WordPress 6.3 introduces a new “development_mode” constant. This post talks about how it can be used and a couple of related settings. I can see this being useful for developers and testers.

This article by Thomas Raef chronicles the hacking of WordPress websites and shares some interesting information about the techniques used and the effectiveness of some WordPress security plugins. It is an interesting read.

Breakdance now offers a single site license and they raised their unlimited site package to $199 a year. Those who already have a subscription won’t be impacted by the price change.

Much of this is technical, but it is good to see attention to optimization being carried out for WordPress core.

The Kraft Builder is a new modern theme builder that has just come out with a beta. The video provides a quick look at the first version and gives a glimpse of this builder’s potential.

Cwicly Spotlight 4 was held today with more walk-throughs and demos of the upcoming components beta release next week. Also mentioned was that now that Cwicly is maturing there will be a price increase in the coming weeks.

If you use the All in One Security plugin then update to the latest version and have all users create new passwords. They were writing all passwords in clear text in the plugin’s audit logs.

Hmm, it looks like a redesign of the admin is also part of Gutenberg Phase 3. This doesn’t seem like feature creep, but more like Phase 3 is a catchall. Many of items being discussed are in need or refactoring and improvements, so I don’t have any complaints. Is it “Gutenberg” because it will be done with blocks?

This short video provides a quick look at forthcoming changes to the Site Editor for WordPress 6.3. Changes for accessing and editing menus, pages, styles, template parts and patterns.