Organizations using WordPress plug-in Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) are in the middle of an ugly and very public dispute between WP Engine (WPE), the maker of the plug-in, and Matt Mullenweg, the ...

The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plug-in developed by WP Engine. Specifically, ...

Quick question: Do you know what IFC, The New York Post, The Walt Disney Company, and WNBA have in common? Ponder the answer for a moment, as the tie that binds the four organizations isn't obvious.

Threat actors have taken a campaign that uses fake browser updates to spread malware to a new level, weaponizing scores of WordPress plug-ins to deliver malicious infostealing payloads, after using ...

We use a number of WordPress plugins on GeekWire. One of the most useful ones we’ve found is Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), which enables easy input and output of custom fields. We use custom fields ...

Attacks are targeting a security vulnerability in the WordPress plug-in Post SMTP. It allows unauthenticated attackers to take over instances. The WordPress plug-in Post SMTP is used in more than ...

A critical vulnerability found recently in a popular newsletter plug-in for WordPress is actively being targeted by hackers and was used to compromise an estimated 50,000 sites so far. The security ...

Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival ...

WordPress is a fantastic platform for building websites on the fly with little to no development time required to get up and running. In addition, WordPress has fantastic customizability ranging from ...