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WordPress Plugin Developers Still Have to Wait Nearly Two Months for Review When Submitting New Plugin

In September, the WP Tavern covered a backlog for those submitting new WordPress plugins to the WordPress Plugin Directory this way: WordPress’ Plugin Review Team continues to dig out from under a massive backlog that has grown to 1,260 plugins Continue reading WordPress Plugin Developers Still Have to Wait Nearly Two Months for Review When Submitting New Plugin

Wordfence Premium Adding Firewall Rules for Vulnerabilities in Under 10 Plugins a Month

It’s common for critics of the Wordfence Security plugin to claim it isn’t useful unless you are using the companion Wordfence Premium service because new rules for the firewall are only provided to paying customers for the first 30 days Continue reading Wordfence Premium Adding Firewall Rules for Vulnerabilities in Under 10 Plugins a Month

Five WordPress Security Plugins Prevented Exploitation of Serious Vulnerability in Another Security Plugin

One of the things that should have long ago raised a lot of alarm about the state of the WordPress security industry is how often security plugins are found to contain vulnerabilities. Instead, it has been treated as evidence that Continue reading Five WordPress Security Plugins Prevented Exploitation of Serious Vulnerability in Another Security Plugin

WordPress Stops Disclosing if Plugin Directory Team Works for Automattic After at Least Two Employees Secretly Joined Team

In October 2022, after a very questionable action taken by the team running the WordPress’ Plugin Directory that was alleged by some to have been done to the benefit of the for-profit company from head of WordPress, we noted that Continue reading WordPress Stops Disclosing if Plugin Directory Team Works for Automattic After at Least Two Employees Secretly Joined Team

Gutenberg vs Page Builders: Make the Right Choice For Your Next Website

We may already know, 43.1% of all websites use WordPress. While for the content management system (CMS), this number goes up to 62.9% in 2023 [source: W3techs]. When it comes to publishing content on WordPress, two prominent options are dominating Continue reading Gutenberg vs Page Builders: Make the Right Choice For Your Next Website