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It's Episode 572 and we have plugins for No Auto Updates, Wall, Worker List, Forming Contacts, Bellhop, Tarot Reading… and ClassicPress Options. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!

Disable All Automatic Updates and Theme Editors, Wall, Employee List, Contact Form by WPForms – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress, Bellhop, Tarot Online……. and ClassicPress options on Episode 572.

John's Intro:

This is a value for value show and I look forward to everyone providing some value back.

Before I get started, you will want to hang around to the end of the show for our Q & A segment with Amber…. and to those listening on the podcast, you may want to check out the YouTube version which has some great discussions before the show starts…

Amber's Rant:

This is Episode #31 for 2022!

Getting close to Episode 33! Hopefully everyone out there has had an opportunity to get the sunshine, because winter is on it's way! I can see a preview of it today where I am – clouds, chill winds…

Don't forget to take some time off of the devices! Devices are great distraction noodles, but they can melt your brain too. Taking breaks is always a good thing – remember, too much of anything is no good for you!

We have some news from the world of WordPress for you today as well as some great plugins. 

News this week:

– (https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-august-17-2022/) WordPress Vulnerability Report – Apologies, I realize I completely forgot to bring this last week! I've added last week's link into the show notes for you to make up for it. (https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-august-10-2022/)

There is only one plugin listed with severe vulnerability linking it to WordPress Core Vulnerability – Simple Single Sign On. Please be sure to look over the information in this link, it is always good to know what's going on.

– (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-mailchimp-breach-exposed-digitalocean-customer-email-addresses/) – New MailChimp breach exposed DititalOcean customer email addresses – a lot of people use MailChimp I have noticed. This is a good thing to know – the security breach exposed the email addresses of some customers, with a small number receiving unauthorized password resets. First learned on August 8th, it has been dealt with; though may still want to double check, make sure your sites are updated, and maybe change passwords if you are a user of DigitalOcean.

– (https://wptavern.com/newsletter-glue-closes-free-plugin-on-wordpress-org) Newsletter Glue closes free Plugin on WordPress.org – Newsletter Glue Creators have removed their free plugin from WordPress.org in favour of focusing on the commercial version. There was a warning to users 5 months ago that they would be closing the free version and no longer updating as of May 1st, however the process was delayed until August 15th. The reason for this delay was that they had set the plugin so that when one upgraded, the free version automatically uninstalled and the paid version installed and activated. This caused some issues that took some work.

– (a href="https://wptavern.com/woocommerce-to-stop-registering-customizer-options-in-upcomin...