ZDNet

WordPress to add auto-update feature for themes and plugins

The WordPress developer team is working on adding an auto-update mechanism to themes and plugins, a common source of website hacks, primarily because site owners usually install themes and plugins, ...
Searchenginejournal.com

WordPress 5.6 and PHP 8 Compatibility

WordPress is updating soon to version 5.6 which aims to be compatible with PHP 8. However, WordPress cautioned that it should be considered “beta-compatible” and explained why upgrading to PHP 8 ...
Bleeping Computer

WordPress Update Process Puts a Quarter of All Sites on the Internet at Risk

Scott Arciszewski, Chief Development Officer at Paragon Initiative Enterprises, is warning about a series of security issues that affect the update mechanism used by the WordPress CMS. The developer ...
ZDNet

WordPress's broken automatic update function

Twenty-nine percent of all websites use WordPress. With 60 percent of the content management system (CMS) market, WordPress outdistances all other CMSs, So, when there's trouble with WordPress ...