Formidable Forms Bug Lets Hackers Pay Less

Formidable Forms Bug Lets Hackers Pay Less

A serious security vulnerability has been discovered in the Formidable Forms WordPress plugin, allowing unauthenticated attackers to complete low-cost transactions and then reuse them to approve higher-value purchases without paying the full amount. The flaw affects...
Google Discover Update Hits Local Publishers

Google Discover Update Hits Local Publishers

Recent data from third-party tracking tools reveals that local publishers in the US have largely kept their home-state audiences but suffered significant losses in national reach following Google’s latest Discover core update. The changes highlight how the update may...
Google Confirms Undocumented Crawlers

Google Confirms Undocumented Crawlers

Google’s crawling system, widely known under the umbrella term “Googlebot,” is far more complex than many website owners and SEO specialists realise. In a recent podcast discussion, Google’s Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt provided an in-depth explanation of how...
Google Ads Adds AI Voice-Overs

Google Ads Adds AI Voice-Overs

Google Ads is introducing a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to automatically add voice narration to certain video advertisements. The update is designed to improve the viewing experience for Performance Max video ads by incorporating AI-generated...
WordPress Updates AI Experiments Plugin

WordPress Updates AI Experiments Plugin

WordPress contributors have launched AI Experiments 0.4.1, introducing new tools that bring artificial intelligence directly into the WordPress editing experience. The update includes built-in image generation and AI-assisted content review features that can be used...
Marketers Hit Hardest by AI ‘Brain Fry

Marketers Hit Hardest by AI ‘Brain Fry

A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review has explored a form of mental fatigue the authors term “brain fry,” linked to heavy use of AI tools. Among the findings, marketing professionals appear to be the most affected, reporting the highest incidence of...
Google Lets You Disavow .XYZ Domains

Google Lets You Disavow .XYZ Domains

Webmasters and SEO professionals have long relied on Google’s disavow tool to manage unwanted backlinks. Recently, John Mueller from Google brought attention to a little-known but powerful feature: the ability to disavow entire top-level domains (TLDs), such as .XYZ,...
Yoast SEO Enhances Schema Clarity

Yoast SEO Enhances Schema Clarity

Yoast SEO has introduced a new Schema Aggregation feature designed to consolidate all structured data on a website and improve the way AI systems interpret entities like authors, articles, products, and organisations. This update makes WordPress sites using Yoast more...
Seraphinite Plugin Puts 60K Sites at Risk

Seraphinite Plugin Puts 60K Sites at Risk

A recent security advisory has revealed two significant vulnerabilities in the Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin, which is currently installed on over 60,000 websites. The flaws are particularly concerning because they can be exploited by users with minimal...
Claude Plugin Clones Your Writing Style

Claude Plugin Clones Your Writing Style

A new Claude Code plugin called Voiceprint has been released, designed to capture a “linguistic fingerprint” from your own writing so that AI-generated text closely mirrors your unique style. The technology is built on stylometry, the statistical study of writing...
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