wordpress mysql usage statistics - WordPress MySQL Version Usage Statistics UPDATED

WordPress MySQL Version Usage Statistics UPDATED

As of 2021, the vast majority of WordPress websites are using MySQL version 5.6 or higher because WordPress has required at least MySQL version 5.6 since version 4.4, released in 2015. Newer MySQL versions are not yet widely adopted, as some users may be using older hosting environments that do not support them, or they … Read full article →

wp data breach - What is ℹ️ Data breach (information disclosure) and How to prevent WordPress information disclosure

What is ℹ️ Data breach (information disclosure) and How to prevent WordPress information disclosure

Information disclosure, also known as data breach is the unintentional exposure of sensitive information. This sensitive information can be anything from technical information such as plugin versions or hosting plan limits, to users information that should not be made public. Information disclosure is not a hack but allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information that … Read full article →

move wp pages to doc root - How to move WordPress pages to the Domain Root

How to move WordPress pages to the Domain Root

I have a WordPress blog on pcelarstvopejcic.com/blog and a few pages that I would like to move to the domain document root, so that: pcelarstvopejcic.com/blog/contact becomes pcelarstvopejcic.com/contact pcelarstvopejcic.com/blog/shop becomes pcelarstvopejcic.com/shop So this way I only have one WP installation and blog posts would be accessible via pcelarstvopejcic.com/blog/POST and pages in pcelarstvopejcic.com/PAGE To do this, edit … Read full article →

Fatal error Failed opening required wordfence waf.php  - ❌ PHP Fatal error:  Unknown: Failed opening required wordfence-waf.php

❌ PHP Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required wordfence-waf.php

After migrating a WordPress website ot another cPanel account, the website displayed 500 error, and the following was recorded inside the error_log file: [17-Aug-2022 12:46:18 Europe/Belgrade] PHP Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required ‘/home/XXXXX/XXXXX.com/wordfence-waf.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/alt/php74/usr/share/pear’) in Unknown on line 0 WordFence adds rules to .htaccess file to include the wordfence-waf.php file by full path: php_value … Read full article →

wp installatron import - How to import an existing WordPress website in Installatron

How to import an existing WordPress website in Installatron

If you have manually installed one of the supported Installatron applications, you can easily import the application through Installatron to take advantage of all the features that Installatron offers. The steps when importing into Installatron are the same for all applications, so we will use the example of importing a WordPress application for this article. … Read full article →

Suggestions to reduce the wp options table size - Suggestions to reduce the wp_options table size

Suggestions to reduce the wp_options table size

In this post I discussed an example where wp_options table had 900k rows of plugin-based data in it, causing the wp-admin dashboard to load slowly. As noted there, good coding practice is for each plugin to create its own database tables and use those instead of default WP tables. While the WordPress community actively improves … Read full article →

Cloudflare phishing popup that downloads malware - ⚠️ Cloudflare phishing popup that downloads malware

⚠️ Cloudflare phishing popup that downloads malware

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 →

WordPress Caching Plugins Compared - WordPress Caching Plugins Comparisons

WordPress Caching Plugins Comparisons

I’ve been a WordPress user for over a decade and back at the beginning of my first WP blog (around 2010), I did a comparison between at the time most popular WordPress Caching plugins, and various caching methods: APC, XCache, and eAccelerator. Most of those plugins are long dead but some of their functions still … Read full article →