The CEO of Wordpress.org, Matt Mullenweg, announced they have banned WP Engine (a commercial Wordpress host) from accessing its resources. If your blog is hosted on WP Engine (wpengine.com) then you're probably affected by this. In short, WordPress.org has blocked WP Engine's customers to install themes and update plugins that are hosted on wordpress.org, including security updates. It looks like this news impacts over 180k blogs hosted on WP Engine 🤯 If you host your own blog elsewhere ...

Hey folks please upgrade your PHP versions as a new vulnerability called php2shell was published only hours ago that effects millions of blogs and websites. If you run a travel website, WordPress, Drupal or Joomla blog... this means you. Check with your hosting provider and if you've self installed PHP ensure that you're upgraded. Thanks to @nathan-james for sharing this news.