We just soft launched a new option for searching for WordPress plugins. As part of making sure we produced the best tool we can, we revisited another option launched last year, Ploogins, which we mentioned back in September. As part of looking more into that, we ran across a post from the company behind that promoting it, while giving some really bad advice on assessing the security of WooCommerce extending plugins. Here that the most relevant portion:
Locking Down Security
Security is a big deal. A bad plugin can open the door to hackers, malware, and other nasty stuff. Here’s how to keep your site locked tight: [Read more]