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Not a great month for our favorite Elementor-related plugins...

9 August 2026 at 15:01

A supply chain hit has just taken down the BdThemes lineup, disabling popular plugins like Element Pack and Prime Slider on the official WordPress directory. This is not your typical code hack. They did not touch any files on the WordPress servers. Instead, they went upstream and poisoned the remote static JSON feed that pushes promotional banners into the admin dashboard.
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Element Pack Addons for Elementor, Prime Slider Addons for Elementor, Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor, Ultimate Post Kit Addons for Elementor, Ultimate Store Kit, Live Copy Paste for Elementor, Smart Admin Assistant.
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In short, an escaping flaw allowed malicious data from that feed to execute JavaScript whenever an administrator loaded a WordPress admin page. The injected JavaScript could silently create rogue administrators, install a web shell, and establish persistent backdoors. Yeah, that's not good.

Why is this important?
The plugin files themselves did not need to be altered.
Let's let that sink in for a moment...

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pushing a staging site to live site

9 August 2026 at 01:03

i have made a lot of changes to my old website on a staging site and now are wanting to push it to the live sit. i have watched videos and asked ai but i just cant find away to do this for free. i used wp staging to make the staging site and the only way i can find to do this is to pay for pro which is around $300. so does anyone know how to do this for free.

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I'm using a post grid layout from TPD in a container and before it fully loads in, it looks white. How to fix this?

9 August 2026 at 13:41

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I'm using a post grid layout from TPD in a container and before it fully loads in, it looks white. How to fix this? Is there a ways to make it look less distracting, perhaps black like the background?

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I've given up with WordPress!

9 August 2026 at 12:21

I have been trying to learn WordPress but frustrated to the end. I have my site written in html and wanted to convert it to WordPress. I have followed several of the YouTube videos on setting up the site but their visuals do not follow what I have on my host site. Thanks for reading and let me know what you would recommend. I am 75 years old and proficient in several computer languages. Thanks@

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Why can't I change the color of the blog post title?

9 August 2026 at 12:01

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I've literally searched everywhere..trying to change the color of the title of this blog "Meet the 2026 Calvary Board" and have had zero luck..I know there's a bit of a learning curve w WP but I'm about to lose my mind.

I've tried everything, every button without messing anything up and I CAN NOT change the color to black.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you!

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Two Sites in Different Languages and Domains: Does Google Consider This Duplicate Content?

9 August 2026 at 08:28

Hello! I have a new website in English and I have another website in Arabic ( I use the same content for both sites but in 2 different languages). I use AI to translate the English blogs into Arabic with keywords suitable for Arabic language.. I just started the 2 website 1 month ago so I have less than 10 blogs. The problem is I see in English website 2 blogs are indexed and in Arabic 3 blogs are indexed and the indexed posts are different (ex. If I have 5 blogs a,b,c,d,e so on the English site an and b are indexed and on the Arabic website c,d, and e are indexed).
The non indexed pages are discovered currently not indexed.
May I know why? Is it because google considers it duplicate content? Or maybe google unable to know which content is the original one ? I don’t have experience with Seo so What do you advise me to do ?

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Yoast plugin: How do I change the breadcrumbs anchor text for 'Blog'?

9 August 2026 at 07:10

So I've set up breadcrumbs using the Yoast plugin.

My posts page is called 'News', but Yoast is outputting the anchor text as 'Blog' in my breadcrumbs, simply because it is the posts page.

Is there a way I can change the wording? I struggle to find anything in settings.

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VPN blocks mp4 upload

9 August 2026 at 04:28

I use NordVPN. I have had no problem uploading all manner of files w the vpn active. But when I tried to upload an mp4 I got an error msg & the upload failed. But when I turned off the VPN, the upload worked. I checked with my host and their servers do not restrict such uploads. Also, the file sizes were small (3-5mb). Is this caused by the vpn itself? Or a conflict between the WP and VPN? And why particularly with mp4s & not with jpgs or pdfs?

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Motopress core vs Motopress with the 9 add-ons

9 August 2026 at 04:26

Which is worth it?

I need:

- A way for the client to book on the website

- sync with the booking.com calendar so if a date is booked via website it will appear booked on booking.com

- maybe deposit or full payments via credit/debit cards & PayPal

- a way for the hotel/motel manager to accept/reject bookings via something else other than wp panel ( ive heard they have an app called "Hotel Booking")

- email confirmation for the manager and the client

- in the future I might be doing a motel website so there will be multiple rooms to take care of.

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Website development

9 August 2026 at 03:38

I am thinking on starting a new journey and I need a website created for a service based business.

The website needs booking integration and confirmation, payment integrations for one off and payment plans for ongoing work, jobs completion confirmation where I can attach photos and description of work and be sent by email and so on and thinking of adding a shop, later on. All the content in the website needs to be created too as I won't be capable of doing that myself.

How much would a website like this cost?

My budget is max $700 but I want something under if possible?

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Set up Blog

8 August 2026 at 18:20

This should be stupidly easy but I can’t figure it out. I’d like to set up a blog where I can add items and the newest one appears at the top. Currently I have a Post called News that my site defaults to. The only way I can add to that post is opening News and adding the new item to the top and saving it. Seems like I’m missing something very basic.

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Best way to handle manual updates on a WordPress site

8 August 2026 at 14:17

Hi guys , so I was updating plugins on my clients e commerce site in production today. Unfortunately after updating Yoast SEO plugin the website crashed and it returned a white screen.

although I got back the site am asking what's the best way to avoid issues like these in the future again ?

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Moving a well-ranking WordPress website to React.js β€” how much SEO risk is involved?

8 August 2026 at 07:44

I’m managing SEO for a website that currently runs on WordPress, and the website is ranking well for several important keywords.

We’re considering moving the website from WordPress to React.js mainly to improve the website’s mobile experience, performance, and overall development flexibility.

My concern is whether migrating from WordPress to React.js can negatively affect existing rankings.

For those who have handled similar migrations:

Does moving from WordPress to React.js usually affect organic rankings, even if the URLs remain the same?

What SEO factors should we be especially careful about during the migration, rendering, meta tags, canonicals, structured data, internal links, redirects, sitemap, page speed, etc.?

Would you recommend making this migration if the current WordPress website is already ranking well, or would you first try to improve the existing WordPress site?

Would really appreciate insights from people who have handled large website migrations or have 10+ years of SEO experience.

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#1 booking plugin?

8 August 2026 at 07:40

What is the #1 booking plugin

- That syncs with booking.com

- Sends an email to the manager (required) to approve/decline booking requests (optional)

- allows booking directly from the website

Decently priced... its for a chalet that gets booked as a whole

I will have a motel (multiple rooms) website to make in the future... what recommendations are there?

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[PROMO] Admin Activity Logger Lite plugin

8 August 2026 at 06:53

I re-post this again, forgot [PROMO] on earlier...

I've been working on a lightweight WordPress activity logging plugin and just released version 1.2.0.

The idea behind it was simple: I wanted something that logs important admin actions without trying to be an enterprise security suite or adding unnecessary complexity.

At the moment it logs things like:

  • post publishing, updates, trashing and permanent deletion
  • user creation, deletion and role changes
  • media uploads and permanent media deletions

It also includes log retention (auto-purge), search/filtering, pagination and a small dashboard widget for recent activity.

What's new in 1.2.0

This release is mostly focused on making the logs more useful on larger sites.

  • Added severity levels (Info / Warning / Critical)
  • Promotions to Administrator are now logged as critical events
  • New severity filters and date range filtering
  • Role changes now show both the previous and new role
  • Media Library uploads are now logged
  • Faster log searches thanks to fulltext indexes and query caching
  • Separate setting for dashboard widget log count

I'm trying to keep the plugin focused on being fast and lightweight rather than adding every possible audit feature.

I'd be interested in hearing what admin actions you think are worth logging that most plugins tend to miss.

https://mobbi.dev/admin-activity-logger-lite/

https://github.com/mobbi-dev/admin-activity-logger-lite

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