š” .htaccess is a hidden configuration file that can control how your server runs your website. Most notably, WP modifies this file to be able to handle pretty permalinks.
Here you can find useful .htaccess code snippets and tips.
We occasionally find ourselves in a situation where we need to test the website first, then point the domain name if everything is in order. To achieve this there are multiple ways: Edit Hosts file on your local computer Use online service such as skipDNS Access WordPress using temporary server URL In this guide We … Read full article ā
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 ā
There are a few different ways that you can block access to your WordPress website if a user is coming from a specific website: Blocking access using a plugin There are several WordPress plugins that allow you to block access to your website based on the referral URL. These plugins typically allow you to specify … Read full article ā
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 full article ā
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 ā
When editing the menu in customizer the changes failed to save with the error message: Looks like something’s gone wrong. Wait a couple seconds, and then try again. And when inspecting the page the following error appears: POST http://plugins.club/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php 403 (Forbidden) The 403 error is caused by something blocking access to the file such as … Read full article ā
To enable HSTS Preload on a WordPress website (https://hstspreload.org/?domain=wpxss.com) you need to add the following code snippet in the .htaccess file: If you have access to the server settings *(You are using a VPS or DEDICATED server) then you can enable it server-wide for all domains by adding the snippet to the /etc/apache2/conf.d/includes/pre_main_global.conf file TIP: … Read full article ā
The AnonymousFox Hack guide by Sucuri misses a huge step in cleaning a hacked WordPress website, and that step is: removing the cronjobs While removing AnonymousFox malware from a website I noticed the following cron: It downloads a script from http://hello.hahaha666.xyz/xxxd and runs it, the script is: It creates a new folder css and replaces … Read full article ā
For the WordPress mixed content error: “This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS” the best solution is to search&replace all links in files and the database using Regex with WP CLI. But if you are looking for a quick fix, just add the following code to .htaccess file to automatically forward … Read full article ā
To check the current WordPress file upload limit, navigate to WordPress dashboard, click Media -> Add, and the upload limit will be displayed on the bottom. And the second method, edit your theme’s functions.php file and add the following