Last week, Google announced that HTTP pages will be marked as "not secure" from October. In addition, ransomware is wreaking havoc on WordPress sites. And we have a new feature that will save you time and hassle, especially when managing multiple sites.
SSO: Login with just one click
This week's news starts with a note on our own behalf. Since we had the idea for Raidboxes three years ago, it was clear that our hosting should make the administration and handling of WordPress faster, easier and more time-saving.
After features such as staging and our integrated backup system, the WordPress Single Sign On (SSO) is now a new important building block to make your day-to-day work with WordPress even less stressful. Especially if you manage a lot of sites, the WordPress SSO will save you time and stress. And this is how it works ...
Performance News
Why you should never do without a featured image
According to WPMU DEV, a WordPress post without a featured image (or post thumbnail) is like a store counter where no one is standing to greet potential customers. So if you understand that images play a hugely important role in the user experience as representatives of the content, you have a clear advantage.
Make your WP site faster with these 13 tips
Finn Hillebrandt has compiled a list of 13 measures to optimize the loading time of your WordPress site. There are helpful tips for both WP beginners and advanced users.
Security News
Increasing threat to WordPress sites from ransomware
The security provider Wordfence is currently warning of increasing ransomware attacks on WordPress sites. Attackers encrypt all your data and demand a ransom payment to decrypt it. Outdated WordPress installations, plugins and themes in particular make it possible for attackers to place such malicious code. An automated WordPress backup system is extremely important for precisely these situations.
From October, HTTP pages in Chrome will be marked as "NOT SECURE"
Operators of HTTP pages have received a message from Google that their pages will be marked as "NOT SECURE" with the update to Chrome 62 at the beginning of October. The warning is particularly triggered on HTTP pages that contain fields for passwords, credit card information or other sensitive data.
WordPress News
Facebook does not change license for React
For weeks, many members of the open source community hoped for a change to the "BSD+Patents License" for React after the Apache Software Foundation banned it. As React has been discussed as a promising candidate for the new JavaScript framework for WP core (and WordPress projects such as Gutenberg are based on it), this decision could have a massive impact on WordPress.
Why Gutenberg is a revolution for WordPress
Initially, Morten Rand-Hendriksen - like many other WP users - was rather skeptical about the Gutenberg Editor. Today, his realization is: "This is a revolution. This is a watershed moment for WordPress. This is entirely new and fundamentally different from how WordPress works and how we work with it today. I connot overstate it enough when I say this changes everything".
