In some cases, you may need to add a function to your WordPress website, either to hook something into the theme or use a filter to change something in the theme. One method of making changes to your site using code snippets is through the use of the theme functions.php file. To edit PHP files make sure … Read full article →
You can download older versions of any plugin hosted on WordPress.org directly from the website or from WP-CLI. To download older plugin versions from WordPress.org click on the Advanced view link scroll down to the end of the page and under Previous Versions select the version that you would like to download. that’s it! Another … Read full article →
Since WordPress 5.3, a prompt asking to confirm the administration email address appears every six months when a user with an administrator role tries to access the wp-admin dashboard. This feature was introduced to make sure that the email address configured in Settings → General is active. When this screen is shown you have several options: But … Read full article →
Posts are articles listed in reverse chronological order that are easy to read, share or comment on. While Pages primarily include static information about your organization, products or services, etc., they don’t usually have comment areas and share links. Posts can be more easily organized and used to interact with your audience, whereas pages are mostly … Read full article →
First and first, I must stress that this is a bad idea and that I do not recommend it. Why? Because you’ll remove all of Cloudflare’s protection for the wp-admin dashboard. Cloudflare waits 100 seconds for an HTTP response. If the origin doesn’t respond in that time, Cloudflare closes the connection and you’ll see “Error … Read full article →
SQL (Structured Query Language) is a language that allows code to interact with databases. Injecting SQL commands into a vulnerable user input section on your WordPress website such as a contact form or search box is considered an SQL Injection attack. Depending on the actual SQL command, this could purge the database, send the data … Read full article →
The following code snippet will automatically generate Alt Text for all featured images from the Post Title. If you are looking for more settings, check the SEO Friendly Images plugin.
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 →
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 →
Error connecting to Mailchimp: 0 cURL error 28: Failed to connect to us17.api.mailchimp.com port 443 after 7207 ms: Couldn’t connect to server If none of the suggested solutions form this guide work: https://www.mc4wp.com/kb/solving-connectivity-issues/ Try to manually connect from your hosting server to the MailChimp server. First, try curl: if that fails, do traceroute (MTR) to see … Read full article →