During the last week of March, nearly 30 WordPress core committers, project leaders, and team members gathered to discuss WordPress’ release schedule. According to the meeting notes, the conversation was prompted by organizations reducing their contribution hours to the WordPress project. Ultimately, project leadership decided that WordPress 6.8 will be the only major release of 2025. In this post, we’ll talk about what the implications of this are for your site(s) and how you can stay up to date in this new once-per-year world.
Those who know CSS know that CSS classes are a massive timesaver when styling an entire site. But if you don’t code, you may have never realized how powerful they can be. Today, we change that. In this post, I’ll show you 3 easy ways to add CSS classes to WordPress—even if you’ve never written …
📢 In case you missed it, Wordfence just published its annual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond. Last week, there were disclosed in and that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence …Read More
I’m here to give you a sneak peek at a feature coming soon to Divi 5. With Divi 5’s foundation complete, we’re now focused on aggressive feature development, with new features in the works as part of the Divi 5 feature swap. Every time we finish a feature, we start working on a new one, …
Divi’s design capabilities have evolved with the introduction of Option Group Presets in Divi 5. While Element Presets have long made it easy to save and reuse fully styled elements, the new Option Group Presets add a layer of flexibility by allowing you to reuse design properties like typography, spacing, and effects across various elements. …
On March 13th, 2025, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Administrative User Creation vulnerability in SureTriggers, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by attackers to create malicious administrator users when the plugin is not configured with an API key.
WordPress 6.8 RC 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing over the next week is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive.
Divi empowers you to build the best websites possible, and now, Divi Quick Sites takes website creation to a whole new level. This revolutionary tool lets anyone, regardless of skill level, generate a complete website in under two minutes! Divi Quick Sites provides everything you need to launch your dream website instantly. You can choose …
Read the 2024 WordPress Security Report by Wordfence: Despite another record year for disclosed vulnerabilities in 2025, the rising number doesn’t necessarily translate to increased risk for the vast majority of site owners. This article delves into the specifics of the 2024 vulnerabilities published, demonstrating why the heightened disclosure rate shouldn’t be a cause for alarm in the WordPress community.
Great design tools give you control over every aspect of your website. Whether it’s nailing the perfect padding or ensuring text scales flawlessly across devices, every detail matters. Divi has been a trusty companion for designers for years, offering a solid foundation for building professional websites. Divi 5 takes it further, introducing a feature called …
Your WordPress site isn’t complete without forms. They’re essential for real interaction. Whether you need to collect visitor messages, accept payments, generate leads, or grow your email list, the right form plugin makes it all possible. But with so many options available, how do you choose the best one? In this post, we’ll discuss the …
The rapid advancement of AI has transformed numerous industries, and web development is no exception. WordPress AI code generators are among the most impactful innovations, changing how WordPress websites are built. These tools enable users with any skill level to create more efficient, professional websites. Automating repetitive tasks and producing custom code from single prompts …
On Tuesday, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg sent ripples throughout the WordPress community with a blog post announcing the layoff of 281 employees – representing 16% of Automattic’s workforce.
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I’m excited to introduce Design Variables for Divi 5, a new feature that will significantly improve Divi’s design workflow and give Divi users a serious leg up over other builders. You can define variables for anything, such as colors, fonts, numbers, images, and text, and plug them into Divi elements and presets. When you update …
On March 5th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Uncanny Automator, a WordPress plugin with more than 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to grant themselves administrative privileges by updating the user role.
We just released WPML 4.7.3 with a security patch. The identified issue poses a low risk for most websites, but we strongly recommend upgrading your sites. For security reasons, we can’t share the details of this fix, but it addresses a vulnerability that could expose sensitive information via shortcode injection. How to Update We released …
📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the rest. Last …Read More
If you’re using a default WordPress theme, your website likely looks like many others. These built-in templates follow a one-size-fits-all approach, which limits your control over design and makes it hard to create something unique. That’s why creating a custom WordPress page template is key to building a site that truly reflects your brand. Want …
The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.8 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase …
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Back in 2018 I spent some time in the city of Mitaka – which happens to be where the Ghibli Museum is located. I walked by it several times a week and have fond memories from there. When the internet became flooded with Ghibli style art last week after OpenAI released their newest AI image generator, my reaction was probably more visceral than most people’s. After spending some time Ghibli-ficating myself, reading others’ opinions, and having a few days to reflect on it all, here are my thoughts.
On March 5th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload and an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in WP Ultimate CSV Importer, a WordPress plugin with more than 20,000 active installations. The arbitrary file upload vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files to a vulnerable site and achieve remote code execution, which is typically leveraged for a complete site takeover. The arbitrary file deletion vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php file, which can also make a site takeover possible.
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Divi empowers you to build the best websites possible, and now, Divi Quick Sites takes website creation to a whole new level. This revolutionary tool lets anyone, regardless of skill level, generate a complete website in under two minutes! Divi Quick Sites provides everything you need to launch your dream website instantly. You can choose …
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