When it comes to cleaning huge websites of malware, if the database is several GB in size, it becomes difficult to navigate and remove bad code. PHPMyAdmin and text editors become completely useless for databases over 2GB in size. Here’s a script I came across recently and turned to be quite helpful in removing malware … Read full article →
In this blog, I am going to show youtwo built-in methods to easily add text to any image on your WordPress website. 1. Add text over image using Cover Block Click the plus button to add new block and search for “Cover” Then add your image and you can add text over it. the result? … Read full article →
Export WordPress posts to XML an then convert it into Markdown files suitable for a static site generator such as Gridsome, Gatsby, Hugo, Jekyll, etc. Step 1. Export WordPress to XML Navigate to Tools > Export and Select “All Content” File will be saved as [website].WordPress. [DATE].xml Step 3. Install NodeJS & Git Make sure … Read full article →
In this post, I will discuss the most realistic phishing popup that I’ve seen in years. These popups appear only on WordPress websites that use Cloudflare and can easily be mistaken with the original Cloudflare’s “sorry you have been blocked” screen. The post is divided in two sections: Analysis of the malware and malicious code … Read full article →
Preventing the site from being indexed by search engines is a feature that is often used when building a site for a client because we don’t want Google to index it until it is ready. Preventing indexing in this case is necessary because the site is in the development phase and the links of the … Read full article →
Here are a few ways you can change the active theme in WordPress: Using WP Dashboard Using the WordPress Administration Screens: You can change the active theme by going to the “Appearance” -> “Themes” page in the WordPress Administration Screens and selecting a new theme. Using functions.php or a custom plugin Using the wp_set_theme function: … Read full article →
IDBTE4M BOT V87 is a PHP shell that has a rarely good mailer function which is hard to detect because it uses random [email protected] for sending SPAM: source code: when accessed publically the IDBTE4M BOT V87 shell gives a blank page, but with a POST request containing the random password, the shell looks like this: … Read full article →
WordPress has many built-in functions that can help you debug. They can be activated by editing them in the wp-config.php file: 1. Enable debug mode By default Debug mode is disabled in WordPress, so you need to enable it by editing the wp-config.php file and changing the value from define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, false ); to define( … Read full article →
Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool gives you a score between 0-100, with 100 being the fastest loading time. Slow websites rank lower in Google, have lower conversion rates, and generate less revenue with higher expenses. In this guide We will first check what is actually showing down a WordPress website by running a test for a … Read full article →
For some operations such as database export, WP-CLI uses PHP exec() function which is disabled on most shared hosting servers. So if you do wp db export and no file was created, make sure to check your error_log file and if you notice this error: PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function exec() … Read full article →