(May 2) Two vulnerabilities were found in the Quassel IRC client, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. Note that you need to restart the ‘quasselcore’ service after upgrading
(May 2) An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
(May 3) An update for go-toolset-7 and go-toolset-7-golang is now available for Red Hat Developer Tools. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
Reporting the latest additions to the Plesk extensions catalog. All the extensions you see here are available to download or purchase as of the time of writing – May 2018.
Inside this month’s edition, we highlight new ways you can improve speed and security of your websites and servers. In order to give you both peace of mind and better performance out of your web domains.
Juggernaut
First of all, we have the latest member of the gang – Juggernaut. An all-in-one security extension that Danami designed especially for the needs of power users and server-providers. This extension adds an extra layer of security. One that goes beyond the default settings that most users usually optimize for themselves.
Offering experienced sysadmins a wider range of features and increased flexibility. These advanced features include SPI firewall, brute-force protection, real-time connection tracking, intrusion detection, dynamic block lists and geo-blocking.
Juggernaut is a paid extension. And version 2.05 is now available in the Plesk catalog. You can try it for free for 15 days. Then you’ll get two free months when you sign up for annual billing.
Speed Kit
As a result of recent studies, we know that lower page load times directly link to an increase in traffic. Not to mention lower bounce rates. And hence, higher visitor retention on your website. All these things will eventually lead to higher conversion rates.
Speed Kit promises to boost your page loading speed by 50-300%. How? By re-routing web traffic through its caching infrastructure. Even more, it takes just one click to improve your website’s performance with Speed Kit.
After you install, the extension performs an in-depth speed analysis, determining the improvements that you should implement to boost your site’s metrics. When you store a copy of your site in the accelerated framework, users can access your page in an instant from their browser. Even when they’re offline.
Sucuri Security Scanner
Seems like Sucuri Security Scanner uses the public API of Sucuri SiteCheck to detect malicious elements on your website. In an effective way. This extension will let you schedule regular scans effortlessly. Thus, helping you monitor for malware all the time and receive timely notifications about your site’s status.
Sucuri Security Scanner includes the following features:
- Detecting website malware infections.
- Monitoring blacklist status.
- Setting up scans as a scheduled task.
- Receiving email notifications for security issues.
- Viewing website security details and information.
Nimbusec Webhosting Security
And finally, we have Nimbusec. Another security monitoring extension for websites that you can find in our catalog. It will scan your website domains over and over again. And then report any potential threats on a centralized dashboard.
Nimbusec Webhosting Security can detect the following online threats:
- Backdoors and web shells.
- Overdue CMS updates.
- Malware.
- Defacement.
- Blacklisting.
- SSL certificate problems.
All in all, security should be a number one priority when maintaining your servers. So if you feel overwhelmed by all our security extension options, feel free to get in touch and chat.
And that’s all the extension news this month. Stay tuned for our next overview of latest available extensions in our June edition. Meanwhile, are you curious for more? Check out the 100+ more Plesk extensions we’ve got available in our catalog.
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This past month saw a lot of preparation for upcoming events and releases across the WordPress project. Read on to find out more about these plans, and everything else that happened around the community in April.
The WordPress 15th Anniversary is Coming
On May 27 2018, WordPress will turn 15 years old — this is a huge milestone for the project, or, indeed, for any open-source platform. The Community Team has been hard at work helping communities around the world plan local anniversary parties.
Check the central anniversary website to see if there’s already a party being planned near you. These parties are all organized by local communities — if there’s no local community in your area, you can start one today and host a party yourself.
Work has Started on a Gutenberg Migration Guide
With Gutenberg, the upcoming WordPress content editor, in rapid development, a lot of people have been wondering how they will convert their existing plugins to work with the new features. To mitigate the issues here and help people overcome any migration hurdles, a Gutenberg Migration Guide is underway to assist developers with making their code Gutenberg-compatible.
If you’d like to contribute to this guide, you can review the existing documentation on GitHub and open a new issue if you find something to add.
Theme Review Team Launches Trusted Authors Program
Reviews of themes submitted to the Theme Directory can take quite a while to complete. In order to combat this issue and to make the theme submission process smoother for everyone, the Theme Review Team is introducing a Trusted Authors Program.
This program will allow frequent and reliable theme authors to apply for trusted status, allowing them to upload themes more frequently and to have their themes automatically approved. This will allow more high-quality themes to be added to the directory, as well as recognize the hard work that authors put in to build their themes.
If you would like to get involved with reviewing themes, you can read their getting started guide, follow the team blog and join the #themereview channel in the Making WordPress Slack group.
Further Reading:
- WordPress 4.9.5 was released early this month, fixing numerous bugs and potential security issues. The two leads for this release published some interesting feedback about the process.
- In addition to the Trusted Authors Program mentioned above, the Theme Review Team is making some changes to their review process to minimize theme review delays.
- The Marketing Team produced a handy Contributor Day onboarding PDF for organizers to hand out to contributors attending WordCamps.
- The Accessibility Team is actively looking for contributors for their handbook.
- A new type of WordCamp, targeted at organizers, is in the planning stages now.
- The WordPress.org About pages received a significant redesign to make them more clear and useful.
- The Community Team posted the roadmap for this year’s WordCamp Incubator program.
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