Website Maintenance News
News and insights about the website maintenance industry as well as the web design industry. Website security updates, WordPress updates, webmaster insights for small and medium sized businesses.
WordPress 6.5 – Font Library Coming
A new feature in the upcoming WordPress 6.5 is the ability for people that use the block editor, you'll be able to upload and customize your own fonts. There is still discussion on where to store these fonts. Due to security issues, it can't be stored outside the...
November Security Traffic Report
We run a majority of our hosting clients' DNS services through CloudFlare. This increases security and speed to their websites. The following is a snapshot of traffic reporting from November 8 - December 8, 2021. 6.15 Million encrypted requests, 3.29 Million cached...
GoDaddy Managed WordPress Accounts Breached
A compromised password is the reason for a security breach that recently happened at GoDaddy. Over 1.2 million email addresses and customer numbers were uncovered for active and inactive managed WordPress customers. They've revealed that the hacker gained access on...
November – WordPress Plugin and Core Vulnerability Report
Having vulnerable theme and plugin files running on your WordPress website are the number one reason why websites get hacked. Making sure your WordPress core files as well as the theme and plugin files updated is critical in keeping your website secure and safe from...
WordPress Maintenance Plans
Why is it necessary to maintain WordPress? In order to answer that question, it is important to understand on a base level how WordPress runs. There are three major components that make a WordPress site operational and functional: WordPress core filesTheme...
WordPress Theme and Plugin Vulnerability Report
Making sure WordPress themes and plugins are up to date should be your company's number one priority. Not updating these components makes your site vulnerable to hackers and attacks. No vulnerabilities have been detected (yet) in WordPress core files 5.8, however,...
Magento 2.4.3 Released
Adobe has just released the latest version of Magento: 2.4.3. This release has hundreds of fixes to the core code and 33 security fixes from 2.4.2 well as many new features. Although Magento isn't fully compatible with PHP 8.0...
Do You Need a Webmaster?
Are you hoping to save money on your website by assigning someone in your company to make necessary updates? I have been doing web development and website maintenance for over 20 years now. I've dealt with a lot of different companies, many types of employees and...