In this report, 106 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 65 of these plugins and themes are now available. Please run these updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool… Continue Reading →
Each WordPress release celebrates an artist who has made an indelible mark on the world of music. WordPress 6.9, code-named “Gene,” honors the American Jazz pianist Gene Harris. A piano veteran, self taught at the age of six, Harris infused… Continue Reading →
On November 18th, 2025, we received a submission for an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged to execute code remotely. Props to… Continue Reading →
On July 24th, 2025, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in King Addons for Elementor, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to grant themselves administrative… Continue Reading →
PHP 8.5 has now been officially released, and developers naturally want to know what kind of performance improvements they can expect across popular CMSs and frameworks. To find out, we benchmarked 12 widely used CMSs and frameworks, including WordPress, WooCommerce,… Continue Reading →
A full-service agency that manages multiple client websites doesn’t need slow workflows. However, typical single-environment hosting creates constant bottlenecks, forcing risky live edits, delayed approvals, and sleepless nights before launches. Kinsta’s multi-environment setup changes that by providing you with tools… Continue Reading →
The forth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead,… Continue Reading →
Kinsta is heading to Dallas, Texas, this December! As a sponsor of Digital Summit Dallas 2025, we’re excited to join marketers, creators, and digital leaders from the Dallas area and beyond on December 3-4 at the Irving Convention Center. With… Continue Reading →
This update informs you about: new design and a better search option wpaccessibility.org; contributors feedback on WordCamp Netherlands; new and updated documentation; accessibility audit on the website. New design and a better search option wpaccessibility.org Jeffrey Lauwers from Vals Plat… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.9 now includes a built-in feature to hide blocks, making it easy to tuck content away without deleting it. You can now hide blocks: select a block, click the ellipsis, and choose “Hide”. Hidden blocks are visually removed from… Continue Reading →
The Black Friday sale is live, and thousands of designers and site owners have already locked in their savings. Last year, Divi 5 was released in Public Alpha, but to many, it felt like a still distant reality. Today, the… Continue Reading →
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WordPress 6.9 is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to use some of the many fantastic new features that will be included in the latest release of the world’s most popular CMS. At a glance, the main improved… Continue Reading →
The Divi Black Friday Sale is our biggest and most anticipated event of the year — and it’s officially live. This is your once-a-year chance to unlock massive savings on your Divi membership and repack your subscriptions for long-term value…. Continue Reading →
Making text look good on every screen isn’t as simple as it sounds. For a long time, web designers used media query breakpoints to resize fonts, but this approach quickly becomes messy as more devices and screen sizes emerge. Starting… Continue Reading →
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This post summarizes key discussions from the Core Committer meeting held on November 25, 2025 with project leadership. As with previous check-ins, the goal is to align on key initiatives, gather feedback, and clarify next steps for the WordPress project…. Continue Reading →
Last week, there were 140 vulnerabilities disclosed in 129 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress Theme that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 58 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →
In this report, 164 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 89 of these plugins and themes are now available. Please run these updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool… Continue Reading →
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Each and every WordPress release day is an acknowledgment of the collective efforts from every single contributor in the community that helped to make that release possible. The State of the Word has historically also been festive in nature, calling… Continue Reading →
We’re excited to share that Kinsta is sponsoring WordCamp Brazil 2025, one of our last WordCamp appearances of 2025, and there’s no better place to wrap this eventful year than Rio de Janeiro. Before the festive season kicks in, join… Continue Reading →
The third Release Candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead,… Continue Reading →
This guide outlines major developer features and breaking changes in 6.9 and is published in the Release Candidate phase to help inform WordPress extending developers, Core developers, and others. There are more than 400 Core Trac tickets included in WordPress… Continue Reading →
Block Variations: Have getActiveBlockVariation fall back to default variationCore-data: Media Entity DeprecationWhat is being deprecated?Why is this being deprecated?How to update your code to use the attachment entityReplacing API callsChanges to the caption property when using the getEditedEntityRecord selectorBlock Editor: Support passing updater function to setAttributesSelectControl: Moved class… Continue Reading →
If you want to offer web hosting but don’t want to manage your own server infrastructure, white-label web hosting could be the solution. In this post, you’ll learn what white-label hosting is and some of the benefits that it can… Continue Reading →
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With the Loop Builder feature in Divi 5, you can easily create a responsive grid using the free version of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). In this post, we’ll demonstrate how to configure ACF, set up CSS Grid, and use the… Continue Reading →
The post 7 WordPress Black Friday / Cyber Monday Deals for 2025 is written by Devesh Sharma and appeared first on WPKube. It’s that time of year again when people start revving up their shopping lists, hunting down the best… Continue Reading →
As a website grows, small styling differences, such as a border radius on a button or spacing in a heading, begin to appear across pages. Fixing them means repeating the same changes over and over. We introduced Presets a while… Continue Reading →
