WordPress took a beating this past month. The newest AI models are finding and writing code to exploit vulnerabilities that sat hidden for years.

Nobody caught them until these latest model releases. So now we are dealing with the fallout...

WordPress 7.0.3 officially dropped today, August 6, as a new security release.

The recent security reality.
The WordPress.org core team forced a background auto-update for 7.0.2 in July to handle active exploits.

What was patched in July?
- Patched one critical-severity flaw.
- Patched one high-severity flaw.

Version 7.0.3 follows right on its heels. Given the current wave of AI-driven attacks, you want to apply this patch immediately.

Those 7.0 branch fixes?
The 7.0 branch was a significant upgrade, to say the least. It dropped native AI engine frameworks and fixed server-side memory leaks that previously choked websites.

And version 7.0.1 knocked out 31 bugs in the block editor, fixed media library folder-view errors, and cleaned up display issues in the new admin dashboard.

I think, all told, the core team resolved over 700 bugs across core and Gutenberg. So for those folks who say the WordPress dev team has fallen asleep on the job, well, I'd say more like three Red Bulls a day...

Do not wait on this. Log into your dashboard, run a backup, and apply the 7.0.3 update.

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