We use a number of WordPress plugins on GeekWire. One of the most useful ones we’ve found is Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), which enables easy input and output of custom fields. We use custom fields ...

Security researchers warn that the 'Advanced Custom Fields' and 'Advanced Custom Fields Pro' WordPress plugins, with millions of installs, are vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks (XSS). The two ...

The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plug-in developed by WP Engine. Specifically, ...

Used in more than 4 Million sites globally, the collection of builder plugins expands WP Engine’s market-leading portfolio of essential developer tools and investment in the WordPress ecosystem.

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg calls it “a rare and unusual situation” resulting from WP Engine’s legal moves. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg calls it “a rare and unusual situation” ...

Hackers are actively exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability in the WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin roughly 24 hours after a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was made public. The vulnerability ...

Missing authorization vulnerability …allows a remote authenticated attacker to view the information on the database without the access permission. This kind of vulnerability allows an attacker to ...

Input boxes are HTML elements that allow your customers to input text into a form on your website. They can be used for a variety of purposes – quantity numbers on sales pages, customer feedback forms ...

A flaw in two WordPress custom plug-ins leaves users vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), according to a recent report. The flaw, called CVE-2023-30777 was discovered on May 2 and was ...