This month’s People of WordPress feature shares the story of developer and e-commerce builder Meher Bala.
Archive for Releases
Based on extensive feedback collected across various channels, we are implementing the following updates to Jupiter within v102. Starting in 102.0.11, you’ll see a few major features arrive to Jupiter WHM that should restore or otherwise iterate on the features many of you have pointed to as core concerns. Unless otherwise noted below, these updates will arrive on the v102 tier and through EDGE, CURRENT, and RELEASE as typical builds do. Watch our
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Webinar Recap: Protect Your Database with cPanel and MariaDB
On April 20th industry experts from cPanel, MariaDB, and Acronis discussed the value of maximizing cPanel and MariaDB to deploy database protection. With many systems working with each other to make your database run smoothly, it’s important to maximize your security and ensure the protection of your data against vulnerabilities and hackers. In the webinar, “Deploying Database Protection with cPanel and MariaDB,” experts gathered to discuss best practices for securing your MariaDB …
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WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 is now available for testing! You can download and help test Beta 3 in three ways.
Plesk WP Toolkit 5.10 Release Now Available
The first major WordPress Toolkit release in 2022 is v5.10.0, which is now officially available for Plesk! This release focuses on further improving the vulnerability scan feature, delivering bugfixes to customers, and laying out the groundwork for introduction of API in the product. Site Vulnerability Scan: Support For Inactive Assets The Site vulnerability scan for the WP Toolkit has been helping site administrators keep their sites secure for several months now. However, it was scanning only active plugins and themes, which could be a problem in some cases. If a site admin wanted to activate a previously inactive plugin, there…
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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – April 2022
WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 is now available for testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, and test this version of WordPress on a production or mission-critical website. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 2 on a test server and site. You can test the WordPress […]
We are excited to bring you WordPress Toolkit version 5.10, the first major WordPress Toolkit release of 2022! This release focuses on further improving the vulnerability scan feature, delivering bugfixes to customers, and laying out the groundwork for introduction of API in the product. Site Vulnerability Scan: Support For Inactive Assets Site vulnerability scan has been helping site administrators keep their sites secure for several months now. However, it was scanning only active plugins and …
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WP Briefing: Episode 29: How to Make a WordPress Blog
Join our host Josepha Haden Chomphosy as she takes us back to WordPress basics. Learn everything you need to know about how to make a WordPress blog!
How Plesk Uses 360 Monitoring For its Own Sites
Welcome to our new series of blog posts in which we’re going to explore not only our products but also how we in the Plesk team are using the tools for ourselves. Today we’re focusing on the site monitoring features of 360 Monitoring and how we set it up for our own website: plesk.com. Let’s go! Which websites are we monitoring? As our website plesk.com does not just consist of a single page, we’re monitoring the website from multiple angles. Currently we’re checking the following pages each 60 seconds: The Plesk Homepage Our Imprint Our Legal Pages & Privacy Policy…
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WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing.
Podcast | Hiring Developers & Scaling Your Agency with Emily Hunkler
One of the best things about WordPress is that it can help bring people into tech from all walks of life; that is the case with today’s guest, Emily Hunkler. On top of being the first guest in our Women in Tech series, she is the COO of GoWP, a company that helps agencies outsource common WordPress tasks and development. In this Episode: Emily shares her story with us – how she got involved with WordPress, and how that led to interviewing and managing developers. While she wasn’t always interested in technology, her degree in journalism helped push her towards…
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We built the cPanel ELevate tool to manage the unique complexities of upgrading a cPanel & WHM server from start to finish. In order to do this, we upgraded multiple servers in various configurations, with different software loaded (both 3rd-party and our own). Along the way, we learned a few things that we’d like to share with those sysadmins who are about to upgrade their cPanel & WHM servers. Lessons Learned Here are a few …
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WordPress 5.9.3 is now available! This maintenance release features 9 bug fixes in Core and 9 bug fixes in the block editor.
We hope that you and your beloved ones are staying safe during these difficult times. If you’re looking for a way to support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, you can refer to this episode of WP Briefing. There you will find a list of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that can help. In parallel to the work […]
WP Briefing: Episode 28: Coming to a WordCamp Near You: A Return to In-Person WP Events
Curious about returning to WordPress events safely? Tune in as WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy discusses guidelines for returning to in-person events.
The People of WordPress feature this month shares the story of web and plugin developer Juanfra Aldasoro from Argentina.
Welcome to the cPanel & WHM® contribution to the ELevate project by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. ELevate enables upgrades between major versions of RedHat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) derivatives. At cPanel, we’ve created the cPanel ELevate tool that manages the ELevate process end-to-end so that systems administrators can safely and efficiently upgrade a cPanel & WHM server. Why ELevate Your cPanel & WHM Server? Sysadmins struggle when it’s time to do operating system upgrades. They’re very costly …
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How to Write Your First 360 Monitoring Plugin
As a product manager at Plesk, I am always interested in how our products work to gain an in-depth understanding of the tools we’re handing out to our customers. That’s why after the release of 360 Monitoring, I used the tool to build customized dashboards with full server and site monitoring including all pertinent information available by default on the platform. However, I realized I was missing something: as a user of the Plesk WP Toolkit, I’m accustomed to enjoying an overview of all my WordPress Websites and what their status is according to the Toolkit. So I decided to…
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Last week, we finally saw the long-awaited return of CloudFest to its original and physical form at the wonderful Europa Park in Germany. In between the rollercoasters left and right, it was a thrilling ride to be able to go from booth to booth in person again. At last, the Plesk team was firmly back in place, connecting both people and ideas to create new business opportunities that matter. With the intention to meet, greet and share a beer between our teeth, it was an absolute pleasure to be back together with our partners and attendees at CloudFest 2022. Now…
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Get Creative with the All-New Pattern Creator
It’s been less than a year since the WordPress Pattern Directory was launched, and we already have more exciting news to share. The Pattern Creator is live! You can now build, edit, and submit your best block patterns to the Pattern Directory—submissions are open to all with a WordPress.org user account! The WordPress Pattern Directory […]
WP Briefing: Episode 27: Is WordPress Made for Me?
Who is WordPress actually made for? Join our host, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy, as she explores this controversial question and three things that can help find the answer. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to [email protected], either written or as a voice recording. Hosts: Josepha Haden Chomphosy Editor: Dustin HartzlerLogo: Beatriz […]
As we roll out Jupiter throughout the end-user interface of cPanel & WHM, we’ve received consistent feedback that the state of our translations needs attention. Though we briefly mentioned translations in a previous blog post, we want to dive a bit deeper into the topic, provide some additional context, and then share what we’re going to do about it. First and foremost, we need to acknowledge the customers who have sent in …
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Join us as we celebrate our first in-person event of the year! Cloudfest 2022 kicks off with a welcome event on Monday, March 21, then the conference runs from March 22-24th. Check out this sneak preview. Some of the top leaders and creators in the cloud will be speaking this year, and plenty of time for networking. Check out the fantastic line-up of speakers and start
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WordPress 5.9.2 Security & Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.9.2 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 1 bug fix in addition to 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated. WordPress 5.9.2 is a security and maintenance release. The next major release […]
In the winter of 2020, CentOS 8 announced that it would be reaching its end-of-life in December of 2021. This news was somewhat unexpected in the open-source and web hosting worlds. In response, we began working towards providing solutions that will benefit our partners and customers and expand options as we move forward together. The goal is to provide greater Operating System (OS) diversity, more substantial stability, and increased safety for our customers and their …
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Getting Ahead of Site Security with Robert Rowley and Patchstack
The end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 saw some big security vulnerabilities in the open-source space, including log4j – something that prompted people all over the world to consider: what should we do about open-source software, contributors, and general security? One solution is to entice developers to find and patch bugs through bug bounty programs – something that today’s guest, Robert Rowley is very familiar with. It’s something his employer, Patchstack, runs on a global scale! They also maintain a database of vulnerabilities to help with the bug bounty program, as well as keep site owners informed; and…
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3 Things to Monitor in your WordPress Site
WordPress is the most popular content management system on the market. And it is certainly one of the most successful software products ever developed. Due to the high distribution of the system, one can already assume that it is very robust. However, failures do occur from time to time and may cause you trouble. Thus there are a few good reasons to monitor your website. When we talk about failures, issues and problems, there are three main sources: They can be caused on the server, in the application, or in the frotend, i.e. on the website itself. These are therefore…
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WP Briefing: Episode 26: Matt Mullenweg on Ukraine, Community, and WordPress
Matt Mullenweg speaks to WordPress contributors worldwide on this special edition of the WP Briefing podcast with Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Join us to hear Matt’s thoughts on Ukraine. Have a question you’d like answered? You can submit them to [email protected], either written or as a voice recording. Credits Hosts: Josepha Haden Chomphosy and Matt Mullenweg […]
There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and safety is top of mind for everyone in the WordPress community. If you don’t know where to begin, or how to support your peers, Executive Director Josepha Chomphosy’s advice to the global community is to start small. Overall, February has been a busy month […]