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Anchor Hosting
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Anchor Hosting is the company blog at anchor.host, writing about security and web. Since 2022, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Anchor Hosting's posts on WordPress hosting and security, including one about someone buying 30 WordPress plugins. The only comment questions a security claim against that earlier post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hassle-free hosting for WordPress professionals.
Most-linked posts?
- Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-13
What Hacker News says?
“No supply chain attacks” Wasn’t https://anchor.host/someone-bought-30-wordpress-plugins-and-... like, a month ago?
Comment linking /someone-bought-30-wordpress-plugins-and-planted-a-backdoor-in-all-of-them/
on “WP23”Submitted Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted From a 7 KB file to a 13-year backdoor operation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Email Robot Handing DNS Updates as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Credit card skimmer disguised as Google Tag Manager as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted WordPress plugin hijacked in 2020 hid a dormant backdoor for years as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted An AI driven WP theming workflow as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation as a story · 1 points
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