Before you start your well-deserved holidays, we have some WordPress news for you. Following its presence at WCUS, Google has announced its intention to cooperate more closely with WordPress in the future. And security provider Wordfence has recorded a record high of brute force attacks on WP sites. We also have our first e-book with helpful tools to help you manage your WP WordPress projects even more effectively in 2018.
E-book: Manage your WP WordPress projects even more effectively with these tools
Just in time for Christmas, we have published our first e-book for WordPress agencies. But as a freelancer and web designer, you can also pick up some valuable tips and tools from the e-book. For example, we show you how to organize yourself better, which sources of information will really help your business and how to manage multiple WordPress projects more effectively. Simply download the e-book for free and see for yourself!
WordPress
Pippin's Plugin Tutorials now available for free
Pippin's Plugins has been offering advanced plugin tutorials and code reviews to premium members for six years. Now, founder Pippin Williamson has ended his membership concept and made his WordPress plugin tutorials available to everyone. Williamson cites the lack of time to regularly create new content as the reason for this decision.
Google wants to strengthen collaboration with WordPress
Google had a stand at WordCamp US and talked to visitors about performance and the XWP project "Tide", which is supported by Google. Google Developer Advocate Alberto Medina explains why the missions of Google and WordPress go well together and which joint WordPress projects are planned for the near future.
Business
GDPR and ePrivacy Regulation easily explained
Are you not yet fully aware of what you need to consider in the areas of online marketing, tracking and cookies when the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy Regulation come into force in May 2018? No problem, because lawyer Dr. Thomas Schwenke explains very clearly what the GDPR will really change and how you can prepare for it.
Security
Another security vulnerability after plugin change of ownership
The "Captcha" plugin, which had 300,000 active installations, was removed from the official WordPress plugin directory due to a backdoor. Our colleagues at Wordfence have investigated the matter further, as there has been a change of ownership. As with the spam from the Display Widgets plugin, the trail of the new owner leads to Mason Soiza, among others. With this in mind, our colleagues at Wordfence recommend uninstalling the plugin immediately.
The most aggressive brute force attack on WordPress
The security provider Wordfence reports a sudden record high of brute force attacks on WordPress sites. Up to 14.1 million attacks on some 190,000 WP sites per hour were measured. In their blog post, the colleagues from Wordfence explain what the possible cause is and how you can protect yourself against brute force attacks.
