We went looking: What Woo has done about security since June
Why so many WooCommerce security updates? Well, we went looking. Here’s what we found, what we changed, and what you can do now to take action.
WordPress Credits Welcomes More Than 50 Institutions
More than 50 educational institutions have joined WordPress Credits, giving students worldwide a way to earn academic recognition for contributing to WordPress. The program had two participating institutions in September 2025 and four the following month. By June 2026, that number had reached 27, before passing 50 this October. The program launched with the University … Read more
Protect your profit margins by designing discounts that pay for themselves
Too many discount codes eating away at your profits? Learn how to run sales without sacrificing your margins. Proven sales strategies you can use today!
Attackers Actively Probing for Upgrade-Window RCE Vulnerability in WordPress Core
On October 28th, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released WordPress 7.1.4, along with backported security releases for older branches, addressing several security issues, most notably an Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in WordPress core, identified as CVE-2026-119977. The vulnerability affects WordPress core versions 4.7 through 7.1.3 and can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to execute … Read more
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 26, 2026 to November 1, 2026)
Last week, there were 549 vulnerabilities disclosed in 351 WordPress Plugins and 4 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 222 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
