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Backdoor discovered in WordPress plugins after essential plugin suite change
NewsBytes | April 15, 2026 4:39 PM CST

Experts urge WordPress owners to check

With over 400,000 total installs and more than 20,000 active sites using these plugins, a lot of websites were put at risk just because of a change in plugin ownership.
This is actually the second similar incident in as many weeks.
Security experts are reminding everyone to double-check for any weird or unknown plugins on their sites.
As Ginder put it, WordPress owners should check whether they still have one of the malicious plug-ins installed and remove it.


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