Your Website Is Your BeaconThe Morning I Found a Plugin I Never Installed
A plugin folder appeared on my site that I never installed. It was caught before it did damage, and the investigation changed how I run every part of my WordPress stack.
Series: Your Website Is Your Beacon
A seven-part series on protecting the website your business credibility lives on. It began the morning a plugin appeared on my site that I never installed. From there: why commercial themes are Frankenstein monsters, what it costs to leave a page builder, how to put your plugin stack on a diet, why the number of maintainers matters, how the supply chain delivers attacks through trusted channels, and why security is a posture, not a plugin.
