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WordPress is scaling up security as AI gives hackers increasingly powerful tools for exploiting new vulnerabilities.

WordPress launches AI security initiative to counter rising cyber threats

WordPress announces a new ‘Core Security Initiative’ leveraging AI to proactively identify and address vulnerabilities,...

Joyce de Castro

September 1, 2026

$Rank Math paused its controversial Support Agent after users discovered it secretly generated site credentials. Says it will return.$

Rank Math suspends AI support agent over user consent issues

Rank Math temporarily paused its AI Support Agent due to consent issues but plans to reintroduce it with clearer permiss...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

September 1, 2026

$Rank Math is accused of secretly giving itself WordPress administrator access and deleting complaints about it.$

Rank Math plugin accused of secretly granting admin access

Rank Math WordPress plugin faces allegations of secretly creating administrator-level application passwords for its comp...

Joyce de Castro

August 30, 2026

Cloudflare's EmDash CMS, the spiritual successor to WordPress, is set for version 1.0 after successful deployment to their high traffic blog.

Cloudflare releases EmDash 1.0, challenging WordPress with serverless CMS

Cloudflare is launching EmDash Version 1.0, its secure, serverless CMS, after successful internal migration, aiming to b...

Palumbo Angela

August 25, 2026

Insecure Access Management Exposes SEO Projects to Data Breaches

Insecure Access Management Exposes SEO Projects to Data Breaches

Insecure access management is the weakest link in SEO projects, exposing client data. Password managers can protect sens...

Joyce de Castro

August 11, 2026

WPForms Lite Plugin Accused of Installing ‘Backdoor’ During Setup

WPForms Lite Plugin Accused of Installing ‘Backdoor’ During Setup

WPForms Lite faces accusations of installing a ‘backdoor’ during setup, granting Awesome Motive administrative access. A...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

August 11, 2026

WordPress security update fixes 12 vulnerabilities. Security researcher says: "nastiest one is a login screen XSS."

WordPress Updates to Fix High-Severity XSS Flaw, 11 Other Vulnerabilities

WordPress releases security update 7.0.3, patching 12 vulnerabilities including a high-severity pre-auth XSS flaw with p...

Joyce de Castro

August 7, 2026

A WordPress 7.1 accessibility improvement could impact some plugins that make changes in the admin screens.

WordPress 7.1 Update Enhances Accessibility, May Affect Plugins

WordPress 7.1, releasing August 19, improves accessibility but alters admin HTML, potentially breaking plugins. Check co...

Palumbo Angela

August 6, 2026