WordPress News and Updates from iThemes

Cyberattacks are increasing globally and targeting small to mid-sized businesses. Learn how to protect your business and WordPress website.

On May 20, 2023, WordPress 6.2.2 was released to address a regression — a bug introduced in 6.2.1 that broke shortcode functionality — as well as a security issue. Because 6.2.2 is a security release, you should update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.9 have also been updated. The next major version of […]

On May 20, 2023, WordPress 6.2.2 was released to address a regression — a bug introduced in 6.2.1 that broke shortcode functionality — as well as a security issue. Because 6.2.2 is a security release, you should update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.9 have also been updated. The next major version of […]

May 27, 2023 marks a major milestone in digital publishing history: the 20th anniversary of the first official public release of WordPress.

This week, WordPress 6.2.1 was released with bug fixes, including 5 security issues. In the plugin and theme ecosystem, 146 total vulnerabilities emerged.

This week, 66 vulnerabilities may affect over 5.8 million WordPress sites. There are 42 plugin vulnerabilities and five in themes that have security patches available, so run those updates! Additionally, there are 18 plugin vulnerabilities and one theme with no patch available yet. If you are using any unpatched plugins or themes, check their vendors’ […]

AI writing tools can help you effectively generate valuable and engaging content for humans. In this article, you’ll learn what works well, what doesn’t, and the habits of mind you need to adopt to make the best use of an AI content marketing assistant.

Yesterday, Google announced “the beginning of the end of the password.” By this time next year, you may not be using passwords anymore.

With the release of iThemes Security Pro 7.3.4, you will be able to specify whether browsers should require additional verification when a passkey is used to log into WordPress or defer to the browser’s own preferred behavior.