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Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!

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If you’ve updated your plugins in the last 24 hours, go straight back into your website and do it again – there’s a chance you may have downloaded some infected plugins that were hacked into the repository.

According to WordPress.org, the plugins AddThis, W3 Total Cache, and WPTouch were infected with a backdoor that lets people into your site.  The plugins are fixed now, and if you update you can remove the infected code immediately.

Normally those plugins are safe, and (given the  hacks and the frequent downtime by other companies) it’s nice to see a company like WordPress that can think on its heels and get the hacks solved in minutes (and not weeks – I’m looking at you Sony).

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    WordPress 2.7 Beta – An Introduction (screencast)

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    A lot of people have been asking me to explain some of the new features in WordPress 2.7 – the main ones are the admin Interface and some of the new, movable widget-like items in the post menu and on the dashboard.  But, it’s hard to talk about visual changes when, to be honest, you…

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  • A Field Guide to Speculative Loading in WordPress

    A Field Guide to Speculative Loading in WordPress

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    Here’s a fun one: your WordPress site might already be reading your mind a little. Not in a creepy way – well, maybe a little in a creepy way – but in a “hey, I bet you’re about to click that” kind of way. If you’re running WordPress 6.8 or later, there’s a decent chance…

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