More than 30 WordPress plugins were shut down after a supply-chain backdoor compromised thousands of sites through the ...

A malicious actor found a struggling WordPress plugin company, bought it, and introduced malware to each product.

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress that allows uploading ...

Dozens of WordPress plugins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner.

A high-severity vulnerability was discovered and patched in the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup plugin, which has over five million installations. The vulnerability requires no user authentication, ...

An attacker purchased 30+ WordPress plugins on Flippa, planted backdoors that lay dormant for eight months, then activated ...

More than 30 WordPress plugins in the EssentialPlugin package have been compromised with malicious code that allows ...

A popular brand of WordPress plugins was recently weaponized to download and spread malicious code. The new, potentially ...

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WordPress plugins are helpful. But they can also slow a site down, invite hackers and even cause a Google penalty. These are my top five considerations when choosing a WordPress plugin. The plugin is ...

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