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WordPress 4.4.2 Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress 4.4.2 Security and Maintenance Release. WordPress 4.4.2 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.4.1 and earlier are affected by two security issues: a possible SSRF for certain local URIs and an open redirection attack. In addition to the security issues above, WordPress 4.4.2 fixes 17 bugs […]
WordPress 4.2.4 Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress 4.2.4 Security and Maintenance Release. WordPress 4.2.4 is now available and as this is a security release for all previous versions with no less than SIX security issues found and fixed, we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.2.3 and earlier are affected by three further cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection that could be used to compromise […]
WordPress 4.2.3 Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress 4.2.3 Security and Maintenance Release. WordPress 4.2.3 is now available and as this is a critical security release for all previous versions, we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.2.3 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could allow anonymous users to compromise a site. It also fixes an issue where it was possible for a […]
Serious Security Hole Found in WordPress All in One SEO Plugin
Serious Security Hole Found in WordPress All in One SEO Plugin. If you run a WordPress website of any kind then the chances are that you will also be running one of the two main SEO plugins – “All in One SEO” created by Michael Torbert. While this is a fantastic plugin (we use it ourselves on this site), and has been downloaded more than […]
WordPress 3.8 Released
WordPress 3.8 released WordPress 3.8 has been released today and includes a large number of significant changes from 170 contributors with Matt Mullenweg as the release lead. This version is now the second that contains new functionality that was initially developed as a plugin before being brought into the core product. This approach leads to much shorter time frame between major releases with the ability […]
Launchkey Releases WordPress Plugin
Launchkey Releases WordPress Plugin. Coming soon after the official Announcement of the Launchkey Public Beta, the developers have quickly released their promised WordPress Plugin. Installing and activating the plugin was straight forward, especially as we already had a Launchkey account and had paired an iPhone for our initial testing with their own website – this is a one-off task that only takes a few minutes […]
BetterWPSecurity Plugin for WordPress Updated
BetterWPSecurity Plugin for WordPress Updated. Version 3.5.4 released The developers of this fantastic WordPress Security plugin have today announced that they have released the latest version (3.5.4) and we are recommending that all customers using this plugin within their WordPress websites should immediately upgrade. The latest version contains some 20 changes including new languages, improved error checking and reporting (none of which will be too […]
WordPress 3.5.2 Maintenance & Security Release
WordPress have just released version 3.5.2 which contains some 7 important security fixes and we urge anyone using WordPress to immediately upgrade For further details of the security issues and bug fixes in this version, please visit WordPress 3.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release
BackupBuddy WordPress plugin from iThemes
BackupBuddy WordPress plugin from iThemes. As well as providing world class E-Commerce hosting, consultancy and support services, our other passion is WordPress which is no real surprise considering the quality of websites that can be built using this fantastic CMS and the fact that most E-Commerce website owners should be using a blog regularly alongside their store. There are literally tens of thousands of plugins […]
Immediately Upgrade WordPress WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache Plugins
Upgrade WordPress WP Super Cache and W3TC Plugins. These are two of the highest ranked WordPress plugins in terms of number of installations and are certainly the highest with regard to caching functionality. Both however have recently been disclosed as having severe security related vulnerabilities – namely a Remote Code Execution vulnerability which would allow any attacker to run commands of the attacker’s choice on […]