MonsterInsights Error: The firewall of your server is blocking outbound calls. Please contact your hosting provider to fix this issue. cURL error 28: Failed to connect to www.google.com port 443 after 1201 ms: Couldn’t connect to server This error is caused by cURL (Client for URLs) – a command line tool that is used to … Read full article →
Recently I was migrating a website from GoDaddy shared hosting using WP-CLI and noticed the PHP version in cli was outdated. Here is how to install WP-CLI and set custom PHP version for the cli. Setup WP-CLI To download WP cli: To run it use php wp-cli.phar To make it easier to call We’ll rename … Read full article →
Post revisions are a WordPress feature that allows you to undo changes and go back to an earlier version of your posts and pages, it works by auto-saving every 60s while you edit content. Since revisions can take up a lot of space in the database, it is a good idea to delete them. or You … Read full article →
WordPress.org has a list that explains the default and most commonly used wp-config.php constants. But there are many more constants that are not covered in this guide and can only be found when browsing the WordPress core itself. Here I will do my best to list all WordPress constants, and keep the list up to … Read full article →
WordPress salts are a security feature in the WordPress platform that helps protect your website from malicious attacks. They are a series of random strings of characters that are added to the password hashing process, making it more difficult for hackers to crack your passwords. There are several reasons why it is important to change … Read full article →
If you want to hide your WordPress site from search engines, you can use the “Discourage search engines from indexing this site” option in the “Reading Settings” page of your WordPress dashboard. To access this option, follow these steps: This will add a “noindex” directive to your site’s pages, which tells search engines not to … Read full article →
Magic Quotes is a PHP function where strings are automatically escaped (special characters are prefixed with a backslash) before being passed. This is considered a bad practice and as of PHP 7.4, they are deprecated. This article by Sebastian Bergmann explains in detail Why Magic Quotes are gone in PHP 7 WordPress doesn’t use magic … Read full article →
In this guide, I talked about adding WP-CLI to your system, but if you use cPanel with CloudLinux, you also need to include it in CageFS so that all users can access the wp command. First, download the WP-CLI command inside /usr/local/bin Add WP-CLI path to CageFS: and inside add: save the file, then update … Read full article →
By default .css and .js files used in WordPress themes and plugins will add a version number using ?ver= To disable this add the following inside your theme functions.php file or as a new plugin:
In this guide We’ll cover how to reset a WordPress user password using WP-CLI. Step 1. Ensure WP-CLI is installed and you are in the website directory run the following command to check if you are in the right folder: Step 2. List all users and note user_login for the user Step 3. Replace the … Read full article →