It was recently discovered that spammers have found a new way to link to their sites using search results on WordPress sites. This has affected many EDU sites. The good news is that it has been patched in WordPress 5.7…Continue Reading Webspam in WordPress Search Results Continue Reading Webspam in WordPress Search Results
WordPress 5.7.1 – Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.7.1 was released last week on April 14, 2021. There are two security updates and some maintenance updates. These updates should happen automatically unless automatic updates have been disabled….Continue Reading WordPress 5.7.1 – Security and Maintenance Release
Elementor add-ons with security vulnerabilities
Wordfence just announced that 15 popular add-ons to the Elementor plugins have known vulnerabilities. Most have been patched but not all of them. If you use Elementor as a page builder, patch your plugins and review the ones with known vulnerabilities. Read more on WordFence’s Blog…Continue Reading Elementor add-ons with security vulnerabilities
WordPress 5.7 – Esperanza
WordPress 5.7, “Esperanza” was released yesterday, March 9, 2021. This is a feature release that is generally updated manually unless you have enabled automatic updates for all new versions of WordPress….Continue Reading WordPress 5.7 – Esperanza Continue Reading WordPress 5.7 – Esperanza
WordPress 5.6.2 Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.6.2 was released yesterday, February 22, 2021. This is a small maintenance release fixing a few user-facing issues discovered in WordPress 5.6.1. Your sites should auto-update unless you have disabled updates….Continue Reading WordPress 5.6.2 Maintenance Release
Four Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in Ninja Forms
Today, Wordfence released a report about four severe vulnerabilities in the popular form plugin, Ninja Forms. They have all been patched as of February 8, 2021. If you are using this plugin, it is recommended that you patch it immediately. The fully patched version is 3.4.34 More information can be found on the WordFence blog….Continue Reading Four Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in Ninja Forms
WordPress 5.7 and jQuery
Alice Manning, in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor’s office, passed on some important information regarding WordPress 5.7. I wanted to pass this information along as it may be helpful to those of us who maintain WordPress websites. WP 5.7 is scheduled to release on 3/9 and it includes a jQuery update. … Continue Reading WordPress 5.7 and jQuery…Continue Reading WordPress 5.7 and jQuery
WordPress 5.6.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.6.1 was released today. This maintenance release has 20 bug fixes and 7 issues fixed for the block editor.More information: https://wordpress.org/news/2021/02/wordpress-5-6-1-maintenance-release/ You can update it manually from the Dashboard or it should automatically update unless you have disabled this feature….Continue Reading WordPress 5.6.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Released
WordPress 5.6 “Simone” was released on December 8, 2020. This is a feature release that requires manually updating. A new feature is the ability to turn on automatic updates for major releases as well….Continue Reading WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Released Continue Reading WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Released
WordPress 5.5.2 Security Release
WordPress 5.5.2 was released today. This is a security update, so please make sure to patch as soon as possible. If you have not disabled auto-updates it should happen automatically. More information can be found at https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-5-2/…Continue Reading WordPress 5.5.2 Security Release