The Revolution Slider Plugin has been identified as the possible cause for Panama Papers leak, one of the biggest data leaks to date, involving over 100 news publications and 2.6 terabytes of information, Wordfence reported yesterday. According to Wordfence, the Mossack Fonseca (MF) website is currently running a vulnerable version of the revslider plugin which grants a remote attacker a shell on the web server, but “have now put their site behind a firewall which would protect against this vulnerability being exploited.” All versions of the plugin from 2.1.7 to 3.0.95 are vulnerable to the attack. Wordfence theorized that MF […]

The Panama Papers leak is one of the biggest data leaks to date, involving over 100 news publications and 2.6 terabytes of information. Forbes discovered the Panamanian law firm that was hacked was using a site run on a three-month-old version of WordPress. Forbes also noted that the portal customers use to access their data was allegedly running a three-year-old version of Drupal, and the site contained at least 25 vulnerabilities. WP Tavern, however, noted that Forbes’ findings aren’t exactly correct.  According to the article, “While looking at the site today, I found that the firm’s WordPress-powered site is currently […]

WordCamp developed a new page that makes the status of each new WordCamp public. Called the WordCamp Application Status page, it lists the conference’s name, location, most recent milestone, status, and last update. It even highlights the applicant’s name so it’s easier to get in touch. Thinking about creating a new WordCamp? Check the list first and get involved if one has already been planned. Everything is done through WordCamp Central. You can log in, choose the WordCamp you want to update and change the status to everything from “Needs More Info” to “Scheduled.” When a WordCamp is first added, […]

Last month, we pit 64 of the most popular WordPress plugins in the repository against each other in a bracket-style competition. This week, Advanced Custom Fields and WooCommerce go head to head in the championship round of Plugin Madness! Go to pluginmadness.com to vote now. The tournament champion will be announced next Tuesday, April 12. You can check Torque this week for competition updates, giveaways, and more. When you vote, remember to tell the world using the hashtag #pluginmadness for a chance to win Torque swag that will keep you looking great!

Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at editor@torquemag.io. Plugin Madness: The Semi-Finalists Speak: Tonight is the last night to vote for Plugin Madness Semi-Finals. Read about each of the four remaining plugins here. WordPress Sites Get Hacked, Here Is How To Prevent It: It’s a sad truth, but WordPress sites can get hacked. These are great tips for protecting yourself and your clients. Inline Link Toolbar Added To 4.5: This new update will change how you search for links and find similar posts. REST API Four […]

This morning, the REST API 2.0 beta 13 was announced. It can be downloaded now from the plugin repository, or GitHub. Some of the biggest changes include that the Content-Disposition header parsing is fixed, and you can use compact links for embedded responses. The full list of changes can be found here. At the bottom of the post, the REST API team wrote a letter addressing the future of the REST API, which has been uncertain since the announcement that the REST API will not be merged with 4.5. The letter begins by saying 2.0 will be released in the […]

Human Made, the company behind A Day of REST, the first ever REST API conference, today announced A Week of REST, a residential developer bootcamp dedicated to the WordPress REST API. This four-day event will be focused entirely on learning how to build REST API-driven sites and applications. Geared towards WordPress developers, “this advanced bootcamp will teach you how to leverage the API, create your own API with custom endpoints, and display WordPress data in a frontend JavaScript application.” The inspiration for a longer, more in-depth REST API-focused event came from the feedback received from A Day of REST. “After a successful first conference dedicated […]

Jeff Chandler has been writing about software for eight years and is the founder of the popular WordPress publication, WP Tavern. This week he has taken over the ManageWP AMA. People came in with a lot of good questions regarding dealing with negativity online, Back to the Future, and the future of WP Tavern. Here are five takeaways. Chandler Wants To Grow WP Tavern’s Community. Yes, Tavern is read and commented on by many each week, but that’s not enough for Chandler. He would like to turn it into the second largest community outside of WordPress.org. “It would be awesome […]

In WordPress 4.5, you will be able to link text with an inline toolbar. Because this will replace the link modal, you can access it through the gear icon in the toolbar. It will now look like this: Along with the links, there are new text options: “We also added some more text patterns, or shortcuts if you like: `text` will change to<code>text</code> and — (or more dashes) will change to <hr> while typing,” the annoucement said. The team considered adding patterns for bold and italic, but there wasn’t a consensus. The news comes after the announcement of the release candidate for 4.5 last week. […]

Last April, the Internet community prepared for Google’s Mobilegeddon, an algorithm created to target mobile searches. Starting this May, the search engine is rolling out an update to mobile search results. According to Google’s announcement, “[The update] increases the effect of the ranking signal to help our users find even more pages that are relevant and mobile-friendly.” What does this mean for WordPress? If your site is already mobile-friendly, you are in luck. It will be easier to find and access your website. If you don’t think you are already mobile-friendly, now is the time to make any necessary changes. There […]