by Joe Miles | Jun 8, 2017 | MetaSlider, Other WordPress news, UpdraftPlus growth
It’s been a busy couple of weeks at UpdraftPlus. As well as releasing Keyy, our new 2-factor Authentication plugin, we’ve also today confirming we’ve acquired MetaSlider. MetaSlider is the most popular WordPress slider plugin with 800k installs. It makes it the UK’s...
by Joe Miles | Mar 31, 2017 | Other WordPress news, UpdraftPlus growth, We recommend, WP Optimize
Our team confirmed today that WP-Optimize has passed the 600k install milestone. This is the first major milestone since UpdraftPlus acquired the plugin from Ruhani Rabin at the end of 2016. We’ve already released a lot of internal improvements and bug fixes in...
by Joe Miles | Mar 15, 2017 | Clef, Other WordPress news
UpdraftPlus today confirmed it’s actively developing a plugin and app based on the same innovative idea as “Clef”. Clef Two Factor Authentication works by replacing the usual username-password login, with a barcode and a smart phone app to scan it. It makes logging in...
by Joe Miles | Dec 12, 2016 | Other WordPress news, UpdraftCentral, UpdraftPlus growth, WP Optimize
UpdraftPlus, the world’s most popular backup plugin, has today confirmed it has acquired WP Optimize, a plugin for cleaning up WordPress databases. The takeover will bring together a user base of well over 1 million WordPress sites, making it one of the largest...
by Abigail Walters-Davies | Aug 17, 2016 | Other WordPress news, updates, UpdraftPlus development news
Today saw the full release of WordPress 4.6 “Pepper Adams”. This latest version has a good few improvements. It’s got a better Editor, with an auto save that’s more likely to detect when a save has failed, something that detects broken URLs, and a “there is a newer...
by Joe Miles | Apr 21, 2016 | Other WordPress news
Thank you to user “crscrk” who provided this: WordPress 4.5 broke my ability to upload media to my photo journal travel blog just as I was packing for a month long out-of-country trip- I kept getting an http error. There’s quite a conversation about...
by udadmin | Apr 12, 2016 | Other WordPress news
In case you’ve not seen – there’s a new major WordPress release out, version 4.5. We’ve been testing UpdraftPlus on WordPress 4.5 since the betas, and current releases are compatible. When upgrading to WP 4.5, don’t forget to take a...
by udadmin | Jan 6, 2016 | Other WordPress news
There’s been a new WordPress core security release – head over to the WordPress blog for more details, if you’re not already aware. Most WordPress sites will automatically update themselves; but it’s always worth double-checking. And, if you...
by Abigail Walters-Davies | Dec 9, 2015 | Other WordPress news
So far in 2015, there have been 2 major releases of WordPress: 4.2 and 4.3. 4.4 is now ready and has just been released. It goes without saying that you should always use the latest version of WordPress. It brings your website the latest features, bug-fixes and...
by udadmin | Dec 9, 2015 | Other WordPress news
WordPress 4.4 has been released to the world. Current releases of UpdraftPlus are compatible (we’ve been testing the beta and release candidates of WP 4.4 for a while). Don’t forget to back up before upgrading! (It’s a great time to get UpdraftPlus...
