WordPress news for February 2017 as presented at WordPress Sydney meetup group

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February 2017 WordPress News
Cloudflare Data Leak
If you use Cloudflare firewall and content distribution service
check out the article below to see if you were affected
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/02/cloudflare-data-leak/
“Gutenberg,” Experimental Block Based Editor
Prototype for replacing the WordPress editor
https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/
https://wptavern.com/wordpress-core-editor-team-publishes-ui-prototype-for-gutenberg-an-
experimental-block-based-editor

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February 2017 WordPress News
The State of WordPress Security: Expert Reviews
Three security experts review WordPress security now and
for the future
https://torquemag.io/2017/02/security-experts-weigh-in-the-future-of-wordpress-security/
LoopConf 2 Review
Review of developer centric conference in USA & link to
video of talks
https://poststatus.com/loopconf/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLod7ww284cBH0DZshlVXRR5XtpaIZXfTF

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February 2017 WordPress News
Disqus Ads No Longer Free To Disable
Previously it has been free to disable ads in Disqus
comments – not any more
https://kinsta.com/blog/disqus-ads/
LoopConf 2 Review
Review of developer centric conference in USA & link to
video of talks
https://poststatus.com/loopconf/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLod7ww284cBH0DZshlVXRR5XtpaIZXfTF

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February 2017 WordPress News
Matt Mullenweg Responds to Security Rant: Digital
Signatures for WordPress Updates Are Important but
Not a Priority
https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-responds-to-security-rant-digital-
signatures-for-wordpress-updates-are-important-but-not-a-priority
WooCommerce vs Magento
Feature comparison of the two most popular self hosted
ecommerce platforms
https://themeisle.com/blog/woocommerce-vs-magento/

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February 2017 WordPress News
WordPress REST API Vulnerability
Fixed in 4.7.2 but still thousands of sites not updated
https://wptavern.com/wordpress-rest-api-vulnerability-exploits-continue

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Upcoming WPSyd Events
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