An outdated WordPress remote protocol could be slowing down or exposing your website to hackers.

Recently I’ve received a few inquiries regarding slow running WordPress websites. Many things can cause a laggy website and, as a result, they are typically tough to quickly diagnose. The common culprits are bad web hosts, unoptimized images/files on websites, or too many scripts running due to “plugin happy” web designers. The usual suspects didn’t seem to be causing any of the speed issues (at lease no to the degree these sites were experiencing).Continue Reading..

On Tuesday, April 7th, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Public Service Announcement regarding recent attacks on WordPress websites by hackers sympathetic to  the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL) a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS). The individuals carrying out these attacks have targeted websites of all types.Continue Reading..

For anyone running a website, Search Engine Optimization, is a constant priority. For this very reason, many WordPress site owners rely on WordPress SEO by Yoast to help with basic SEO concerns. It currently boasts over a million users and for good reason: It’s incredibly simple to setup and good at what it does.

Ryan Dewhurst, the developer of WPScan, was the first to identify a new security vulnerability for the popular plugin. This new vulnerability has the potential to allow full access to any website running a less than current version of WordPress SEO by Yoast (1.7.4).Continue Reading..