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* Shared hosting - PHP 8.0.5 is now available on all shared hosting accounts. 

* New blog articles: Clearing PHP opcache, WordPress External Cron, Nginx Redirects With Map File

WordPress

In May, WordPress turned 18! You can read all about it here:

https://wordpress.org/news/2021/05/wordpress-at-18/

And in celebration of this birthday, WordPress released a critical security update:

https://wordpress.org/news/2021/05/wordpress-5-7-2-security-release/

The vulnerablity corrected in this update has been ranked "Critical". All WordPress users are advised to updated immediately.

Fortunately if you have WordFence installed then you are already protected:

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/wordpress-5-7-2-security-release-what-you-need-to-know/

Reliable Penguin offers premium WordFence licenses. See below for details.

Drupal

Not to be outdone, Drupal turned 20 this year:

https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/happy-20th-birthday-drupal

And of course Drupal has multiple security updates:

https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-003

https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-002

https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001

All Drupal users are strongly advised to upgrade to protect against these critical vulnerabilities.

SpamHero Now Available

Want to upgrade your spam filter? Check out our new Spam Hero service featuring:

Outperforms the competition - Catchs more spam and do it with substantially fewer false positives than other spam filtering solutions.

Easy to use - Nothing to install, configure or train. SpamHero will even detect your valid email addresses.

Tracking 100+ million senders - Sender behaviors are tracked in realtime. The sender's reputation is weighed during the filtering process.

Over 25 million filters - Every message is scrutinized through a mind blowing number of filters. All filters are consistently tested for accuracy.

12,000+ filters added daily - Using spam traps around the world we are able to detect new spam attacks as they occur and adapt to them instantly.

Additional features include:

• Virus & malware filtering
• Unlimited email addresses
• Unlimited quarantine logins
• Unlimited domain aliases
• Scheduled quarantine reports
• Group quarantine support
• Automatic email address detection
• 30 day mail archiving
• 5 day automatic mail bagging
• Mail forwarding
• Catch-all address
• Domain wide filtering policies
• Sender whitelist/blacklist
• Active Directory / LDAP email address sync
• TLS encryption
• Distributed cloud based technology

Order Spam Hero for your Reliable Penguin for special discounts and free support. For more info email: support@reliablepenguin.com

WordFence Special

WordFence is the leading security plugin for WordPress websites. There's a free version of the plugin which does a good job of basic security but if you want serious protection then a "premium license" is the way to go. Reliable Penguin is an official WordFence reseller and for April we have a limited supply of premium licenses at a discounted price of $75 for the first year. This is a 25% discount! If you interested email support@reliablepenguin.com!

Contacting Support

As a reminder if you need support for your shared or managed hosting solution you have several options:

1. Send email to: support@reliablepenguin.com

2. Visit https://help.reliablepenguin.com

3. Call 866-649-7984 

Payments

All payments should be made electronically by credit card, debit card, ACH, wire transfer, Paypal or Zelle.

Details can be found on your invoice and our payment portal here:

https://payments.reliablepenguin.com/

If you are unable to make electronic payments, then checks by postal mail will be accepted but processing will be delayed up to fourteen (14) days. Please send payments early enough to factor in this delay.

Please be aware that payments for services must be completed within the terms of your contract or service plan. Failure to make payments on schedule will result in late fees and service termination. If your payment will be delayed for any reason please contact our team to make arrangements.