WordSesh is an excellent forum to learn, engage, and come together to talk WordPress. Moreover, it is the perfect event for folks who haven’t had the opportunity to attend a WordCamp due to geographic or financial barriers. It’s also a great place to get acquainted with WordPress and the community. WordPress developer David Bisset, who presented a talk on WordCamps, felt that the experience was even more low key and personable than attending a conference. “I think there’s a...
On August 18th, WordPress Version 4.3, named for jazz musician Billie Holiday, was released to the public. It comes with a bunch of all new, supercharged features. So let’s take a look! New Customizer Features & Options I’m sure you all know and love the live wordpress themes customizer that WordPress introduced way back in version 3.4 – well, it just got better. There are new features as well as some old options that have all been relocated to the easy...
On August 4, WordPress 4.2.4 was released to the public. This is a security update for all previous WordPress versions.This security release addresses six vulnerabilities and four bugs. Summary According to the release notes, WordPress 4.2.4 patches three cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws and a SQL injection vulnerability that can be exploited to compromise websites. The latest version also protects users against a potential timing side-channel attack, and prevents attackers from locking posts from being edited. Marc-Alexandre Montpas of...
