Are WordPress Plugins Becoming a Liability? Here’s What I’m Seeing

This video examines rising WordPress security risks as AI accelerates exploit discovery, explores mitigation techniques and alternative static/hybrid workflows.
– Issue: AI makes vulnerabilities and plugin backdoors easier to find and exploit.
– Audit: Check plugin activity, last updates and resources like the Plugin Graveyard.
– Options: Consider Simply Static, Simply Static Studio, Instatic, Astro or Phantom Studio for static/hybrid sites.
– Approach: Use selective plugins, backups, server security and decide when to use WordPress vs static outputs.

Quotes:

AI is now making it much, much easier to find and exploit vulnerabilities in WordPress.

Some plugins create application passwords that grant admin access without your knowledge.

Generate a static version of WordPress and only spin it up when you need to edit.