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High Severity Vulnerability Patched in Access Demo Importer Plugin
Note: To receive disclosures like this in your inbox the moment they’re published, you can subscribe to our WordPress Security Mailing List. On August 9, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team attempted to initiate the responsible disclosure process for a...
PHP_SELFish Part 2 – Reflected XSS in Easy Social Icons
Today’s post is part two of a two part blog post. It describes a cross site scripting vulnerability in the Easy Social Icons plugin that exploits the PHP_SELF variable. In yesterday’s post, we described another plugin, underConstruction, suffering from a similar...
Are You Losing Sales to Abandoned Shopping Carts?
Are you certain that people are browsing your ecommerce website, but you're just not seeing the sales you'd expect? Statistics show that on average, about 72% of shopping carts are abandoned - that is shoppers add things to their shopping cart, but never check out....
Best Way to Add Video to your Website
A question that often comes up from clients who are managing their own sites is "What is the best way to add video to my website?" While adding video to Wordpress is quite straightforward, and Divi makes it very easy to do, our general recommendation is to embed it...
I updated my web page, why can’t I see the update? It’s the cache.
Have you ever updated your website - or been told that your website has been updated - but you don't see the change? You refresh or reload the page but still don't see it? Most often this is due to you seeing an old copy of the page (the cached version) not the live...
How Investing In Website Maintenance Is An Investment In Your Business
Getting your new website up and running is like welcoming your customers to a stylish new building. You’ve made an investment in the construction and things are running smoothly, clients are finding and using your site to contact you, and you are proud of how...
Top WordPress Plugins We Use On Every Website
Convenience, security, performance. One of the great things about working with WordPress is that there are plugins that allow you to optimize and customize how it works to best suit visitors to the website as well as site administrators. At Swift Updates we’ve been...
Best Wordpress Hosting
If you’re launching a new site, dissatisfied with your existing host, or just want better: try out one of these dedicated Wordpress hosting providers:KinstaOne of the best. Fast, solid, Canadian, US, and global data centres. Pricier, but worth it for the peace of...
Attaching an SSL (security) certificate to your website hosting account
These days, many hosting providers provide security certificates at no charge, and there is little more to do than to click a button, but still there are many other providers that do not. Here’s a quick overview on adding one to your website.
3 Simple Things You Can Do To Avoid A WordPress Website Catastrophe
What is the cost to your business when your website goes down? Are you running a lead generation website, where if potential clients can’t find you you’re missing out on potential business, or are you running an ecommerce website and missing out on actual sales? If...