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Critical Vulnerability Patched in GiveWP Plugin
GiveWP, a popular donation plugin for WordPress, has patched an unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution vulnerability that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely and delete files. This plugin from the Liquid Web family of products has 100k+ active installs. villu164 (Villu Orav) reported the vulnerability through the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program and netted a bounty …
Meet WordPress 6.7 Release Squad & Default Theme
Last week, the lineup for the eighteen-member release squad and the default theme for WordPress 6.7 were revealed. This will be the third and final WordPress release of the year. WordPress 6.7 Release Squad As usual, Matt Mullenweg leads the release, with David Baumwald serving as the Release Coordinator. The Core Tech Leads are Peter Wilson (sponsored by 10up) and …
Wordfence Launches WordPress Superhero Challenge with Big Rewards
Wordfence has introduced an exciting new initiative, the WordPress Superhero Challenge, as part of its ongoing Bug Bounty Program. Running until October 14th, this challenge exclusively targets plugins and themes with over 5 million active installations, a category that demands a high level of expertise due to the extensive testing these products undergo before reaching production. Chloe Chamberland, the Threat …
Gutenberg 19.0 Introduces Two New Experimental Features
Gutenberg 19.0 has arrived with two exciting experimental features, along with various feature enhancements and bug fixes. The Gutenberg team is actively seeking user feedback on these experimental additions. The first experimental feature is the highly anticipated UI prototype for connecting blocks and custom fields. To try it out, you can enable the “UI to create block bindings” experiment by …
New Proposal to Update WordCamp Budget Guidelines to Attract New Attendees
Automattic-sponsored Global Community Team Programs Manager Rocio Valdivia has published a proposal to allocate a portion of the WordPress Events/WordCamp budget solely for marketing and advertising. This change aims to attract more newcomers to WordPress events. Rocio Valdivia explained, “The Community Team’s goal for upcoming events is to warmly welcome more first-time attendees. We aim for over 50% of participants …
DEV – Classy in the Sheets, A Freak in the Stylesheets
Read to the end for two very cute blondes at a baseball game. In today’s edition: We talk about voice search… and why it’s more important than ever to optimize for it. Sometimes a horse is just a horse, and not a Trojan horse in the WP code after all. Can living next to a bitcoin mine actually make you …
#131 – Abraham Waita on Nurturing Young WordPress Enthusiasts in Uganda
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, nurturing young WordPress enthusiasts in Uganda. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that …
We’ve Expanded to 12 New Hosting Locations
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#130 – Elena Panciera & Chiara Pennetta on Making the Web for the Deaf
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, making the web a better place for those who are deaf. If you’d like to subscribe to the …




