WordPress is a constantly evolving bit of software, and there is a major new revision just around the corner. Version 4.0 of WordPress is currently in beta, with a production release planned for August 2014. Here’s what you can expect: Media embed previews Finally! When embedding media in your posts – such as YouTube videos […]

Here is what your friendly dxwers have been reading and sharing this week.

One of our favourite projects at dxw is working with the GDS folks on the .gov.uk blog platform, which supports the blogging efforts of many different departments and individuals across government. There are all sorts of reasons why blogging is a good idea for people working in government: Having a single platform for all the […]

RSS is a bit of the web’s plumbing that often is reported as dead or dying. It won’t go anywhere soon though because it’s just too useful. In short, RSS (usually read to stand for ‘really simple syndication’ although holy wars have been fought over this) provides a way of delivering the latest content from […]

A simple one this, but something that quite a few people using WordPress have missed. Sometimes you want to schedule a post to be published at a time other than right now. There are a few reasons for that: You can probably think of a few others yourself. So, how to get around this problem? […]

A new vulnerability has been announced in TimThumb, a library that many WordPress sites use to manipulate and display images. This vulnerability makes sites with a particular configuration of TimThumb vulnerable to arbitrary code execution attacks. These attacks are pretty serious, allowing the attacker to force your server to run any command they like. Usually, it’s […]