WordPress’ automated security review will now assess every plugin release before it is distributed through the WordPress.org update API. Releases considered a potential security risk will be blocked automatically. “A plugin can be secure today and introduce a vulnerability, or malicious code, in a future release. Until now there was no consistent review step between a release being committed and that release reaching millions of sites,” David Perez, Co-Lead, WordPress Official Plugin Repository Team, explained. … More →

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