A prolific WordPress plugin publisher who has created over three dozen free plugins has released code that other plugin and theme publishers can use to block client’s of Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress.com ...

On October 12, 2024 local time, Mullenweg announced that he would fork ACF into a new plugin called 'Secure Custom Fields.' Mullenweg cited the fact that ACF updates are now done directly from the WP ...

Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the User Registration & Membership plugin, which is installed on more than ...

Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said. The vulnerability ...

At Really Simple Plugins we develop WordPress plugins where our goal is to make complex topics 'really simple'. Our most renown plugins are Really Simple SSL (>4 million users) and Complianz (>1 ...

A widely used add-on plugin for a popular WordPress site builder installed an anti-piracy script that essentially unpublishes all posts. WordPress developers are livid, with some calling the script a ...

In an attempt to protect its intellectual property from piracy, a WordPress plugin developer implemented a rather controversial solution to one of its products. As a result, the community is up in ...

A WordPress plugin installed on over 300,000 sites was recently modified to download and install a hidden backdoor. The WordPress team has intervened and removed this plugin from the official ...