Month: October 2021

WordCamp US Seeks New Host City for 2022

The search for a host city for WordCamp US 2022 is now underway with what WordPress community organizer Angela Jin calls “big changes” to the selection process. Unlike previous years where WordPress communities applied after researching venues and demonstrating activity and interest, community leadership plans to conduct its own city search. “We all felt that…

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Torque’s Social Hour: Contribute2WP with Courtney Robertson

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life. This week’s show will focus on WP Engine’s Atlas product. In this week’s stream we’ll talk with Courtney Robertson, a Web Designer & Developer Advocate at GoDaddy Pro and a Make WordPress Training Team Co-Rep. We’ll focus on how new WordPress…

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OptinMonster 2.6.5 Patches Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

In late September, Chloe Chamberland, a researcher at Wordfence, discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in the OptinMonster plugin, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to export sensitive information and inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable sites. The OptinMonster team promptly patched the plugin and updated the plugin again after more feedback from the Wordfence team. Version 2.6.5 was…

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