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 →
Using a WordPress membership plugin to earn revenue through paid memberships is a fantastic idea. They provide you the option of restricting access to some or all content to subscribers only. Subscription payments can be one-time or ongoing, with the latter providing a stable source of income. Types of membership sites WordPress membership sites (also … Read full article →
For high-traffic websites, I advise developing a stagging website if you make significant updates or even switch the WordPress theme entirely. But one significant problem I encountered while moving from the staging site to the live one is that all database tables are updated, which could result in financial loss if the website receives multiple … Read full article →
To change Post published date each time it is viewed, we can use the the_post action hook that gets fired every time a post is set up in the global $post variable. Here’s an example code snippet that you can add to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin: Changing the post timestamp each … Read full article →
99% of WordPress users are already aware of a number of security tips, including: But in this guide, I’ll go over a few other, lesser-known techniques that can help keep hackers out of your WordPress website. Not just hide – disable wp-admin ❌ Security by obscurity is nothing more than a house of cards. – … Read full article →
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 full article →
This is a simple solution to automatically change the copyright year in the WordPress footer, using the date(). php function and specifying just Y will display the current year. I use it on this site:
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 full article →
I recently did a series of articles regarding Types of WordPress Malware Attacks and What They Do and this is just one example of a poor security practice that most people engage in. For example, this Montenegrin website that can be found by Google Dorking has a backup of the wp-config.php file named c2onfig.txt If … Read full article →
Here is a small snippet that you can add to your functions.php file to show different menus to logged-in users in WordPress. In this example 5 is the menu ID of the menu shown to logged-in users and 6 is the ID for the menu shown to guests. So, create two menus and copy their … Read full article →