Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was applicable back in 2018, website owners have been scrambling to get their websites up to standard and avoid huge fines. Years later, GDPR fines continue, and small businesses are certainly not immune. Although you may receive a warning before being fined, there is no reason to take the risk. If you … Read full article →
How does WordPress’s Recently Active Plugins list work? Recently Active lists inactive plugins that have been deactivated in the last 7 days. In wp-admin/plugins.php line 212 the option “recently_activated” gets updated if a plugin is deactivated: so the data is stored in the database table wp_options > recently_activated The option contains an associative array containing the path … Read full article →
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 →
I recently did a guide on 5 (Less known) WordPress Security Tips to keep your website safe from hackers where I suggested moving wp-config.php outside the web root directory as a simple change that adds an additional layer of security to your WordPress website. The wp-config.php file contains your MySQL database username & password, along with … Read full article →
Here is a short snippet that you can use to programmatically display messages, for example, coupon codes to random (or targeted) users. We can either set the ID ourselves and store it in the $random_user_id variable Or for example, get random user IDs from the database: 💡 Note that if there are no users in … Read full article →
The SAVEQUERIES wp-config constant saves database queries to an array and We can use that array to display queries. The information saves each query, what function called it, and how long that query took to execute. To enable SAVEQUERIES add this to the wp-config.php file: Then in the footer of your theme put this: <?php … Read full article →
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 →
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces logged-in users to submit a request to a WordPress website where they are currently authenticated. CSRF attacks exploit the trust a WordPress website has in an authenticated user. CSRF attacks are aimed at your WordPress website users to make them do various actions on your website: … Read full article →
Step 1. Add the following inside your theme functions.php file or create a new Child theme first and add the code to it: Step 2. Add the shortcode [total_posts] anywhere on the website where you want to display the total number of posts: And it will display the number. 🙂
Welcome to the world of Blogging. 🎉🎉🎉 Blogging is a great way to express yourself, build a business, or share experiences. There are endless reasons that drive people to start blogs. No matter what your reason for beginning is, you can get your WordPress blog set up and running in five easy steps. 1. What’s … Read full article →