PHP 8: What WordPress Users Need to Know
PHP 8.0 is set to be released on November 26, 2020. As the programming language powering WordPress sites, PHP’s latest version offers new features that developers will find useful and improvements that promise to greatly enhance security and performance in the long...Episode 96: Hosting Provider Failures and Incident Response Preparedness
Two hosting providers experienced outages this week. GoDaddy had a brief outage affecting numerous systems on Tuesday, November 17. Managed.com had an extensive outage due to ransomware that affected all systems. We discuss what types of incident response preparations...Wordfence Site Cleaning Guarantee Extended to 1 Year
Today, we’re pleased to announce that all customers of Wordfence site cleaning services receive an annual clean site guarantee. If your site is compromised again after our team has cleaned and secured your WordPress site, we’ll clean it again for free. Additionally,...Keeping Plugins Updated Is Important, a Managed WordPress Host Can Help
A recent zero-day vulnerability that affected hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites offers some insight into why a growing number of businesses are looking to managed WordPress hosting from companies like WP Engine for more than just fast-loading, highly-available...
PrestaShop SuperAdmin Injector and Login Stealer
According to W3Tech’s data, PrestaShop is among the most popular CMS choices for existing ecommerce websites, so it should come as no surprise that malware has been created to specifically target these environments. We recently came across an infected PrestaShop...
iThemes Security Pro Feature Spotlight – Website Security Grade Report
In the Feature Spotlight posts, we will highlight a feature in the iThemes Security Pro plugin and share a bit about why we developed the feature, who the feature is for, and how to use the feature. Today we are going to cover the WordPress Security Grade Report, a...