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WordCamp Central: WordCamp Rajshahi 2026: Celebrating Community, Learning, and Open Source
by Nazmul Hosen on July 20, 2026 at 7:05 pm
WordCamp Rajshahi 2026, held on July 2nd-3rd, 2026, at the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) Auditorium, brought together WordPress enthusiasts, developers, designers, business owners, students, and open-source contributors from across Bangladesh and beyond. As a non-profit, community-driven conference, the event demonstrated the strength of collaboration, knowledge […]
by Birgit Pauli-Haack on July 18, 2026 at 1:15 pm
Hi there! What a week! WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 (and Beta 2) arrived with a huge array of updates. We’ll unpack them together over the next four weeks, right up to the final release on August 19, 2026. One thing shouldn’t wait, though: the security release WordPress 7.0.2. Go update your production sites now — this newsletter will still be here when you’re back. In this edition, […]
Matt: Important Security Update
by Matt on July 18, 2026 at 2:36 am
WordPress 7.0.2 went out today with two important security updates. One is a type of pre-authorization RCE we (fortunately!) have only seen a few times in WordPress’ 23-year history; the last, I believe, in the PHPMailer class five years ago. Major kudos to Adam Kues of Searchlight Cyber for finding the batch REST API RCE, to TF1T, dtro, and haongo on the facilitated SQL injection! […]
WordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.0.2 Release
by John Blackbourn on July 17, 2026 at 6:45 pm
WordPress 7.0.2 is now available. The 7.0.2 security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Due to the severity, the WordPress.org team have enabled forced updates via the auto-update system for sites running affected versions. To manually update you can visit your […]
Ultimate WordPress Spam Protection Guide – Step by Step (2026)
by Editorial Staff on July 17, 2026 at 5:01 pm
If you run a WordPress site, then you know that spam is a real annoying problem whether it comes to contact forms, WordPress comments, or user registrations. The good news is that stopping spam in WordPress is a lot easier than you probably think, and… Read More » The post Ultimate WordPress Spam Protection Guide – Step by Step (2026) first appeared on WPBeginner.