Get the latest WordPress news from Search Engine Journal. Stay up-to-date on WordPress security news, vulnerability news, and the latest WordPress releases. Dive into in-depth tutorials on WordPress SEO, guides to the best WordPress plugins and themes, and more.
7 Things To Look For In An SEO-Friendly WordPress Host
Trouble ranking your WordPress site? Struggle with load times? Downtime? Here’s what to look for when choosing a WordPress hosting provider.
- 8 min read
- 2.1K Reads
- Nov 19, 2024
6 Web Hosts Ranked By Core Web Vitals: One Outperforms All
HTTPArchive is now reporting real-world Core Web Vitals comparisons among web hosts. One host consistently takes the top spot
- 7 min read
- 6.9K Reads
- Nov 15, 2024
The SEO Agency Guide To Efficient WordPress Hosting & Management
Managing client websites can be expensive for SEO agencies, but it doesn’t have to. Learn how managed hosting can help, saving you time and money.
- 8 min read
- 2.5K Reads
- Oct 30, 2024
New WordPress Plugin Simplifies Achieving Success
Yoast co-founders release a free WordPress plugin that simplifies planning business tasks and success
- 3 min read
- 5.5K Reads
- Sep 11, 2024
WordPress Translation Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites
Critical WPML vulnerability enables remote code execution, impacting over 1 million WordPress websites
- 2 min read
- 6.2K Reads
- Aug 27, 2024
WP Engine WordPress Hosting Acquires NitroPack
WP Engine announced the acquisition of NitroPack, a leading SaaS website performance provider
- 2 min read
- 4.9K Reads
- Jul 19, 2024
Core Web Vitals: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla, Duda, & Drupal
Core Web Vitals scores reveal which CMS is the fastest. But something weird happened to nearly all the scores in April.
- 6 min read
- 12K Reads
- May 30, 2024
New WordPress Plugin Solves Site Navigation Problem
Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast SEO, created a new WordPress plugin that solves a common site architecture problem and improves SEO
- 5 min read
- 13K Reads
- May 28, 2024
Top 15 Ways To Secure A WordPress Site
Enhance your WordPress security with these expert tips. Protect your website from hackers and keep your data safe.
- 1 min read
- 27K Reads
- May 8, 2024
What To Know About Medium-Level WordPress Vulnerabilities
The facts about medium-level vulnerabilities and whether they’re something to worry about
- 6 min read
- 2.1K Reads
- Apr 30, 2024
2024 WordPress Vulnerability Report Shows Errors Sites Keep Making
2024 WordPress vulnerability report shows top reasons why many WordPress sites were compromised over the past year
- 6 min read
- 6.6K Reads
- Apr 18, 2024
WordPress Releases A Performance Plugin For “Near-Instant Load Times”
WordPress releases a new Speculative Loading plugin that can help boost webpage performance speeds
- 5 min read
- 113K Reads
- Apr 11, 2024
WordPress Discovers XSS Vulnerability – Recommends Updating To 6.5.2
WordPress recommends updating to version 6.5.2 to patch an XSS vulnerability
- 2 min read
- 4.0K Reads
- Apr 10, 2024
XSS Vulnerability Affects Beaver Builder WordPress Page Builder
Vulnerability discovered in the Beaver Builder WordPress page builder that can enable an attacker to inject a malicious script
- 3 min read
- 2.3K Reads
- Apr 2, 2024
WordPress, Wix & Squarespace Show Best CWV Rate Of Improvement
Squarespace, Wix and WordPress are the fastest improving content management systems out of six CMS platforms compared by HTTPArchive
- 5 min read
- 2.9K Reads
- Feb 27, 2024
WordPress Backup Plugin DoS Vulnerability Affects +200,000 Sites
A high severity Denial of Service vulnerability patched in WordPress backup plugin with +200,00 installations
- 3 min read
- 13K Reads
- Feb 12, 2024
WordPress Migration Guides Undermines Divi & Elementor?
WordPress developing guides to migrate away from Divi, Elementor
- 5 min read
- 7.0K Reads
- Dec 27, 2023
WordPress 6.4 Crashing Sites Using A Popular Page Builder
WordPress 6.4 is causing users of the popular Oxygen page builder to crash but only when legacy themes are installed
- 2 min read
- 17K Reads
- Nov 8, 2023
Leveraging WordPress To Tell Your Brand’s Story [Podcast]
Find out what WordPress’ Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy has to say about Open Source, the future of the CMS, Brand Stories & more.
- 5 min read
- 1.2K Reads
- Jun 16, 2023
Your Guide To Hosting Types For Your WordPress Website
Learn about different hosting types to find the best option for your company’s WordPress site. Here are our top recommendations for each type.
- 7 min read
- 2.9K Reads
- Jun 13, 2023
Executive Director Of WordPress On 20 Years Of Innovation
Interview with Executive Director of WordPress on how the guiding principles of free, open source software is the secret to its continued success
- 10 min read
- 2.5K Reads
- May 26, 2023
How to Use WordPress Hooks To Improve Technical SEO
Alter a few lines of code and with minimal plugins, you can improve your WordPress-run website using these top hooks.
- 9 min read
- 36K Reads
- Mar 30, 2023
SEJ Sum-Up: Weekly News Recap for Search, Social, And AI
Catch up on this week’s top news stories in search marketing, social media, AI tools, and WordPress security.
- 3 min read
- 2.6K Reads
- Mar 10, 2023
WordPress Hit With Multiple Vulnerabilities In Versions Prior To 6.0.3
WordPress recommends immediate action to fix multiple vulnerabilities discovered in versions prior to 6.0.3
- 3 min read
- 14K Reads
- Dec 5, 2022
How To Create A Custom 404 Page In WordPress
When navigating a website, there are few things more frustrating than landing on a 404 error message: “Page Not Found.” Here’s how to fix it.
- 7 min read
- 115K Reads
- Oct 12, 2022
How To Add Google Analytics To WordPress
Improve your content by collecting more data. Explore 3 different ways to add Google Analytics to WordPress to gain valuable insights into your website traffic.
- 7 min read
- 35K Reads
- Sep 13, 2022
The Future Of WordPress: Interview With Josepha Haden Chomphosy
We interviewed Josepha Haden Chomphosy, Executive Director of WordPress at WordCamp Porto. Find out what she has to say about current and future WordPress developments.
- 15 min read
- 5.9K Reads
- Jun 13, 2022
WordPress Proposal To Improve Security & Performance of Plugins
WordPress proposal takes aim at improving security and performance of third party plugins
- 3 min read
- 2.6K Reads
- Jun 8, 2022
HubSpot WordPress Plugin Vulnerability
HubSpot WordPress Plugin, used by over 200,000 publishers, patched a Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability
- 3 min read
- 1.7K Reads
- May 3, 2022
Vulnerability Found in WordPress Anti-Malware Firewall
Reflected XSS vulnerability was patched in Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress Plugin
