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How to Update WordPress Themes and Plugins on WPEngine (Without the Repository)
Reading time: 5 minutesSkip to the Tutorial My head is full and my heart is sad tonight. Thousands of WordPress users are left in a strange scenario today as Matt Mullenweg, Automattic’s CEO and founder, pulled access to the WordPress Repository for thousands of users on WPEngine. WPEngine is officially cut off from all updates – plugins, themes,…
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Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!
Reading time: 1 minuteIf 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…