Update Plugins
Plugins are typically built by developers in the WordPress community. There are tens of thousands of plugins available to download. If you head over to the WordPress plugin directory you’ll see how many there are and how easy it is to download and activate a new plugin.
When a plugin developer submits a plugin to the WordPress directory, it’s briefly reviewed by a WordPress community manger (we’ll talk more about this shortly). There are really no major security threat analyses performed. Which is why you must rely on your peers to point out issues, as we talked about earlier.
You also have to make sure you’re updating your plugins frequently. There are services to help you manage all your WordPress installations and update everything ...
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