Tens of thousands of WordPress sites are at risk from critical vulnerabilities in a widely used plug-in that facilitates the use of PHP code on a site.

Thanks to WordPress’s action hook system however, enabling it is not difficult. To enable this functionality, you only need to add a new filter hook into your themes functions.php file.

The RCE bugs impact PHP Everywhere, a utility for web developers to be able to use PHP code in pages, posts, the sidebar, or anywhere with a Gutenberg block – editor blocks in WordPress – on ...