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 more
If you want to disable comments in WordPress based on the user’s location, you can do so by using the following steps: Step 1. Install and activate the “GeoIP Detection” plugin. This plugin allows you to detect the user’s location based on their IP address. Step 2. Add the following code to your theme’s functions.php … Read more
If you want to disable comments in WordPress based on the user’s language, you can do so by using the following steps: Step 1. Install and activate the “GeoIP Detection” plugin. This plugin allows you to detect the user’s language based on their IP address. Step 2. Add the following code to your theme’s functions.php … Read more
A locale is the translation language code used in WordPress that usually consists of a combination of language code and country code, combined with an underscore, for example en_AU or en_GB. Here is a complete and UPDATED List of All WordPress Language Locales 🏳️🌈 This page displays the market share (in %) for each locale (Language code) that WordPress websites are … Read more
The .htaccess file is a configuration file that is used by the Apache web server to control various aspects of how the server functions. In WordPress, the .htaccess file is used to control various settings related to the permalinks of your website, as well as to protect your website from various types of attacks. The … Read more
Error: “An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.” indicates a connection problem between your website or hosting and the WordPress.org website. The error can be seen on the Plugin > Add New page To learn more about … Read more
This is one of the most-asked questions that I get emailed from people that read some posts from my Types of WordPress Malware Attacks and What They Do series. 99% of the time website owners are the last ones to find out that their WordPress websites are hacked, after visitors, Google, website scanners, and their … Read more
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 more
Here is how to add table indexes, keys, and auto_increment fields to WordPress core database tables. These commands will fix the following database errors caused by missing primary keys: ⚠️ NOTE: Before running any of the following commands make sure to create a backup of the database. This commands will only fix your WordPress Core … Read more
WordPress hooks are a powerful feature that allows you to customize and extend the functionality of your WordPress website without modifying the core code. They are essentialy points in the WordPress code where you can add your own custom code or functions. There are two types of hooks in WordPress: actions and filters. Action hooks … Read more