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 ...

If you’ve logged into your WordPress dashboard and seen the warning that your site is running on PHP 7.4.33, you’re not alone. This outdated version no longer receives security updates, which makes ...

PHP is the underlying scripting language that WordPress runs on. The most current version is PHP 7.3.7. PHP is continually updated to make it more efficient and to patch security issues. Except ...

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 ...

W3 Total Cache plugin flaw CVE-2025-9501 enables unauthenticated PHP command injection Affects all versions before 2.8.13; ~327,000+ sites remain at risk WPScan PoC exploit set for Nov 24, raising ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This past October, the WordPress security team used an internal feature to push a security update to a popular plugin. The ability to ...