Headless WordPress separates the content management system part of WordPress from the frontend presentation layer. Decoupling the front and back ends of your site allows you to leverage the power of WordPress as a content hub, while enjoying the flexibility Continue reading Where to Start With Headless WordPress
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we look at the latest and greatest features in WordPress 6.5, how DE{CODE} 2024 surpassed previous attendance records, how ACF made documentation easier to find and more targeted, and much more. WordPress 6.5 Continue reading Delicious Brain Bytes: WordPress 6.5 New Features, DE{CODE} 2024 Recap, and the Fun Way to Learn Git
Workflow is crucial to the success of your projects, and high-quality tools that are specifically designed for WordPress development significantly improve your efficiency and productivity. In this article, we’ll explore how builder and developer tools from WP Engine can work Continue reading Mastering Modern Site Creation With the Best Workflows in WordPress
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we open the doors on DE{CODE} 2024, look into the “sustainability crisis” in open source, and much more. Registration Open for DE{CODE} 2024 Registrations are now open for DE{CODE} 2024, the virtual WordPress Continue reading Delicious Brain Bytes: DE{CODE} Registration Open, Plugin Madness, and Running Doom on Bacteria
Do you know there are plenty of local SEO tactics you can use beyond your Google Business Profile? Google just announced that they are shutting down all Google Business sites (formally, Google My Business sites). Even though they are not Continue reading 6+ Best Local SEO Tactics Beyond Google Business Profiles
Our customers provide us with the ability to help make WordPress plugins more secure. Mostly, with plugins they use, but to a lesser extent other plugins. That work often goes unmentioned. So we are highlighting that to help to better Continue reading How Our Customers Helped Make WordPress Plugins More Secure, Week of February 23
Improving the Core Web Vitals for your WordPress site is one of the best ways to boost its rank in Google. Serving “next-gen images” is one of the more frequent recommendations for getting those scores up, as fast loading images Continue reading How to Use Next-Gen Images With WordPress
We were recently contacted by Wordfence and Patchstack regarding PHP Object Injection vulnerabilities related to the use of unserialize() in Better Search Replace and WP Migrate, respectively. An additional internal review of all Delicious Brains plugins led to the security Continue reading Security Releases Regarding the Use of unserialize() in Delicious Brains Plugins
AUSTIN, Texas—Feb. 1, 2024—WP Engine today announced the winners of its inaugural Agency Partner Awards, which honor the most innovative and best-in-class WordPress websites designed and built by members of the company’s global Agency Partner Program. With eight categories recognizing Continue reading WP Engine Celebrates WordPress Excellence With Launch of Annual Agency Partner Awards
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we dip into the latest from the WordPress Developer Blog, play around with making sure WordPress stays free, see how text compression saves data, and much more. WordPress Developer Blog Looks Back on Continue reading Delicious Brain Bytes: WordPress Accessibility Day, Dodge – A WordPress Game, and Improving WordPress Search
HTMX is a JavaScript library that enables developers to perform AJAX requests, trigger CSS animations, and invoke WebSocket and server-side events directly from HTML elements. It is designed to remove a lot of the developer-managed JavaScript from the frontend by Continue reading Creating UI Elements With HTMX
On December 11, 2023, we added an Unauthenticated Stored XSS vulnerability in the Popup Builder WordPress plugin to our Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database. This vulnerability, which was originally reported by WPScan, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript that Continue reading Website Takeover Campaign Takes Advantage of Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Popup Builder Plugin
Conferences offer a blend of targeted education and networking opportunities, a combination that can advance your skills and career. They can be expensive to attend, though. Between the ticket prices, travel, and time away from work, it’s important to make Continue reading Online Conferences for WordPress Devs in 2024
The 20th anniversary year of WordPress is drawing to a close. It’s tempting to take a look back as we enter the last weeks of 2023, but we thought it might be more helpful to take a look around instead. Continue reading WordPress Developer Trends to Watch in 2024
Recently, a fairly serious vulnerability was fixed in the WordPress plugin 10Web Booster, which WPScan is claiming was discovered by Krzysztof Zając. That vulnerability allowed anyone to delete arbitrary WordPress options (settings). The vulnerability could have been most easily used Continue reading PHPCS Isn’t The Security Solution It Is Sometimes Made Out to Be
Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. Through December 20th 2023, all researchers will earn 6.25x our normal bounty rates when Wordfence handles responsible disclosure for our Holiday Bug Extravaganza! The researcher who reported this vulnerability was awarded $2,751.00! Register Continue reading Critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Found in Backup Migration Plugin
PHP is one of the most-used server-side programming languages, powering about 76% of active websites. Every year, we release our in-depth performance benchmarks for various PHP frameworks to see how different PHP versions stack up against each other. In December Continue reading PHP Benchmarks: Real-World Speed Tests for Versions 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we dive into changes with PHP_CodeSniffer, report on the WP Awards 2023, dive into HTML hacks that helped build the modern web, and much more State of the Word This year’s State of Continue reading Delicious Brain Bytes: PHP_CodeSniffer Needs Support, the WP Awards 2023, and HTML Hacks
As we slide into the tail end of our first full year at WP Engine, it’s pretty awesome to look back and celebrate all the big releases! From custom post types and taxonomies in ACF to full-site export/imports between WP Continue reading Delicious Brains, Advanced Custom Fields, and WP Engine Cyber Savings
Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. Over the next 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus. View the announcement to learn more now! Last week, there were 79 vulnerabilities disclosed in 64 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes Continue reading Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 30, 2023 to November 5, 2023)