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Security News

Below I’ve curated cyber security news from the world-wide-web – the lefthand column is from “The Hacker News” website and on the right is news from “Security Week”. Both are top cyber security news sites. In the very least this shows that threats are daily and they are very real.

Hacker News

WordPress News

  • Browse the New Mercantile Swag Store
    by jillq on June 22, 2026 at 3:07 pm

    Mercantile, the official swag store of the WordPress project, has a newly redesigned storefront with a catalog that now sits front and center, and a design tuned to hold up across a wide range of screen sizes. There are also small touches, like automatically selecting a variant when only one is in […]

  • Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Opens for...
    by Brett McSherry on June 19, 2026 at 4:55 pm

    Applications are now open for the 2026 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship, which supports one active WordPress contributor who identifies as a woman and has not previously attended WordCamp US. The scholarship helps make it possible for a community member with financial need to join WordCamp US 2026 […]

  • Global Partners Across the First Half of the 2026...
    by Harmony Romo on June 18, 2026 at 5:01 pm

    This post recaps how the WordPress project’s five Global Partners — Jetpack, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Bluehost, and Hostinger — supported community events during the first half of 2026. Across more than a dozen regional the first WordPress Developers Day, and a growing network of WordPress […]

  • What Happened at WordCamp Europe 2026
    by Nicholas Garofalo on June 6, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    WordCamp Europe 2026 brought the WordPress community to Kraków for three days of contribution and conversation, from CERN going live on WordPress to WordPress 7.0, AI, and a closing fireside chat on where the project goes next. Read the full recap.

  • Protect The Shire
    by Matt Mullenweg on June 5, 2026 at 6:51 pm

    tl;dr: Temporary 24-hour cooldown period for plugin/theme releases before auto-updates. AI can give defenders an edge. We want to secure all 78K plugins and themes on WordPress.org.  One of the things we’ve always striven to do as the developers of WordPress is to work harder so you don’t have […]

  • WP23
    by Matt Mullenweg on May 27, 2026 at 5:40 pm

    WordPress at 23 is simultaneously both the strongest and most precarious it’s ever been. Last week, we shipped WordPress 7 to the world. In seven days, 46% of all WordPresses, tens of millions across countless different hosting environments, are already on 7.0, auto-updated with no breakage. From […]

  • Looking Ahead to WordCamp Europe 2026
    by Brett McSherry on May 26, 2026 at 12:52 pm

    June 4-6, 2026 | ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Kraków, Poland WordCamp Europe 2026 will bring the WordPress community together in Kraków, Poland, from June 4–6 for Contributor Day, two conference days, and a program shaped by the ideas, tools, and people moving WordPress forward. This year’s […]

  • WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong”
    by Matias Ventura on May 20, 2026 at 6:41 pm

    Explore AI abilities directly in your website, all managed from a central hub. Slide seamlessly through the sleek, new admin theme implemented across the dashboard. Ignite creative flow with new blocks and design tools, and tap into an expansive developer toolbox that gives you more control than […]

  • WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4
    by Amy Kamala on May 14, 2026 at 4:47 pm

    The fourth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you […]

  • Get Your WordCamp US 2026 Tickets
    by Brett McSherry on May 14, 2026 at 1:56 pm

    August 16–19, 2026, Phoenix Convention Center – Phoenix, Arizona Tickets are now available for WordCamp US 2026, taking place August 16–19, 2026, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The flagship event brings together people from across the WordPress community to learn, […]