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WordPress 7.0 Changed the Custom HTML Block. Now Your Code Can Disappear

WordPress block editor showing an empty, clear Custom HTML block with underlying code exposed next to it.

WordPress 7.0 changed the way the Custom HTML block works.

Before WordPress 7.0, you could see and edit your HTML directly inside the Custom HTML block in the Visual Editor. Now, the editor primarily shows the rendered result. To edit the actual code, you click the block and open the HTML editor in a modal.

WordPress added separate areas for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, presenting the change as an improvement. Users who dislike popups, overlays, and extra steps disagree.

But

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The Latest WordPress Core Exploit (wp2shell) and Why Forced Updates Break Websites

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One of the biggest promises of WordPress is automatic security updates. When a critical vulnerability is discovered, millions of sites can be patched automatically without site owners having to lift a finger.

But when those background updates unexpectedly break active websites, that convenience quickly becomes a liability.

That is exactly what unfolded following the recently disclosed wp2shell vulnerability chain.

While issuing rapid patches was the right decision from a security standpoint, the automated push inevitably triggered unexpected compatibility crashes, fatal

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