GoDaddy security, Mullenweg rants continue, WooCommerce customization, Amazon links, migration SEO tips, healing tools, TikTok ban and golden threads. All of the WordPress drama between Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine has done damage to individual site owners and small agencies. Yes, some of the drama has effected me and the sites I build. I’ve made a few changes and more will be made in the near future that should keep much of this drama away for now. Hopefully Matt will find some maturity and resolve this before any more damage is done. Below you’ll find all of the week’s news, so check out the headlines and get caught up.
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- Stealthy Credit Card Skimmer Targets WordPress Checkout Pages via Database Injection
- Critical Vulnerability Patched in GiveWP Plugin
- The WordPress Android App is a Failure
- An open letter to WordPress theme designers
- WordPress Not Sending Email? Here’s How to Fix WordPress Email Issues
- How to Stop Bad Bots: A Guide For WordPress Users
- A flaw in the W3 Total Cache plugin exposes hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites to attacks
- FTC orders GoDaddy to fix poor web hosting security practices
- FTC: GoDaddy Hosting Was “Blind” To Security Threats
Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine
- WordPress is in trouble
- Matt Mullenweg Challenges Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi to Fork WordPress, Removes Them From WordPress.org
- Automattic Slashes WordPress Contribution Hours by Over 98% Amid Ongoing WP Drama
- Matt Mullenweg Dissolves the Sustainability Team and Archives the Slack Channel
- Known gaps to fill after changes to my WordPress Contribution hours
- Mullenweg Says Lawsuits Could End WordPress
- WordPress leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors
- Joost/Karim Fork
- Mullenweg’s Grip On WordPress Challenged In New Court Filing
- New Starter Site for Electricians (Quick Install)
- How to Edit Your WooCommerce Shop Page (2025 Tutorial)
- How to Customize Your WooCommerce Checkout Page in 2025
- How to Customize Your WooCommerce Thank You Page in 2025
- How Much Does Web Design Cost (2025 Guide)
- Dear [FIRST_NAME]: Why Personalized Marketing Still Feels Like Spam
- If you want your Amazon affiliate links to count, don’t do this
- 7 Post-Event Follow-Up Tactics to Improve Engagement
- Technical SEO Strategies for Web Developers (A 2025 Guide)
- Why I Recommend My Clients To Expand From SEO To YouTube
- Local SEO For Service Area Businesses: Targeting Your Coverage
- Google Retires Web Vitals Extension, Moves Everything to DevTools
- Google Shopping Rankings: Key Factors For Retailers
- Programmatic SEO: An Introduction To Pages At Scale
- Google Causes Global SEO Tool Outages
- How To Choose The Best WordPress Theme For SEO
- Evidence That Google Detects AI-Generated Content
- Website Migration SEO Best Practices To Preserve Rankings And Avoid Common Pitfalls
- Healing Tools in Photoshop: Picking the Right One
- Adobe’s ‘Firefly Bulk Create’ Can Make Edits to Thousands of Photos At Once
- Walmart’s bold new branding is the definition of a glow up
- Ubuntu Studio: Why you need this open-source Adobe alternative
- Upscale, Denoise, Deblur Photo and Restore Facial Details with New Aiarty Image Enhancer Powered by AI
- DJI’s Flip Combines the Ease of the Neo With the Image Quality of the Mini
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- Leaked letter suggests Jaguar’s designers weren’t happy with rebrand
- Photoshop is getting real-time collaboration tools, and it’s about time
- Why Simply Draw is the childhood art tool I wish I had
- The new Microsoft Office logo could be the most confusing rebrand of the year (yes, already)
- GIMP vs. Photoshop: Could you make the switch?
- The best typography of the 1940s – our experts take a look back at the decade’s most iconic fonts
- The people should own the town square
- Users worried about TikTok ban appear to be downloading a different Chinese social media app
- Celebs and tech luminaries including Mark Ruffalo want to create a fully open social media ecosystem
- Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
- Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
- Open-Source App Pixelfed Aims to Recapture What Made Instagram Fun
- TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say
- Meta just flipped the switch that prevents misinformation from spreading in the United States
- Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
- Americans Are Fleeing TikTok for RedNote—But Will It Last?
- Flashes is a New Photo Sharing App Powered by Bluesky
- Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol
- Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Finds No First Amendment Violations
- Looking for a TikTok Alternative? Lemon8 and RedNote Are Spying on You, Too
- TikTok Shuts Down: Everything You Need to Know About the Ban
- TikTok begins restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments
Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.
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- How to Order the Secret Birthday Cake From McDonald’s
- Make Thailand’s Golden Threads Dessert
If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.
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