Wordpress Security

Secure Custom Fields
Security – WordPress News Oct 12, 2024 | 18:26 pm
On behalf of the WordPress security team, I am announcing that we are invoking point 18 of the plugin directory guidelines and are forking Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) into a new plugin, Secure Custom Fields. SCF has been updated to[…]
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WP Engine Reprieve
Security – WordPress News Sep 27, 2024 | 21:03 pm
I’ve heard from WP Engine customers that they are frustrated that WP Engine hasn’t been able to make updates, plugin directory, theme directory, and Openverse work on their sites. It saddens me that they’ve been negatively impacted by Silver Lake‘s[…]
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WP Engine is banned from WordPress.org
Security – WordPress News Sep 25, 2024 | 22:50 pm
Pending their legal claims and litigation against WordPress.org, WP Engine no longer has free access to WordPress.org's resources.
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WordPress 6.5.5
Security – WordPress News Jun 24, 2024 | 19:10 pm
WordPress 6.5.5 is now available! This release features three security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. This minor release also includes 3 bug fixes in Core. You can download WordPress[…]
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WordPress 6.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release
Security – WordPress News Apr 9, 2024 | 22:00 pm
Note: Due to an issue with the initial package, WordPress 6.5.1 was not released. 6.5.2 is the first minor release for WordPress 6.5. This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes on Core, 12 bug fixes for the Block[…]
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WordPress 6.4.3 – Maintenance and Security release
Security – WordPress News Jan 30, 2024 | 21:22 pm
This security and maintenance release features 5 bug fixes on Core, 16 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 2 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Backports are also[…]
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WordPress 6.4.2 Maintenance & Security Release
Security – WordPress News Dec 6, 2023 | 17:03 pm
WordPress 6.4.2 is now available! This minor release features 7 bug fixes in Core. The fixes include a bug fix for an issue causing stylesheet and theme directories to sometimes return incorrect results. This release also features one security fix.[…]
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Alert: WordPress Security Team Impersonation Scams
Security – WordPress News Dec 4, 2023 | 23:13 pm
The WordPress Security Team is aware of multiple ongoing phishing scams impersonating both the “WordPress team” and the “WordPress Security Team“ in an attempt to convince administrators to install a plugin on their website which contains malware. The WordPress Security[…]
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WordPress 6.3.2 – Maintenance and Security release
Security – WordPress News Oct 12, 2023 | 20:44 pm
This security and maintenance release features 19 bug fixes on Core, 22 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 8 security fixes. WordPress 6.3.2 is a short-cycle release. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release[…]
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WordPress 6.2.2 Security Release
Security – WordPress News May 20, 2023 | 04:09 am
WordPress 6.2.2 is now available!
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