16th Apr 2025
WordPress 6.8 “Cecil” released!
The latest version of WordPress, version 6.8 is now available.
You can read about this release on the WordPress.org blog post.
Detailed release notes are also available on the WordPress.org Docs page.
19th Mar 2025
WordPress 6.8 will use bcrypt for password hashing
A long overdue, but nonetheless significant security update is coming in WordPress 6.8.
The underlying algorithm that’s used to hash and store user passwords in the database will be changed in WordPress 6.8 from phpass portable hashing to bcrypt. The adoption of bcrypt hardens password security in WordPress by significantly increasing the ...
13th Nov 2024
WordPress 6.7 "Rollins" has been released!
The latest version of WordPress, version 6.7 is now available.
You can read about this release on the WordPress.org blog post.
Detailed release notes are also available on the WordPress.org Docs page.
29th Oct 2024
Elementor Pro update causing fatal errors
Some customers are reporting fatal PHP errors on their sites in the last couple of hours.
Investigation reveals that an Elementor Pro update (3.25) appears to be breaking 3rd party integrations, and so numerous themes and plugins that include support for Elementor Pro are throwing critical errors after updating to v3.25.0.
Rolling back to ...