WordPress Makes Fix to End All Manual Updates | Linux Today

WordPress Makes Fix to End All Manual Updates

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Sean Michael Kerner
Dec 29, 2014

The top path to exploitation in many cases is out-of-date and unpatched software that enables hackers to take advantage of known vulnerabilities. No stranger to unpatched software, the WordPress blogging and content management system (CMS) has now taken a large step forward to help reduce that risk by providing automatic updating for plug-ins.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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