquires WishList Member
Caseproof, makers of MemberPress, has acquired WishList Products, the parent company of WishList Member and CourseCure. The Wishlist team, with the exception of co-founder Tracy Childers, will continue supporting and developing the products under the leadership of Caseproof founder Blair Williams. WishList Member is one of the longest running WordPress membership plugins with a 14-year history. The plugin has been …
#74 – Ahmed Kabir Chaion on How to Find Your Place in WordPress Even if You Don’t Code
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case finding a place in the WordPress community as a non coder. If you’d like to subscribe to the …