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PageSpeed 97/100, but Core Web Vitals still fail: How a green score can hide a slow website

97/100 in Lighthouse, yet the same website fails Core Web Vitals. A real WordPress example shows why a green PageSpeed score can hide serious loading delays.

Elementor opens its editor to AI agents: Claude and Codex can edit native elements via MCP

Elementor MCP lets clients such as Claude and Codex work with the page's native structure instead of generating throwaway HTML. It is still beta, but it…

Admin Menu Editor Pro distributed a web shell through its official update channel. The replacement version was compromised too

Admin Menu Editor Pro distributed an update containing a web shell from its official server, and a few hours later the supposedly clean replacement version was…

WordPress maintenance: what a professional service should actually include

Professional WordPress maintenance is more than clicking update. Backups, testing, security, monitoring and a clear response to problems need to work as one process.

WordPress slow? Why nothing happens for several seconds

WordPress slow before anything even starts loading? The cause may be the database, PHP, plugins or external services rather than images and CSS.

WordPress has started stopping risky plugin updates. AI checks them before distribution

WordPress.org has introduced an automated security gate for plugin releases. Several AI models and Jetpack Scan analyse the code, and high-risk versions are stopped before distribution.

WPML, used on more than 1.5 million sites, had an SQL injection flaw. A Subscriber account was enough

CVE-2026-17509 describes an SQL injection flaw in WPML Multilingual CMS up to and including version 4.9.5. The attack required a logged-in account, but the Subscriber role…