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CleanTalk WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Threatens Up To 200K Sites

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An advisory was issued for a critical vulnerability rated 9.8/10 in the CleanTalk Antispam WordPress plugin, installed in over 200,000 websites. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to install vulnerable plugins that can then be used to launch remote code execution attacks. CleanTalk Antispam Plugin The CleanTalk Antispam plugin is a subscription based software as a … Read more

WordPress Announces AI Agent Skill For Speeding Up Development

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WordPress announced wp-playground, a new AI agent skill designed to be used with the Playground CLI so AI agents can run WordPress for testing and check their work as they write code. The skill helps agents test code quickly while they work. Playground CLI Playground is a WordPress sandbox that enables users to run a … Read more

WordPress Publishes AI Guidelines To Combat AI Slop

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WordPress published guidelines for using AI for coding plugins, themes, documentation, and media assets. The purpose of the guidelines, guided by five principles, is to keep WordPress contributions transparent, GPL-compatible, and human-accountable, while maintaining high quality standards for AI-assisted work. The new guidelines lists the following five principles: “You are responsible for your contributions (AI … Read more

Google’s Crawl Team Filed Bugs Against WordPress Plugins

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Google’s crawl team has been filing bugs directly against WordPress plugins that waste crawl budget at scale. Gary Illyes, Analyst at Google, shared the details on the latest Search Off the Record podcast. His team filed an issue against WooCommerce after identifying its add-to-cart URL parameters as a top source of crawl waste. WooCommerce picked … Read more

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