Kinsta has a list of Banned plugins that they don’t allow to be used on their hosting. The complete list of plugins can be viewed here: https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/banned-plugins/ But even after you migrate your WordPress website from Kinsta to another hosting provider, you are left with this annoying Banned Why? message on some plugins. To get … Read full article →
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 →
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 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 →
Packages can be installed to add functionality to WP-CLI, for example wp-cli/wp-super-cache-cli package will add functions for managing WP Super Cache plugin from the terminal. Here is a list of My favourite packages from the wp-cli/package-index: billerickson/wp-cli-plugin-install-missing install any plugins that are “active” but not installed binarygary/db-checkpoint create quick db snapshots for development purposes jaywood/jw-wpcli-random-posts … Read full article →
A straightforward PHP script called R4gn4r0 Mailer is used to send bulk emails from WordPress websites that have been hacked. It offers capabilities like email address filtering, mass emailing, and blacklist checking and is essentially a clone of the LeafMailer. The malware is often discussed as a wp-active2.php file. Simple login form, the password is … Read full article →
If you are using Softaculous backups you may notice that Softaculous backups also the cache folders (wp-content/cache and wp-content/litespeed) and backups created by WordPress backup plugins (wp-content/updraft & wp-content/ai1wm-backup). This significantly increases the size of Softaculous backup files. To exclude these folders from Softaculous backups SSH into your server and navigate to the following path: Copy … Read full article →
PHP has a built-in function get_defined_constants that returns an array with the names of all the constants and their values. Because WordPress is built in PHP, We can use this function to get all WordPress constants. ⚠️ Use this snippet with caution, as the code will display sensitive information including your database username and password … Read full article →
In this article, we’ll add the next and previous links on a WordPress theme. First We declare the previous and next variables: Then to show them inside the post, add the following snippets to the theme’s single.php file: If you want to further customize the links and maybe even display post name inside the links, … Read full article →
To use WP REST API from another website to display WooCommerce products, we first need to generate new API keys under WooCommerce > Advanced > REST API We can then use these keys along with the website URL to display the data: 💡 Make sure to replace website_url, consumer_key and consumer_secret with your data. By … Read full article →