What are WordPress plugins?

If you are new to WordPress, you might be wondering what are WordPress plugins and what’s their purpose. It’s a reasonably common question to ask because plugins are an important part of the WordPress ecosystem. They are essential if you want to build … Continue reading What are WordPress plugins?

Should maintained plugins be suspended from the WordPress repository when there is a security issue?

On 27th February 2020, at 9:34PM (CET) we received an email notifying us that our plugin WP Security Audit Log was “temporarily withdrawn from the WordPress.org Plugin directory due to an exploit”. We submitted a fix on Friday, 28th Februar… Continue reading Should maintained plugins be suspended from the WordPress repository when there is a security issue?