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Slack Snippets zero width space bug

I wrote last week about how to detect and remove zero width space characters () from Sublime Text. Turns out the culprit is a …

Jetpack WordPress plugin vulnerability

Apparently, jetpacks are dangerous for more than the obvious reason. It was announced yesterday that the popular WordPress plugin, Jetpack was discovered to have …

SVG SMIL animations to be deprecated

I was recently got a console warning in Chrome on a client’s website stating that: [text] SVG’s SMIL animations (‘animate’, ‘set’, etc.) are deprecated …

WP Super Cache 1.4.5 Patches XSS Vulnerability

If you use WP Super Cache to speed up your site, update to the latest version as soon as possible to patch critical security …

Brute Force attack report

A Brute Force attack is defined as a trial and error method used to decode encrypted data such as passwords through exhaustive effort (using …

Force WordPress Add Media button to insert protocol relative links

Update: Protocol Relative links are considered an anti-pattern according to Paul Irish. Basically, if an asset is available over https:// then it should be …

Remove “” from being injected into HTML

I ran into an issue developing a recent site of a few zero width space characters () getting injecting into the html output: Apparently …

Remove “” from being injected into HTML

I ran into an issue developing a recent site of a few zero width space characters () getting injecting into the html output: Apparently …

Remove “” from being injected into HTML

I ran into an issue developing a recent site of a few zero width space characters () getting injecting into the html output: Apparently …

Duplicate column name ‘post_date’

We recently had a strange database error on a site that uses Events Calendar Pro. The error logs were chock full of the following …

Members plugin updated

In the course of my WordPress education, no single developer or group has influenced the the way I do things more than Justin Tadlock. …

Royal Slider Security Notice

WP Scan Vulnerability Database has released information about a potential security hole discovered in the popular Royal Slider plugin. The exploit allows a remote …

Prevent Safari from unzipping and deleting zip files

Safari’s default behavior is to unzip downloaded zip files, and also delete them. While this is nice some of the time, it isn’t ideal …

WordPress Admin Menu Flickers and Jumps: The Fix

Some WordPress users have noticed lately that their admin menu bar has been flickering or jumping around when links are hovered. It turns out …

Hardening WordPress

WordPress is a hugely popular content management platform. From its humble blogging beginnings, WordPress has developed into an online powerhouse used by organizations and …