{"id":3711,"date":"2022-09-02T06:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T06:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:53:31","slug":"patchstack-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/patchstack-partnership","title":{"rendered":"Patchstack Is Partnering With Hostinger to Make WordPress Safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Hostinger, we take security incredibly seriously. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;ve taken extra steps to ensure our <a href=\"\/wordpress-hosting\">hosted WordPress<\/a> sites are even more secure. We&rsquo;re partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patchstack<\/a>, an advanced security tool that identifies security vulnerabilities in <a href=\"\/tutorials\/best-wordpress-plugins\">WordPress plugins<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Patchstack checks the status of WordPress plugins, themes, and core versions. It alerts users when it identifies possible security issues that might result in websites being compromised. Users have the option to update any vulnerable components to the last safe version. Patchstack will be accessible via hPanel.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\/public\" alt=\"hpanel preview of security\" class=\"wp-image-3712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\/w=1999,fit=scale-down 1999w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/hpanel-security.png\/w=1536,fit=scale-down 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-plugin-vulnerabilities-pose-a-huge-security-risk\">Plugin Vulnerabilities Pose a Huge Security Risk<\/h2><p>Plugins and themes accounted for <a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/whitepaper\/the-state-of-wordpress-security-in-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">99.42% of reported WordPress vulnerabilities<\/a> last year. It is also a growing risk &mdash; in 2021, the number of reported vulnerabilities increased by <strong>150%<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p><p>With WordPress powering more than <strong>40%<\/strong> of the web, this partnership will significantly impact driving awareness of these security issues, making the web a safer place for everybody.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-patchstack\">About Patchstack<\/h2><p>Patchstack is security software that detects vulnerabilities in open-source components such as WordPress plugins, themes, and WordPress core. Patchstack owns the leading <a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress vulnerability database<\/a> and runs the first <a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/alliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bug bounty program for WordPress plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Hostinger, we take security incredibly seriously. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve taken extra steps to ensure our hosted WordPress sites are even more secure. We\u2019re partnering with Patchstack\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":3761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2365],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-3711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress"],"hreflangs":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3711"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4464,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711\/revisions\/4464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3711"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=3711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}