When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website, they have long been greeted by a default, introductory post simply titled "Hello world!" But, now it's time for WordPress to say a farewell.

Why? Because it will take WordPress into new directions entirely. WordPress has unveiled its latest iteration, version 4.4. It's called Clifford, after the jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, and comes ...

I first encountered the WordPress Transients API a couple of years back. I was reviewing the database tables on one of my blogs, and found that my wp_options table was full of hundreds of entries from ...

The recently patched REST API Endpoint vulnerability in WordPress could be leveraged to pull off stored cross-site scripting attacks. The recently patched WordPress REST API Endpoint vulnerability is ...

The runaway popularity of WordPress and the open source nature of the WordPress ecosystem has made it an intense target of hackers. Security has long been a major issue with WordPress. That may have ...

Attackers have found a way to escalate the benign WordPress REST API flaw and use it to gain full access to a victim's server by installing a hidden backdoor. On January 26, the WordPress team ...

Jetpack, a WordPress plug-in for boosting website security and speed has issued a critical update following a routine audit that turned up a security vulnerability in its API. Jetpack issued an ...