Last week, there were 249 vulnerabilities disclosed in 197 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 136 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our mission with … Read more
The official WordPress Browser Extension is now available for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers in the Chrome Web Store and for Safari on macOS in the Mac App Store. This new open source extension lets logged-in site users easily hide the admin bar while keeping its most helpful shortcuts in the browser toolbar, provides quick … Read more
WordPress 7.0.4 is now available WordPress 7.0.4 is now available which features a security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can update to WordPress 7.0.4 by downloading it from WordPress.org, or visiting your site’s Dashboard → Updates and clicking Update Now. Sites that support … Read more
Last week, there were 224 vulnerabilities disclosed in 177 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 119 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our mission with … Read more
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team was notified on August 7th, 2026 of a supply chain compromise affecting BdThemes, a WordPress plugin vendor whose plugins are available in the official WordPress plugins directory. Currently, all the affected plugins are temporarily closed pending a full inspection and ongoing investigation by the WordPress Plugins team. Our investigation revealed … Read more
