Year: 2016

  • Linode Confirms Data Security Breach That Matches Recent WP Engine Attack

    Linode Confirms Data Security Breach That Matches Recent WP Engine Attack

    Cloud hosting provider Linode has been combatting DDoS attacks since Christmas Day, which have caused multiple disruptions and service outages across its global data centers. The attacks are ongoing and the company is struggling to keep its status blog up to notify customers. In addition to the DDoS attacks, Linode has also confirmed a data…

  • WordPress.org Added 910 New Themes in 2015

    WordPress.org Added 910 New Themes in 2015

    The WordPress.org Theme Review Team has just wrapped up a busy year of adding new themes, approving updates, and overhauling procedures. In 2015, the team reviewed and approved 910 new themes with the help of 236 reviewers, according to TRT member Ulrich Pogson. Despite their best efforts, the team cannot keep up with the massive…

  • 63% of WordPress Core Committers Are Not Employed by Automattic

    63% of WordPress Core Committers Are Not Employed by Automattic

    In 2014, we wrote about the trend of more people receiving commit access to WordPress core. Fast forward to the beginning of 2016 and a total of 35 people can commit code to the core of WordPress. Helen Hou-Sandí, WordPress Lead Developer, published the stat on Twitter and notes that 22 out of the 35…

  • WordCamp Miami 2016 Adds New JavaScript Track, Freelancer’s Workshop, and Kids Panel

    WordCamp Miami 2016 Adds New JavaScript Track, Freelancer’s Workshop, and Kids Panel

    WordCamp Miami 2016 organizers are ramping up for their 8th event to be held February 19-21 at the Florida International University School of Business. Ptah Dunbar is stepping up as the lead organizer for the event, which is expected to draw more than 700 attendees. BuddyCamp Miami will kick off the event on the 19th,…

  • WP Engine Identifies Cloud Infrastructure Provider as Entry Point for Recent Security Breach

    WP Engine Identifies Cloud Infrastructure Provider as Entry Point for Recent Security Breach

    On December 9th, 2015, WP Engine sent out an urgent notice to its customers regarding a security breach wherein customer credentials were exposed. This incident prompted an investigation, which is now complete. According to the most recent and final update, investigators determined that the security exposure came through one of the host’s cloud infrastructure providers.…

  • Git for WordPress Developers: A Free Video Course from WP Pusher

    Git for WordPress Developers: A Free Video Course from WP Pusher

    Peter Suhm, creator of WP Pusher, just released a new free video course for WordPress developers. After the success of his email-based WP Git Crash Course, Suhm jumped head-first into creating more educational material in video format. Git4wp.com launched this week with more than 1.5 hours of recorded lessons, split up into 35 videos. The…

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