When we talk about WordPress websites, we often talk about development. But security is just as crucial. After numerous requests, we’ve decided to revive our previous security newsletter, taking it one step further. We’re excited to announce the launch of Patchstack WordPress Security Weekly. In Patchstack’s WordPress Security Weekly, you will learn: And more! Crash […]
This article explains what an open-source fork is and how to ensure the security of forked open-source projects. Forking a project allows anyone to take ownership of an open-source project and lead it in a new direction, but there is far more to forking a project beyond declaring a project has been forked. Open source […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 66! This update is for week 15 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share is about a rare but serious security bug that can be found in any PHP application. Luckily it is easy to avoid and WordPress has a built-in function that developers can utilize to help […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 65! This update is for week 14 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share is all about how a serious security risk closed source software faces, that open source embraces and turns into one of its strengths. I will then cover another serious security bug that was patched, […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 64! This update is for week 13 of 2023. This week’s news is about understanding security bug severity, and how not all security bugs are equal. Some can wait for a patch, but others may need immediate attention. You can save yourself a lot of headaches when […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 63! This update is for week 12 of 2023 and talks about how to spot abandoned plugins in your WordPress site. This week’s news is about how to spot a silent threat that may be hiding in your WordPress plugins administration page! Stay tuned and learn how […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 62! This update is for week 11 of 2023. In this week’s knowledge share, I will be sharing a review of Patchstack’s annual ‘State of WordPress Security’ report. This report was just released and is jam-packed with useful insights from the front lines of WordPress security. I […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 61. This is update is for week 9 of 2023. In last week’s knowledge share, I talked about static sites, I mentioned headless CMS being different and a topic for another week. Well, that week has come, and this week’s knowledge share is an introduction to headless […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 60! This update is for week 8 of 2023. This week’s news is about static sites and security. Did you know with the right plugin WordPress can be used to generate HTML? If you have a non-interactive website, you could benefit from using static sites to practically […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 59! This update is for week 7 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share will be about virtual patching. I will explain how it works, why vPatching through Patchstack is different, and how it can save you from a lot of stress and anxiety when it comes to […]