The Events Calendar Plugin: Critical 9.8 Vulnerability

Over 600,000 websites running The Events Calendar plugin are currently exposed to a pair of vulnerabilities that allow an anonymous attacker to take complete control of a WordPress site without

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WooCommerce CVE-2026-48888: Update to 11.1.0 Now

If your business runs WooCommerce, a high-severity vulnerability is sitting in your store right now unless you have already updated to version 11.1.0. An attacker who finds your site before you patch

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Cut Delivery Costs with Locker Options in WooCommerce

Every WooCommerce store owner I speak to has an opinion on carrier rates. Most of them are watching the per-parcel price closely, renegotiating contracts, switching between couriers to shave pennies

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Prepare Your WooCommerce Store for TikTok Shop EU Launch

Running a WooCommerce store and selling on TikTok Shop already puts you ahead of most UK retailers. The next question is whether you will be positioned to sell into Europe when TikTok opens its Sell

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Critical WordPress Backup Plugin Flaw Risks Site Takeover

If your business uses WordPress, there is a reasonable chance your site is running the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup plugin. With over five million active installations, it is one of the most

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WooCommerce CVE-2026-57777: Fix Privilege Escalation Now

A vulnerability in WooCommerce allows an attacker to escalate their privileges on your site. Any store running a version below 11.0 is exposed: a user with a low-level account, a free subscriber

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WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities and Site Takeover Risks

Your website is an asset. To an attacker, it is also infrastructure. When a critical vulnerability surfaces in a widely-used WordPress plugin, criminal operators do not wait weeks to act — they scan,

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EU Customs Duty 2026: Prepare Your WooCommerce Store Now

From 1 July 2026, every parcel you send to an EU customer carries a new per-tariff-line customs duty. The headline figure being discussed is €3 per line item. Send a customer three different products

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Amazon Pan-EU FBA Deadlines: What WooCommerce Sellers Need

If you sell via Amazon Pan-EU FBA and run a WooCommerce store alongside it, two deadlines are now sitting on your calendar whether you have noticed them yet or not. Amazon has introduced mandatory

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Critical Auth Bypass in WPMU DEV Dashboard Plugin

If you are running the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin on your WordPress site, you are currently exposed to a confirmed authentication bypass vulnerability that requires no technical skill to exploit. An

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Avada RCE Vulnerability: Patch Now or Risk Full Takeover

If your website runs the Avada theme, a complete stranger on the internet can take full control of it right now without needing an account, a password, or any action from you or your staff. That is

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EU Customs Rules: What UK WooCommerce Stores Must Know

Black Friday generates exactly the kind of orders that will hurt you most under the EU's new customs rules. Multi-item baskets across different product categories, the natural result of a well-run

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Elementor Pro File Upload Vulnerability: Patch Now

If your site runs Elementor Pro and you have ever added a file upload field to a form, an attacker can take complete control of your site without holding an account, without guessing a password, and

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Side Income for Teachers: 10 Self-Employment Models

Many teachers reach a point where the salary feels fixed whilst the workload keeps climbing. Private tutoring is the obvious move, but it is one option among many. Teachers carry a set of

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EU Customs Charges 2026: What WooCommerce Sellers Must Do

From 1 July 2026, every item category shipped from the UK into the EU attracts a three euro customs charge. For WooCommerce stores dispatching volume into France and Germany, that cost compounds on

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EU Customs Charges 2026: What WooCommerce Sellers Must Do

From 1 July 2026, every item category shipped from the UK into the EU attracts a three euro customs charge. For WooCommerce stores dispatching volume into France and Germany, that cost compounds on

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Fluent Forms CVE-2026-18146: Update to 6.2.12 Now

If your site runs Fluent Forms and you have not updated it since 13 August 2026, an attacker may already be scanning for your installation. The [CVE-2026-18146

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UK Retail Shift: Why Your WooCommerce Store Must Perform

Physical retail for non-food goods is shrinking. [BRC July 2026 data](https://internetretailing.net/online-growth-offsets-weak-store-sales-as-uk-retail-growth-slows-in-july/) shows in-store non-food

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Royal Mail's Electric Fleet: Update Your WooCommerce Checkout

Your checkout is the last thing a customer sees before they commit. If your shipping options don't reflect how your business actually operates, you're leaving trust on the table at exactly the wrong

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How to Choose WordPress Plugins That Don't Slow You Down

Plugin selection is a commercial decision. Every plugin you install adds maintenance overhead, broadens your security exposure, and either contributes to or drains your site's performance. With [more

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WordPress 7.1: How to Prepare Before the August Release

The 19 August 2026 release date for WordPress 7.1 is fixed. WordCamp US is the backdrop, and the WordPress project has tied the release to that event, which means the timeline will not slip for

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Is Your WooCommerce Hosting Ready for AI-Driven Retail?

The infrastructure powering online retail is being rebuilt at a pace most store owners have not registered. AWS reported its fastest growth in 18 quarters in its most recent financial results, with

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wp2shell WordPress RCE Flaw: Check and Patch Now

Your WordPress site may already be compromised. If it runs any version from the 6.8.x, 6.9.x, or 7.0.x branches and has not been updated in the past few weeks, an attacker can take full

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Fluent Forms CVE-2026-16655: Update to 6.2.8 Now

If your site runs Fluent Forms and the plugin is below version 6.2.8, an attacker can exploit a confirmed vulnerability to manipulate or extract data from your site without needing administrative

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WP2Shell: Critical WordPress RCE Flaw Actively Exploited

Two critical vulnerabilities in WordPress Core, collectively known as WP2Shell, are being actively exploited right now. If your site is running WordPress 6.9.0 through 6.9.4, or 7.0.0 through 7.0.1,

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WooCommerce iPhone POS Now Live for UK Merchants

If you sell online through WooCommerce and also take money face-to-face at markets, pop-ups, or a physical location, you have probably dealt with the awkward reality of running two separate systems.

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WordPress 7.1: Security Flaw Puts 6.9–7.0.1 Sites at Risk

A major WordPress update lands on 19 August 2026, timed with WordCamp US 2026, and the beta cycle is already revealing exactly why this one deserves your attention before the release date arrives. If

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Grow Your WooCommerce Store With TikTok Shop Integration

TikTok contributed £10 billion to the UK economy in 2025 and supported 153,000 jobs, according to [a Public First and EY

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Google's EU Data Ruling: What WooCommerce Stores Must Know

If your WooCommerce store gets most of its traffic from Google Shopping and Google's AI-powered product discovery tools, you are building on ground that regulators are actively digging up. The

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wp2shell: Patch the WordPress RCE Flaw Now

A critical flaw in WordPress core was made public on 17 July 2026. If your site has not received the patch, an attacker can take full control of it without logging in, without exploiting a plugin,

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