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We want to let you know about a serious security issue that became public this week in PHP, the software that runs most websites — including WordPress sites and our own client area. We are aware of it, we have acted on it, and we want to explain in plain language what it means for you. What happened On 20 October 2026, details of two ...

On 12 August 2026, WordPress released version 7.0.4 as a security release. If you run a self-managed WordPress site on a Hostify VPS or dedicated server, please update as soon as possible. What Was Fixed The release fixes a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-65640 / GHSA-8vr3-7mxf-gx8w) that could be triggered by a malicious file ...

On 6 August 2026, WordPress released version 7.0.3 as a security release addressing 12 vulnerabilities. If you run a self-managed WordPress site on a Hostify VPS or dedicated server, please update as soon as possible. What Was Fixed The most serious issue is a pre-authentication reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the login ...

We completed a server-wide performance improvement on ns1.hostify.net.za today that makes every WordPress site on the server noticeably faster. What Changed We identified and resolved a PHP caching configuration issue that had been affecting all shared hosting accounts on ns1. In short: the server was doing unnecessary work on every page load, ...